Administration

August 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is displeased with a court ruling that the City of San Bernardino is eligible for bankruptcy...

August 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research from Vanguard's Center for Retirement Research examines how the adoption of index target-date strategies has transformed the composition of defined contribution (DC)...

August 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its most recent analysis of 401(k) retirement accounts, Fidelity Investments found that saving just a small amount more each month can positively...

August 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent news report from Reuters revealed that T. Rowe Price Group Inc. permanently banned about 1,300 American Airlines employees from trading among...

August 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. state pensions are showing some signs of stabilization, but significant improvement in funded levels will take many more years, said a new...

August 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should pay attention to, and ask questions about, the data management of their plan-related service providers.

August 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of purchasing annuities for retirees' pension liabilities decreased moderately over July, from 109.4% to 108.7% of the accounting liability.

August 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research from Morningstar suggests holding significant amounts of employer stock in 401(k) plans is bad for companies’ bottom lines.

August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, slipped to 92.66 as of August 1.

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension plans in the U.S. continue to lower assumptions, according to an analysis from PwC.

August 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe for the second quarter of 2013 was down slightly at -0.05%.

August 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Traditional U.S. corporate defined benefit plans ended the second quarter with 4% to 6% higher funding ratios, according to Legal & General Investment...

August 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even in periods when hedge funds underperform the broad market they still provide measurable value to a portfolio, a white paper contends.

August 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just 11% of investors scored an 'A' on an eight-question investment literacy quiz given by John Hancock.

August 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of pension plans continued its climb in July, continuing the upward trend seen in much of 2013, according to Russell...

August 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In July, large defined benefit plans experienced a $26 billion increase in asset value and a $2 billion increase in pension liabilities.

August 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors posted mixed returns in Q213, according to the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service (Wilshire TUCS).

August 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in July increased 1.6 percentage points to 88.2%.

August 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding levels of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies continued a strong rebound in 2013.

August 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent analysis found that July signaled a positive trend so far in 2013 for sponsors of pension plans.