Administration

April 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Pension & Health Benefits Committee approved actuarial policies aimed at returning the System to fully-funded status within...

April 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising equity prices and bond yields in early 2013 have helped improve pension plan funded status and could continue, according to a source...

April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is urging Congress to keep intact the federal tax exemption on municipal bonds.

April 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of British Columbia (B.C.) union pension plans may pull more than $1 billion of investments managed by RBC Financial Services.

April 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maryland General Assembly passed legislation that would phase out a “corridor method” of funding the state’s pension plans.

April 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment managers grew more optimistic about the U.S. economy in the first quarter of 2013, according to a survey from Northern Trust.

April 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unity College in Maine reports its endowment has not suffered as a result of divesting from fossil fuels.

April 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Puerto Rico's governor has signed an overhaul of the U.S. territory's cash-short public pension system.

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Annuity buy-ins come with both advantages and disadvantages that plan sponsors should weigh before deciding on the best de-risking strategy.  

April 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite strong performance of U.S. equity markets in 2012, 94% of U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans remained underfunded, according to Wilshire...

April 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors considering pension risk transfers should take steps ahead of time.

April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan’s funding ratio increased by nearly five percentage points during the first quarter of 2013.

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan increased 1.9 percentage points in March 2013.

April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios improved significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Legal & General Investment Management America’s (LGIMA) Pension Fiscal Fitness...

April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies improved significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Mercer.

April 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors and registered investment advisers (RIAs) are increasingly using business development company (BDC) stocks, a source contends.

March 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement assets hit a new record high of $19.5 trillion as of December 31, 2012.

March 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors have taken concrete steps in the last five years to address investment risks.

March 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State and local government associations and the Government  Finance Officers Association (GFOA) released “Pension Funding: A Guide for Local Officials.” 

March 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Smart beta is an ideal way for investors to access the best aspects of market diversity at modest cost and governance, according to...