Administration

February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s (S&P) for inflating its ratings of structured finance investments.

February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The new year began with a funding improvement for S&P 1500 pension plans, due to January equity gains, a rise in interest rates...

February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – At 81.2% in January, U.S. corporate pension plans saw their best funded level since March 2012, BNY Mellon reports.

February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional plan sponsors reaped a fourth consecutive year of positive investment returns in 2012.

February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the exception of Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds, institutional assets tracked by the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service (TUCS), saw double digit...

January 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Global pension fund assets in the 13 major markets grew by 9% during 2012 to reach a...

January 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Parents and their adult children have different views about what their priorities should be and what financial...

January 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Local government-administered pension plans have not yet caught up with the funded levels of state-administered plans, according to a report.

January 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Active manager and adviser exchange-traded fund (ETF) investment portfolios are expected to grow in 2013.

January 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) rose for a second consecutive month, increasing by 5.4 points...

January 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors face an “equity dilemma” of ensuring participants have adequate retirement savings while protecting them from volatility.

January 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) launched the Sustainable Investment Research Initiative (SIRI).

January 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 2012 was a good year for target-date funds (TDFs), according to Morningstar.

January 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asset managers are developing new products to address market volatility and income demand in the wake of record-breaking fixed-income flows.

January 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional Investors are entrusting a smaller portion of assets to leading broad managers, according to a report...

January 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly two-thirds of retirement plan participants use a financial adviser to assist them in managing their plan...

January 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The only asset class that has experienced a material drop in asset management fees is alternatives, according to Mercer.

January 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In 2012, mutual fund managers small and large saw substantial net inflows to their bond and stock funds, Strategic Insight reports.

January 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis suggests money market fund reforms have been tested, are working and have enhanced financial stability.

January 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-one cities across America have emerged from the recession with a pension and retiree health care funding...