Administration

October 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, increased for the second month.

October 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than half (52%) of institutional investors, globally, are rethinking traditional approaches to asset allocation over the next decade, according to a Pyramis...

October 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In September, pensions experienced a $45 billion increase in funded status, according to the Milliman Pension Funding Index.

October 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to BNY Mellon, the funded status of U.S. corporate pensions increased for the second straight month to 75%, the first two-month winning...

October 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The list of companies offering lump sum payments to help manage pension plan liability continues to grow, with Equifax as the latest addition.

October 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Public pension plans are more than twice as likely to implement socially responsible investing (SRI) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies than...

October 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased $38 billion during September, to $593 billion, according to figures...

October 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard announced new benchmark indices for 22 of its index funds.

October 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement security remains a major concern for a large percentage of Americans, particularly in terms of being...

October 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report claims target-date funds used by the New York City Deferred Compensation Plan (NYC DCP) have too much exposure to equity after...

September 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a historic $2.43 billion settlement in a class-action lawsuit with Bank...

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In July, Congress enacted the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) which reduces near-term funding requirements for pension plans.

September 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three in four U.S. institutional investors (74%) have changed their approach to risk management over the past five years.
 

September 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) Board of Trustees approved revisions to the long-term assumed rate of return on its $36 billion investment portfolio...

September 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – You may not realize it, but emotions play a big part in your investment choices, according to...

September 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Times Co. has joined the list of companies offering retirees lump-sum payments of their pensions in an effort to reduce its obligations.

September 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Index increased from its August and historical-low level of 79.8, reaching 81.33 as of September 1.

September 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A study of Baby Boomer spending habits reveals many carry mortgage and other debts into their near-retirement years.

September 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funded ratios for the nation’s 100 largest corporate pension plans improved modestly in August.

September 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding for local government pension plans increased from 2010 to 2011, according to a survey by...