Administration

September 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in August increased 1.8 percentage points to...

September 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During August, the aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased $58 billion to $631 billion, according to figures from...

September 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawsuits regarding Wal-Mart Stores'  handling of allegations that it paid bribes in Mexico will be consolidated and led by three pension funds.

September 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) released an actuarial cost analysis of the proposed Public Employee Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) of 2013.

August 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has completed a study about investors mandated by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...

August 29, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Debt across the 50 states amounts to $4.19 trillion, according to a report from State Budget Solutions.

August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Now seems like a popular time to offer lump sums, but according to a white paper from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, there is...

August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The overall financial health of U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans declined in 2011, and 2012 looks challenging as well, according to...

August 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two public employee pension systems have been named lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against a European vodka producer.

August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An analysis of pension plans in Canada and the U.S. shows ever increasing funding deficits.

August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With three Commissioners saying they will not support a staff proposal to reform the structure of money market funds, Securities and Exchange Commission...

August 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirteen trade associations filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), outlining objections to a proposal that would increase regulation...

August 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has seen a marked uptick in interest in investment outsourcing from larger corporate defined benefit (DB) plans.

August 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina’s retirement system has lost at least $4.1 million from its investment in Facebook, according to a lawsuit.

August 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its second-quarter earnings call, food-service distributor Sysco Corp. announced it has decided to restructure its domestic nonunion retirement programs.

August 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration approved a new five-year strategic plan.

August 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, declined significantly from its prior month’s level.

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. corporate multiemployer pension plan (MEPP) obligations represent a drain on cash flow, particularly for the U.S. supermarket sector, according to a Fitch...

August 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was -1.47% for the second quarter of 2012, driving down performance for...

August 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisiana pension fund has sued Simon Property Group Inc., alleging the shopping-mall giant increased pay for CEO David Simon without obtaining shareholder...