Administration

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of the double digit returns of equities and real estate investment trusts (REITs), all institutional plan types reported strong positive...

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The City of Baltimore and New Britain Firefighters’ Benefit Fund filed a consolidated and amended complaint against Citigroup Inc. Credit Suisse AG, Bank...

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies grew $39 billion in April to $375 billion, according to new figures...

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sprint Nextel Corp. was sued by a Louisiana pension fund after New York’s attorney general accused the company of deliberately failing to pay...

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Approximately one-third of outperformance from skill should go to hedge fund managers in the form of fees, with the rest going to the...

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. state and local public-employee retirement systems had $2.7 trillion in total cash and investment holdings in 2010. 
 

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Google, Inc. was sued by a Brockton, Massachusetts, pension fund that claims the company’s planned stock split would unfairly create nonvoting shares. 
 

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York City’s pension funds announced plans to vote their 4.7 million Wal-Mart company shares against five directors standing for re-election to the...

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, such as interest rate swaps, have become standard tools for defined benefit pension plans.

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Oregon state employees sued one of the outside money managers most favored by Oregon's state pension fund for fraud.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) released its first report chronicling the pension fund’s efforts in sustainable investing.  

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new white paper from J.P. Morgan discusses a glide path strategy for corporate defined benefit (DB) plans.  

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against a former California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) CEO and a placement agent.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A judge in the Cayman Islands ordered the liquidation of the flagship fund of a New York hedge fund manager.

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy last week.  

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oregon is suing British Petroleum (BP), claiming the company owes the state pension fund...

April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) of Ohio voted to amend its plan to strengthen the financial condition of the pension fund. 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit against British Petroleum (BP) on behalf of four of the state's pension systems. 
 

April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Large plans make up a significant majority of defined contribution (DC) assets. 
 

April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation that will allow managers of the state employee’s...