Administration

December 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The tenth annual research study on pension accounting released by SEI indicates a growing consensus among defined benefit plan sponsors in selecting discount...

December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Mississippi Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Study Commission released a report with recommendations to protect the plan. 
 

December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Corporate pension plan sponsors face increases in contributions and expense in 2012. 
 

December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Contribution rates that San Jose, California’s state government pension plans pay each year are expected to double over the next four years. 
 

December 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should expect another turbulent year of market volatility caused by a mix of...

December 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, rose two points in November from its prior month’s...

December 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the latest Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey conducted by Russell Investments, 70% of investment managers expect a similar level of volatility as in...

December 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) issued a response to a study that painted a bleak picture of the financial status of...

December 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report released by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) shows California’s...

December 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Actuarial Advisory Panel (CAAP) has adopted a set of model disclosure elements recommended for actuarial valuation reports on public retirement systems...

December 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report indicates a proposal to switch the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) to a 401(k)-type plan may be a costly one.
 

December 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Use of liability-driven investing (LDI) strategies is the highest it has been in the past five years.

December 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has proposed state and local governments should present five-year projections of cash inflows, cash outflows and financial...

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Massachusetts state pension fund board fired Bank of New York Mellon as its foreign exchange trading provider. 

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 70% of the women surveyed for Rothstein Kass’ "Women in Alternative Investments – Industry Outlook and Trends" expect the next 18 months...

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar launched its Analyst Ratings last month. 

December 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisiana police employees’ pension fund filed a federal lawsuit against Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A BMO Investments, Inc. study found only 18% of Canadian investors are familiar with exchange-traded funds (ETFs). 
 

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $80 billion during November, from a deficit of approximately $471...

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ailing defined benefit pension plans are poised to be rescued by insured pension risk transfer (PRT) solutions, according to a new report by...