Administration

October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking to add a retirement income product to their 401(k) or other defined contribution plans need to fully understand what fees...

October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States’ retirement system has held onto its 10th-place ranking in a global...

October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan financials have taken hits on both assets and liabilities...

October 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to depose officials at the Kentucky Retirement System as part of its "informal inquiry" into...

October 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a recent survey from Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, 51% of non-retirees now question whether 401(k), 403(b), and 457...

October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California Governor Jerry Brown has signed one pension bill intended to strengthen government ethics and vetoed another.

 

October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announced that it is investigating Bank of New York Mellon’s investment of retirement plan participants’...

October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – LIMRA has suggested five things insurers need to know to capture more retiree assets.

October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research from Vanguard shows that returns for a balanced 50% equity/50% bond portfolio have been statistically equivalent whether during an economic recession...

October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $124 billion during September 2011 as measured by the...

October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner said 87% of the state's 1,488 municipalities receiving state aid for their pension plans covering fire, police, and non-uniformed personnel...

October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a new report by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), as a group, sponsors of private, single-employer defined benefit pension plans will...

October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UBS Global Asset Management US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker found the typical pension...

October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P Indices announced dividend increases rose 17.1% during the third quarter of 2011, with 350 issues increasing their dividends.  

October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A poll by National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) revealed that 24% of more than 1,400 respondents would not tell their spouse if...

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Having drawn the scrutiny of regulators, Bank of New York Mellon now finds itself the target of another investigation.

 

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in federal court against A.B.D....

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor optimism has plummeted according to a Wells Fargo/Gallup poll, which found two in three investors are feeling a loss of control in...

 

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan fell 7.9 percentage points...

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments launched four Small Cap Investment Discipline exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on NASDAQ.