Administration

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  A Cerulli report contends that while managed accounts are stable from an investment-risk and a regulatory standpoint, operational risk remains a concern. 
 

October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Justice Department and New York’s attorney general filed separate civil lawsuits against the Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  

October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) announced that pension funding ratios fell approximately 22% in the third quarter of 2011. 
 

October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies increased by $134 billion during September, from a deficit of approximately $378...

October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  RBC Dexia Investor Services and Grant Thornton in Canada report that 83% of Canadian defined benefit (DB) plan members/participants trust that when they...

October 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target date retirement funds (TDRFs) will represent nearly half of the total $7.7 trillion in U.S. defined contribution assets by 2020, according to...

October 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transamerica Retirement Services announced the results of a national listening tour with third party...

October 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Aon Risk Maturity Index has found there is a positive relationship between the maturity of an organization's risk management framework and its...

October 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The retirement fund for Oklahoma public schools teachers is expected to eliminate its unfunded liability in 22 years, reports Tulsa World. 
 

September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The world’s largest public pension fund, in Japan, will start investing in emerging market...

September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the latest issue of Cerulli's quarterly retirement-focused publication, the introduction of new...

September 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Members of Ameriprise Financial Inc.’s 401(k) plan filed a proposed class action on Wednesday...

September 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. public pension fund assets grew 17.6% in the second quarter from a year earlier, reports Bloomberg.  

September 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three quarters (79%) of investment managers surveyed in the latest Russell Investments Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey say they do not...

September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A significant number of financial professionals plan to ramp up their retirement income-planning practices over the next few years, according to a study...

September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York City's employees’ pension fund is increasing its allocation to private equity to 6.5% from 4% and using fewer firms in pursuit...

September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  A new Hearts & Wallets quantitative study of more than 4,400 U.S. investor households shows a year-over-year increase in investors who use technology...

September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Council of Institutional Investors has released a report by Farient Advisors  analyzing investor motivations to vote against “say on pay” at companies...

September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission charged RBC Capital Markets LLC for misconduct in the sale of unsuitable investments to five Wisconsin school districts...

September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Corp., and Fitch Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit alleging their ratings of mortgage-backed securities were faulty and caused five Ohio...