Administration

October 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Hearts & Wallets study finds the decision to retire in five years is driven by a Pre-Retirement Checklist.

October 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's state and local public employee retirement systems had $2.5 trillion in total cash and investment holdings in 2009, a $726.1 billion or 22.7% decrease...

October 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey released by Natixis Global Asset Management found nearly half of American investors fear losing money due to market volatility. 

October 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), participation of workers in individual-account 401(k)-type plans, which had grown sharply...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Crain Communications Inc. is freezing its defined benefit pension plan, completing a process that began in 2004. 

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a complaint in federal court seeking...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While institutional investors in Asia are focused on managing the risks associated with above average market volatility and a low return environment, many...

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...