Administration

Administration | August 22nd, 2011

Investment Managers Find Economy and Regulations Hampering Growth

August 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The dual impact of the persistently weak economic environment and new regulations is keeping investment management companies on a slow growth track, according...

Administration | August 22nd, 2011

KPMG Report Reveals Typical Fraudster

August 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – KPMG released the results from its 2011 Who is a Typical Fraudster? report.

Administration | August 18th, 2011

TPAs Have 30% Influence of Total 401(k) Assets

August 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent study conducted by Cerulli shows the TPA marketplace has a 30% influence on 401(k) assets.

Administration | August 18th, 2011

Nearly Half of DC Plan Sponsors to Offer Inflation Protection Strategies

August 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Mercer US Defined Contribution Investment Survey, which polled 233 defined contribution (DC) retirement plan sponsors, found nearly half either offer or plan to soon...

Administration | August 18th, 2011

529 Plan Assets Increase in Q2 2011

August 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial Research Corporation's (FRC) 529 College Savings Quarterly Data Highlights show 529 savings plan assets have increased to an estimated $149.8 billion...

Administration | August 18th, 2011

Investors Who Maintain Diversified Asset Allocation Strategy Are Rewarded

August 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments' second quarter 2011 review of 401 (k) accounts confirmed that even during the most volatile market activity, investors who maintain a...

Administration | August 17th, 2011

Study Finds Room for Improvement in QDIA Offerings

August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While Defined Contribution plan sponsors report high satisfaction levels with their current QDIA investment managers, opportunities exist for aspiring QDIA (Qualified Default Investment...

Administration | August 17th, 2011

Finance Executives Cite Recruiting and Retention Concerns

August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The accounting and finance employment market in many parts of the world may be in a state of transition, according...

Administration | August 16th, 2011

CalPERS Shifts Asset Allocations

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System’s (CalPERS) investment committee voted to lower the $226.1 billion fund’s goal for real estate as a proportion of...

Administration | August 16th, 2011

SEC Sues Broker for Defrauding Wisconsin School Districts

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged St. Louis-based brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and a former senior executive with defrauding five...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

CalPERS Earmarks up to $200 Million for New Emerging Managers Program

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has approved a new $200 million program for emerging real estate managers.

Administration | August 15th, 2011

Market Downturn Highlights Importance of Risk Strategies

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current stock market instability and falling bond yields underscore the risk defined benefit pension plan sponsors are assuming if they don’t have measures...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

S&P Issues Report on Mid-Cap Funds in DC Plans

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An S&P report contends that if the goal of employers is to offer retirement plans that are capable of generating adequate retirement funding...

Administration | August 15th, 2011

Institutional Investors Increasingly Using Transaction Cost Analysis

August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Originally adopted by institutional investors mainly as a tool for compliance, transaction cost analysis (TCA) is increasingly being integrated into the institutional investment...

Administration | August 12th, 2011

Ohio Teacher System Posts Near 23% Return

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final fiscal year returns show the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio’s (STRS Ohio) Total Fund returned 22.6% for the year ending June...

Administration | August 12th, 2011

State Pension Funds Sue BoNY Mellon over FX Charges

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virginia and Florida are suing the Bank of New York Mellon over the institution's handling of foreign currency exchanges.

Administration | August 11th, 2011

Mutual Funds to See Moderate Growth in 2011

August 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund asset growth is expected to moderate to a 10% rate in 2011, as compared to the 16% increase experienced in 2010,...

Administration | August 11th, 2011

RIAs Manage More and Larger Plans than B-D Plan Advisers

August 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pulse Logic has announced the completion of its Annual Syndicated Study of Retirement Plan Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs).

Administration | August 10th, 2011

CT Town Can’t Claim Madoff Pension Losses

August 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled that the town of Fairfield may not make claims for losses due to disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's fraud.

Administration | August 10th, 2011

Demand for Custom TDFs Shifts DCIO Marketplace

August 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's soon-to-be released report on the Defined Contribution Investment Only (DCIO) marketplace pins the legacy of DCIO as a retail business on the...