Pension Funding Ticks Down in Q2
July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During Q2 2011, the funded status of the model plan analyzed by Sibson and Segal Advisors declined from 87% to 86%.
Administration
CFOs Concerned About Growth, Survey Finds
July 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Deloitte CFO Signals survey for the second quarter of 2011 found that chief financial officers (CFOs) are becoming increasingly concerned about factors...
CFOs Concerned About Growth, Survey Finds
July 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Deloitte CFO Signals survey for the second quarter of 2011 found that chief financial officers (CFOs) are becoming increasingly concerned about factors...
Fiduciary Services not Top of Focus in Looking for Providers
July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although regulatory changes to fiduciary responsibilities and disclosures loom on the horizon, plan sponsors of all sizes say that strong fiduciary support services...
Canadian Pension Plans Lose Ground in Q2
July 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After gaining ground in the previous three consecutive quarters, many Canadian pension plans suffered moderate losses in the second quarter of 2011 as...
U.S. Pension Plans Chip Away at Deficits in June
July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $15 billion during June, from a deficit of...
PwC Finds Drop in Pension Discount Rates, Projected Returns
July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report finds a drop in pension and OPEB discount rates, while the median expected long-term rate of return...
PSNC 2011: Committeed Relationships
July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Deciding what investments should be included in a retirement plan’s menu and monitoring those investments is a huge amount of risk and liability...
GASB Makes Pension Reporting Proposals
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued two Exposure Drafts proposing what it termed “improvements to financial reporting of...
Pension Liabilities To Be Highlighted Under Proposed GASB Rules
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has released proposed new accounting rules for public pension plans.
Pension Funded Status Declined 2% in Q2
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UBS Global Asset Management US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker found that the typical pension plan’s funding ratio decreased by slightly less than...
Wells Fargo Settles Pension Suit
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $125 million to settle a class action suit led by a group...
PSNC 2011: The “To” Versus “Through” Debate
July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Since the market downturn of 2008 there has been increasing debate on whether target-date funds should take retirement plan participants “to” retirement or...
Fund Managers Making Changes to TDF Management
July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Callan’s 2011 Target Date Fund Survey: The Evolving Target Date Fund shows target date funds (TDFs) continue to evolve as managers evaluate their...
PSNC 2011: Alpha “Bets”
July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – John Keefe, Contributing Editor, PLANSPONSOR, told attendees at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference that there has always been a theoretical need for liability-driven investing...
CFO Influence in IT is Growing
July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CFO influence in IT is growing as CFOs alone have authorized 26% of all IT investments, while CIOs alone have authorized only 5%...
Pension Plan Funding Ratios Dip in Q2
July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) announced in its quarterly Pension Fiscal Fitness Monitor that U.S. corporate defined benefit plan funding ratios...
Advisers Using Fewer Asset Managers
July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's latest report, “Advisor Portfolio Construction Dynamics,” reveals that as advisers are building investment portfolios for their clients, they are using fewer asset...
Advisers Using Fewer Asset Managers
July 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's latest report, “Advisor Portfolio Construction Dynamics,” reveals that as advisers are building investment portfolios for their clients, they are using fewer asset...
PSNC 2011: Glide Paths
July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With 12% of retirement plan assets in target-date funds and 40% of new assets going into TDFs, panelists at the PLANSPONSOR National Conference...