Administration

February 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Investment Committee has approved a new approach in evaluating elements of portfolio risk.

February 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A think tank in Florida has laid out recommendations for Florida city and county governments to better meet their other post-employment benefit obligations.

February 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 5.60% for the fourth quarter of 2010, contributing to a return...

February 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plans in the Milliman 100 Pension Index experienced asset increases of $6 billion and liability decreases of $35 billion, resulting in a $41...

February 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Chase & Co accused the trustee seeking $6.4 billion for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme of exceeding his authority by suing...

February 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams has introduced sweeping pension reform legislation designed to bridge the funding gap.

February 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – City of Chicago pension funds were shortchanged more than $24 million over a three-year period, according to a report by Chicago's inspector general's...

February 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although solid investment returns in 2010 helped institutional investors make up lost ground in terms of portfolio valuations, funding levels for corporate pension...

February 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) has released a study on optimizing risk and return in pension fund real estate portfolios.

February 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of 10 organizations representing state and local government agencies is fighting back against what it says is incorrect information being put...

February 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Trustees of most multi-employer pension plans, including those with “green zone” status, may want to consider the use of pension funding relief, as...

February 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) has announced that his complaint against JPMorgan Chase & Co.,...

February 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan climbed 3.3 percentage points higher to 87.6% in January, according to monthly statistics...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged TD Ameritrade Inc. for failing to reasonably supervise its registered representatives, some of whom misled...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three AXA Rosenberg entities with securities fraud for concealing a significant error in the computer...

February 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past year, the mutual fund industry has benefited from slowly rebuilding investor confidence and rising stock prices, rapid fund innovation, and...

February 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $45 billion during January, from approximately $315 billion...

February 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors looking  for some more information about their money market fund investments now have it.  

 

January 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-two percent of investors changed their approach to investing in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 economic recession , according to a new survey...

January 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Data gathered from 850 U.S. colleges, universities and affiliated foundations participating in the 2010 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) show that these institutions’...