Administration

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Moody’s Investors Service has begun to recalculate the states’ debt burdens in a way that includes unfunded pensions.

January 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New congressional projections show Social Security running deficits every year until its trust funds are eventually drained in about 2037.

January 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System’s (MOSERS) investment portfolio generated a net return of 16% for the 2010 calendar year, ending the year...

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The State Street Investor Confidence Index for January 2011 shows that globally, investor confidence fell 3.3 points from December’s revised reading of 104.2...

January 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an inquiry into public statements by Illinois officials about the state's underfunded pension fund, the Wall...

January 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Maryland State Retirement Agency reported that the state pension system's portfolio returned 14.3% on investments as of December 31, 2010, the midpoint...

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. has adopted a new policy that changes the method of accounting for pensions and other post-employment benefits (OPEB).

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Board of Directors of Alcoa authorized a contribution of up to $600 million in Alcoa common stock to the company’s defined benefit pension...

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The number of securities lawsuits filed in 2010 edged above the record number filed in 2009, according to the latest quarterly review of...

January 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under...

January 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) earned a 12.5% net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year.

January 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Domestic hiring expectations are essentially unchanged this quarter with an expected 1.8% year-over-year gain, according to a new Deloitte survey of CFOs.

January 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment portfolio returns for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) ended 2010 posting a 12.7% return and boosting market values to levels...

January 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey finds that more than 70% of institutions expect alternatives to account for more than 10% of their portfolios over the...

January 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The McClatchy Company, a newspaper chain, has contributed $49.6 million worth of real estate to its defined benefit plan to satisfy virtually its...

January 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Schwab Charitable, a national donor-advised fund organization, enjoyed donor contributions that more than doubled in 2010 over 2009.

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Older investors’ trust in financial services institutions and advisers appears to have dropped to a new low over the past nine months, according...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment managers expect global inflation to increase and interest rates to rise in the coming months as economic growth accelerates and corporate...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New findings from a recent Charles Schwab survey indicate that men look to others less for financial help and also report making more...

January 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has settled a securities fraud law suit against Merrill Lynch for $4.25 million.