Administration

August 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the first such action of its kind, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the state of New Jersey with securities...

August 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An SEI Quick Poll shows nonprofits have considered switching to an outsourced CIO model to manage assets, as a result of recent economic...

August 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Assembly has voted 69-1 to require anyone running for election to the boards of the state’s two massive public pension funds...

August 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A move by Colorado’s state pension fund to cut retiree benefits to avoid going broke has apparently returned the system on a path...

August 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An audit found that money managers doing business with the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) have paid almost $13 million since 2004 to placement...

August 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Cerulli Associates report asserts that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will gain an even stronger market foothold because of increased adviser-driven demand for...

August 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A New York law firm is investigating whether fiduciaries of the GlaxoSmithKline 401(k) plan violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...

August 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – About $460 million in private equity funding to real estate and debt portfolios so far in August should put Mexican private pension programs...

August 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Massachusetts pension fund alleges that Hewlett-Packard’s directors violated their fiduciary duties in connection with the abrupt departure of chief executive Mark Hurd,...

August 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF), the state’s pension programs, wrapped up the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, with an average...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has approved a $125-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit by former shareholders of New Century Financial Corp.

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Korn/Ferry Executive Quiz survey reveals that corporate leadership attention to risk management has significantly increased as a result of the global downturn...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Based on the experience of health insurers already complying with a provision of the health care reform law, those that haven’t yet gotten...

August 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI) finds Americans held $16.5 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the first quarter...

August 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – After nearing record deficits at the end of June, U.S. pension plan funded positions have recovered modestly during July thanks mostly to rising...

August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Social Security Board of Trustees reported Thursday that the long-range outlook of the Social Security Trust funds remains unchanged from last year’s...

August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed a bill requiring public pension money be divested from companies doing business with Iran.

August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong performances by stocks around the world drove the assets of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan higher in July, according to monthly...

August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is launching a comprehensive review of its members who earn more than $400,000 annually in salary...

August 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oliver Wyman and Mercer have issued a new report on defined benefit (DB) pensions, highlighting the inhibitive impact of short-term U.S. corporate pension...