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Administration | May 5th, 2010

Sears Chief Warns of Store Closings without Pension Relief

May 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Without a bill extending deadlines for funding corporate pensions becoming law, the parent company of Sears and Kmart could be forced to shutter...

Administration | May 5th, 2010

Callan Launches Emerging Manager Talent Hunt

May 5, 2010 (PLASPONSOR.com) – Callan Associates has unveiled a program to identify emerging manager and minority, woman and disabled-owned firms (MWDO) as part of its ongoing efforts...

Administration | May 5th, 2010

CDO Complaints Stack Up for Goldman Sachs

May 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When it rains, it pours – and it’s sure raining on Goldman Sachs.

Administration | May 5th, 2010

CalPERS Ratings Agency Suit Proceeds

May 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A judge has rejected an attempt to block a pension fund’s lawsuit against major ratings agencies.

Administration | May 4th, 2010

Michigan Investment Adviser Convicted of Embezzlement from Retirement Plan

May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Anthony A. James has been convicted of seven counts of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud, and one count of embezzlement from...

Administration | May 4th, 2010

Risk Models Help PBGC ‘Understand What’s Out There’

May 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Statistical risk modeling simulations by the nation’s private sector pension insurer show its multiemployer plan program averaged a $4-billion deficit in 2019 measured...

Administration | April 30th, 2010

More ETF Types Spring up as Demand Increases

April 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As demand for ETFs has grown, ETF sponsors have offered more funds with a greater variety of investment objectives, according to the 2010...

Administration | April 30th, 2010

Investment Companies See Growth in 2009

April 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S.-registered investment companies managed $12.2 trillion at year-end 2009, a $1.8 trillion increase from year-end 2008.

Administration | April 30th, 2010

Advisers Number One Source for Mutual Funds outside of Retirement Plans

April 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eighty percent of households that owned funds outside a workplace retirement plan held funds purchased through a professional adviser, according to the 2010...

Administration | April 29th, 2010

New IASB Proposal Could Increase Scrutiny of Risks Taken by DB Plans

April 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on Thursday issued its exposure draft on accounting for defined benefit (DB) pension plans.

Administration | April 29th, 2010

Goldman Sachs E-mail Shows Harvard on Losing End of Trade

April 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An e-mail released by the U.S. Senate indicates Goldman Sachs executives knew clients would lose in a large trade in mortgage-backed securities.

Administration | April 27th, 2010

CalPERS to Oppose Re-election of Bank of America Directors

April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has announced its opposition to the re-election of six Bank of America directors.

Administration | April 27th, 2010

Dutch Pensions Face Funding Dilemma

April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan sponsors in the Netherlands are facing their second funding challenge in the past decade, this one more severe than the first,...

Administration | April 27th, 2010

U.S. Money Manager Searches up Slightly in 2009

April 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors replaced managers who performed exceptionally poorly relative to their benchmarks during the market decline and did not start recovering when the...