Administration

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges of securities fraud against the state of Kansas related to municipal bond offerings.

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If defined benefit plan sponsors start a pension risk transfer process with the wrong assumptions, information or consulting team, they may end up...

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 3.74% for the second quarter of 2014, which is the fourth...

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Large retirement plans outperformed small plans in the second quarter of 2014.

August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State pension systems earned a median 7.2% annualized return over the 10 years ended June 30, 2013, with individual pension fund returns ranging...

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans fell to 86% during the month of July, according to Wilshire Consulting.

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While much time is spent selecting investment managers, not nearly enough time is spent in establishing a processing for terminating such managers, says...

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced a $500 million global infrastructure partnership with UBS Global Asset Management (UBS).

August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension deficits for companies on the S&P 1500 Index remain above year-end 2013 levels, following a drop in equity markets and a minor interest rate...

August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans declined in July to 90.8%, according to BNY Mellon’s Investment Strategy and Solutions Group (ISSG).

August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) does not require retirement plan sponsors to have an investment policy statement (IPS) for their...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The $476.8 billion in public and private defined benefit (DB) pension plan payments in 2012 supported $943.3 billion dollars in overall economic output...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Interest in specific investment outcomes is likely to drive continued institutional exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption, according to Cerulli Associates.

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors have a whole spectrum of options for offloading pension risk, says Wayne Daniel, head of U.S. Pensions at MetLIfe, including the...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is a spectrum of de-risking strategies defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors can use.

July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Market corrections are notoriously difficult—many say impossible—to predict, but that doesn’t mean investors should abandon the idea of preparing in advance for the...

July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment returns at private foundations rose to an average of 15.6% in 2013 – the second-straight year of double-digit average returns.

July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan transaction recently announced by British Telecom, offers a glimpse of a coming pension risk transfer option for U.S. defined benefit...

July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While funding of defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved in 2013, funding for other post-employment benefits (OPEB) has not fared as well, says...

July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Visteon Corporation, a global automotive supplier, will purchase a group annuity contract covering approximately one-third of its U.S. pension liability.