Administration

June 9, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in 10 defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors expressed interest in pension risk transfer products.

June 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The effort to de-risk defined benefit (DB) pension plans is an immensely complex task that presents no shortage of challenges or opportunities to...

June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis by consulting firm Mercer finds that funding for defined benefit (DB) pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies remained relatively unchanged...

June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The stable value market has changed significantly post financial crisis, says Josh Kruk, head of stable value portfolio management at Dwight Asset Management,...

June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans decreased in May, says a recent BNY Mellon analysis.

May 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional retirement plan sponsors benefited from continued gains in domestic equity and fixed income during the first quarter of 2014, says an analysis...

May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Foundations and endowments appear to be transitioning portfolios away from their largest holdings, according to eVestment, a provider of investment data analytics.

May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — A recent analysis from Gerstein Fisher challenges the notion that mutual fund managers don't have as much incentive to outperform as peers running...

May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration approved new actuarial policies to contain rate increases for small public agency employers.

May 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Frequent trading by some 401(k) participants is eliciting a response from fund providers such as Vanguard and T. Rowe Price.

May 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While offering lump-sum distribution windows to terminated, vested participants could reduce the liabilities of a defined benefit (DB) plan, some plan sponsors are...

May 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors paid lower average expense ratios for equity mutual funds in 2013, says a report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

May 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 1.94% for the first quarter of 2014, the third straight quarter...

May 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by institutional investors is increasing, a study finds.

May 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the largest U.S. defined benefit (DB) pension plans decreased in April, shows data from consulting and actuarial firm Milliman,...

May 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Towers Watson Pension Index dropped 1.2% for the month of April to 74.3, showing a decrease in the financing of pension plans.

May 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding for corporate defined benefit (DB) plans decreased in April, says an analysis from the BNY Mellon Investment Strategy and Solutions Group (ISSG).

May 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has reached a settlement with Ernst & Young LLP, the former auditor of the now-defunct Lehman...

May 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The estimated funded level of defined benefit (DB) plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell another 1% in April to 84%, according to...

May 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Small plans underperformed large plans for the first quarter of 2014 which pulled the median return for all institutional assets tracked by the...