Administration

December 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has adopted a new set of core competencies for its board members.

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans can benefit from outsourcing chief investment officer functions, says Debra Woida, delegated investment services...

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal bankruptcy court has ruled Detroit may enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.

December 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension plans for S&P 1500 companies continued their improvement in funded status during 2013.

December 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in November improved 2.1 percentage points to 93.9%.

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Accounting for the source of funded ratio increases within defined benefit (DB) plans is critical for preventing imprudent fixed-income purchases, new research shows.

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Legislators in Illinois are proposing changes to help with the funding of the state’s badly ailing pension system.

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of purchasing pension annuities from insurers fell to 108.3% of liabilities during October, down from 108.9% to reach the smallest margin...

November 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has released a statement on the transition provisions of new pension standards for state and local governments.

November 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new issue brief examines approaches for selecting discount rates when measuring pension obligations.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A paper published in The Journal of Retirement argues that asset-allocation glide paths popularized in target-date funds (TDFs) fail to deliver superior end-point...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will receive about $261 million in damages from J.P. Morgan Chase & Company following a joint...

November 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new research paper shows the impact of using a mark-to-market accounting method for valuing pension liabilities will have a negligible effect on...

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Benefits Council wants to clarify possible misconceptions surrounding deficit information from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The state pension fund in Colorado lowered its long-term investment return expectations from 8% to 7.5%.

November 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Various union workers have filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta regarding pension reform measures.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The value of the Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index increased during October.

November 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new study shows that the funded ratios for public pension plans have fallen over the last year.

November 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit pension plans that are less funded invest more aggressively, according to an analysis by Towers Watson.

November 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Washington, D.C. has the strongest-funded city pension plan and Chicago has the weakest one, according to a new report.