Administration

August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With three Commissioners saying they will not support a staff proposal to reform the structure of money market funds, Securities and Exchange Commission...

August 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thirteen trade associations filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), outlining objections to a proposal that would increase regulation...

August 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has seen a marked uptick in interest in investment outsourcing from larger corporate defined benefit (DB) plans.

August 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina’s retirement system has lost at least $4.1 million from its investment in Facebook, according to a lawsuit.

August 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its second-quarter earnings call, food-service distributor Sysco Corp. announced it has decided to restructure its domestic nonunion retirement programs.

August 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration approved a new five-year strategic plan.

August 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, declined significantly from its prior month’s level.

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. corporate multiemployer pension plan (MEPP) obligations represent a drain on cash flow, particularly for the U.S. supermarket sector, according to a Fitch...

August 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was -1.47% for the second quarter of 2012, driving down performance for...

August 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisiana pension fund has sued Simon Property Group Inc., alleging the shopping-mall giant increased pay for CEO David Simon without obtaining shareholder...

August 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Assets of U.S. state pension systems rose nearly $325 billion last year, according to a survey.

August 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees are increasingly focused on retirement planning, according to a report.

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A LIMRA study of annuity buyers found that the top reason consumers gave for buying their annuity is to supplement their Social Security...

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis from the Social Security Administration (SSA) shows how income replacement in retirement decreases over time.

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit (DB) plans experienced the worst decrease in funded status in the 12 years since Milliman Inc. began tracking DB funding.

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Negative returns from domestic and international equities may have caused U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors in the Northern Trust Universe to lose 1.5%...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a rising bond market, falling equity returns -- especially international equity -- proved to be a drag on the performance of all...

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies reached a record high in July.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan reached a record low in July.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) adopted what may be the most conservative public pension investment return assumption in the nation.