Administration

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined effects of poor investment returns and decreasing interest rates during 2011 caused the Towers Watson DB Pension Index to fall 16.2%.

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan fell 2.7 percentage points...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Credit Suisse Group AG is being sued in New York state court by Dutch pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP over losses on investments...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York City’s largest pension will not be lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to recover millions of dollars from bankrupt MF Global.

December 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Census Bureau has released the finances of selected state and local government employee retirement systems for 3Q2011. 

December 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Receivables Exchange, an online marketplace for working capital financing, has partnered with Insperity.

December 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross called for a meeting of the House Personnel and Pensions Committee in the next month to examine...

December 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research shows that economic recovery is being impeded by market-based retirement plans, such as 401(k)s.

December 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – After peaking in 2009, share utilization rates have returned to steadier levels in 2010 as economic conditions have improved. 
 

December 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The tenth annual research study on pension accounting released by SEI indicates a growing consensus among defined benefit plan sponsors in selecting discount...

December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Mississippi Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Study Commission released a report with recommendations to protect the plan. 
 

December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Corporate pension plan sponsors face increases in contributions and expense in 2012. 
 

December 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Contribution rates that San Jose, California’s state government pension plans pay each year are expected to double over the next four years. 
 

December 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors should expect another turbulent year of market volatility caused by a mix of...

December 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, rose two points in November from its prior month’s...

December 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the latest Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey conducted by Russell Investments, 70% of investment managers expect a similar level of volatility as in...

December 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) issued a response to a study that painted a bleak picture of the financial status of...

December 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report released by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) shows California’s...

December 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Actuarial Advisory Panel (CAAP) has adopted a set of model disclosure elements recommended for actuarial valuation reports on public retirement systems...

December 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report indicates a proposal to switch the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) to a 401(k)-type plan may be a costly one.