DC Plans Have 8.4% Q3 Showing
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plans in the Callan DC Index recovered lost ground in the third quarter, returning 8.4% on average.
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Waco, Texas Tops Best Places for Military Retirement
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey claims that Waco, Texas it the best of the “Best Places for Military Retirement.”
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California Pension Fund Taps Rampart for Option Strategy
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rampart Investment Management, an asset management firm specializing in option strategies, says it has signed an agreement with the Santa...
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JPAM Expands R6 Share Offering
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – J.P. Asset Management announced that new Class R6 Shares will be available on a total of 18 funds.
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BBT Adds ClearCourse to Offerings
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –BB&T has added the guaranteed lifetime income 401(k) investment option ClearCourse to its investment offerings for 401(k) plans.
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Apollo, Lighthouse Strike Alliance Deal
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apollo Global Management, a global alternative asset manager, and Lighthouse Investment Partners , a fund of hedge funds manager, have struck a strategic...
SPARK Finds Support for Lifetime Income Info Standards
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than 85% of the recordkeeping firms responding to a SPARK Institute poll said they plan to utilize the Institute’s information sharing standards...
GOP Congressmen Introduce Bill to Enhance Public Pension Transparency
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of Republican congressmen have introduced legislation its authors say would enhance public pension transparency – and establish a...
Bolivia Moves to Nationalize Pensions
December 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Apparently the trend toward raising retirement ages is not universal.
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BNY Mellon Enhances Currency Hedge Offering
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Mellon Global Markets has announced an enhancement to its existing currency hedge administration offering.
Business Mileage Rate up One Cent for 2011
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service issued the 2011 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business,...
JPMorgan Chase Sued over Madoff Fraud
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The trustee charged with liquidating Bernard Madoff's investment firm has brought a $6.4 billion suit against JPMorgan Chase.
BNP Paribas Announces New Hire for Commodity Derivatives Sales
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNP Paribas announced that John Catizone has joined its Commodity Derivatives group as Managing Director for Institutional and Investor sales in New York.
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iShares Launches TIPS ETF
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BlackRock’s iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business is launching the iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Fund (NYSE Arca: STIP).
AXA Financial CEO to Retire in January
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AXA announced that Christopher 'Kip' Condron, President and CEO of AXA Financial, in charge of AXA Global Life & Savings and Health business...
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IL Senate Approves Reduced Pensions for New Police, Firefighters
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Senate has approved police and firefighter pension legislation that essentially is a trade-off between police and fire unions wanting to keep...
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Nearly Half of Employers Block Shopping Web Sites
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty-eight percent of chief information officers (CIOs) interviewed by Robert Half Technology said they block access to online shopping sites; another 34% said...
REITs Lose Ground in November
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – REITs nearly tripled the performance of the S&P 500 Index in the first 11 months of the year, although they lost ground in...
Anosike Joins Northern Trust for Public Pension Job
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Northern Trust has hired Dennis Anosike as a leader of its Corporate & Institutional Services business unit serving U.S. public pensions.
Cerulli: Global Emerging Market Funds to Double by 2014
December 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Cerulli's latest research, assets under management in global emerging market funds domiciled in Europe now sit at roughly €390 billion (US$476 billion).