Funds Globally See $370B Inflow in 2011
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment...
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Federal Thrift Savings Plan Participants Flee to Safety
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to FedSmith, in the month of July, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan G fund, the most conservative investment offered by the plan, hit...
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Report Finds Relationship between Having Pension and Retirement Age
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a new Issue Brief released by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, authors contend the increase of older workers in...
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Nice Guys Really Do Finish Last in the Workplace
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, men who are agreeable in the workplace are...
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Report Encourages Adoption of Retirement Income Solutions
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC), a non-profit think tank for the institutional retirement industry, has published a new issue brief detailing why...
CalPERS Shifts Asset Allocations
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees Retirement System’s (CalPERS) investment committee voted to lower the $226.1 billion fund’s goal for real estate as a proportion of...
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Hospitals Expand Worker Smoking Restrictions
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some health care employers are extending their smoke-free policies to regulate smoking during breaks and the smell of smoke on employees.
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MA Nurses in Disagreement over Pension Plan
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, who thought they had negotiated a more favorable retirement plan last October at four Caritas Christi Health...
SEC Sues Broker for Defrauding Wisconsin School Districts
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged St. Louis-based brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and a former senior executive with defrauding five...
CalPERS Earmarks up to $200 Million for New Emerging Managers Program
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has approved a new $200 million program for emerging real estate managers.
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Study Finds Telecommuters More Ethical
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a survey of more than 200 firms, the Ethisphere Institute and Jones Lang LaSalle found employees who work from home commit less...
TN Court Rules against Nissan in Return-to-Work Case
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tennessee's Supreme Court has found that a former Nissan North American, Inc. worker is eligible for additional workers compensation benefits because the company did not...
Market Downturn Highlights Importance of Risk Strategies
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current stock market instability and falling bond yields underscore the risk defined benefit pension plan sponsors are assuming if they don’t have measures...
S&P Issues Report on Mid-Cap Funds in DC Plans
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An S&P report contends that if the goal of employers is to offer retirement plans that are capable of generating adequate retirement funding...
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Newkirk Announces 403(b) Participant Fee Disclosure Solution
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Newkirk announced a single document participant fee disclosure solution for ERISA 403(b) plans.
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Benefits Brokers and Consultants See Opportunities
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite the slow economic recovery and the uncertain impact of health care reform, benefits brokers and consultants appear optimistic about the future of...
ERISA Lawyer Joins Davis Polk
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced Jeffrey P. Crandall is joining the firm in New York as a partner in its Executive Compensation...
Institutional Investors Increasingly Using Transaction Cost Analysis
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Originally adopted by institutional investors mainly as a tool for compliance, transaction cost analysis (TCA) is increasingly being integrated into the institutional investment...
Bill Simon to Head Retirement Plan Services Group at Brinker Capital
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) – Brinker Capital announced William P. (“Bill”) Simon, Jr. has joined the firm in the newly created position of Managing Director, Retirement Plan Services....
Ohio Teacher System Posts Near 23% Return
August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Final fiscal year returns show the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio’s (STRS Ohio) Total Fund returned 22.6% for the year ending June...