Happy Holiday celebrations, PLANSPONSOR readers! As we focus on investing, studies show Americans are unsure about what stock market volatility will do to their plans for retirement, and pre-retirees and retirees may be unsuitably invested. Plan sponsors are still being questioned about their use of company stock in their retirement plans, and CVS won confirmation that its plan’s stable value fund was not improper. Institutional investors are seeing hope for good returns in focused strategies, and the active versus passive debate still lives on. Enjoy this edition of PLANSPONSOR Weekend!
Six in ten (61%) survey respondents are simply not sure how long it might delay their ability to save for retirement should a large 6,000 point drop in the Dow occur.Read more >
Nearly six in ten pre-retirees and 32% of retirees describe their primary investment strategy as focused on either “aggressive growth” or “moderate growth;” a MassMutual survey finds.Read more >
The lawsuit alleges that Gannett Co., its benefit plans committee and other fiduciaries’ decision to concentrate plan investments in Gannett’s parent company common stock was a breach of their fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and caused a loss of approximately $135 million.Read more >
The appellate court found no evidence that the CVS retirement plan’s stable value fund departed radically from the investment standards and logic of stable value funds.Read more >
In the past 12 to 18 months, 56% of institutional investors have increased their exposure to focused strategies, defined as 50 or fewer holdings, a survey finds.Read more >
Steve Deschenes, product management and analytics director at Capital Group, says, “The active-passive debate is an industry discussion which distracts investors from what can have a real impact on their portfolios.”Read more >
