Administration | November 13th, 2013 Best Funded Pensions Allocate Less to Equity November 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit pension plans that are less funded invest more aggressively, according to an analysis...
Products | November 13th, 2013 Sunwest, TAG Partner on Fiduciary Service November 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two firms are collaborating to provide retirement plan sponsors with third-party administrator (TPA) services.
Administration | November 12th, 2013 DB Plan Sponsors Proceed with De-Risking November 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More U.S. companies are formalizing plans to de-risk their defined benefit (DB) plans.
Benefits | November 11th, 2013 Canadian DB Plan Sponsors Addressing Challenges November 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Canadian plan sponsors are taking steps to address challenges facing their defined benefit (DB) retirement...
Products | November 11th, 2013 Tool Kit Helps with New Pension Accounting Standards November 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new online tool kit has been released by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
Administration | November 8th, 2013 Pension Funding Ratio Above 91% Again November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index shows that for October, the corporate pension funded ratio...
Administration | November 8th, 2013 BNY Universe Shows Positive Q3 Returns November 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe for the third quarter...
Products | November 6th, 2013 Managing Frozen Pensions No Easy Task November 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frozen pension plans are substantially different from open plans and need to be managed accordingly...
Administration | November 5th, 2013 No Need to Flee Fixed Income as Interest Rates Rise November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There has been much discussion about moving away from fixed income investments as a response...
Compliance | November 5th, 2013 GAO Seeks Clarity on Electronic Disclosure Rules November 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) asked the U.S. Treasury and Department of Labor (DOL) to...
Administration | November 4th, 2013 Pension Funding for S&P 1500 Firms Remains Stable November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding for pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies remained stable during October, with a...
Administration | November 4th, 2013 Institutional Investment Plans Perform Well in Q3 November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investment plans showed good performance in the third quarter, returning 4.4% at the median,...
Compliance | November 4th, 2013 PBGC Takes Plan of Pa. Animal Feed Mill November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking over the retirement plan of a Lancaster,...
Administration | November 4th, 2013 Institutional Investors See Positive Returns in Q3 November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Double digit extended U.S. and international equity returns powered the third quarter for all institutional...
Administration | November 4th, 2013 Funded Status of Corporate Pensions Up in October November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of U.S. corporate pensions rose to 91.8% in October, according to BNY...
Administration | November 1st, 2013 CalPERS Files Amicus Brief in San Bernardino Tax Dispute November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) filed an amicus brief in support of two...
Compliance | November 1st, 2013 Suit by Xerox Retiree Partially Dismissed November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A U.S. district court in New York ruled a plaintiff can proceed with a claim...
Administration | November 1st, 2013 Second Pension Suit Filed by Montana Public Employees November 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Cutbacks in inflation-related benefit increases passed by Montana lawmakers form the target of a second...
Compliance | October 30th, 2013 Improvements Needed for Multiemployer Pension System October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While attendees of a U.S. House subcommittee hearing agreed that the U.S. multiemployer pension system...
Products | October 30th, 2013 BNP Offers U.S. TIPS to DC, DB Plans October 30, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR) – BNP Paribas Investment Partners Trust Company added a share class to offer employer-sponsored retirement plans...