May 30, 2014
SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher has hinted at potential fraud action against “lax accounting standards”.
May 27, 2014
The US asset management giant argues for redemption
fees to stop runs on funds in an investigation into financial stability.
May 26, 2014
Research has
found raising contributions, reducing indexation, and changing portfolio
asset allocations could help improve plans’ financial health.
May 22, 2014
Texas ERS has suspended its trading with the Swiss bank indefinitely as of May 21.
May 21, 2014
Chris
Christie, facing a budgetary crisis, said the state will cease to
pay for past administrations’ “sins,” and cover pension costs only for active employees.
May 20, 2014
Large, highly connected asset
management firms are at risk of being labeled “systemically important financial
institutions.”
May 19, 2014
Abrupt government changes to savings policy endanger members’ outcomes, according to the National Association of Pension Funds.
May 14, 2014
The sole
fiduciary of the $86 billion pension fund said the discussion of moving to a
board of trustees model is likely to wait until January 2015.
May 7, 2014
An
examination of private equity firms the last two years revealed an “enormous
grey area” of hidden fees and expense-shifting, costing investors proper
monitoring of investments.
May 5, 2014
The Ontario
Ministry of Finance proposed the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan as Canada’s
first mandatory provincial retirement plan for public employees.
May 2, 2014
UK government issues proposals to restrict local authority access to active asset managers.
May 2, 2014
The largest US pension fund wants a bankruptcy court decision reversed.
April 29, 2014
With new mortality assumptions imminent, reports of a post-recession high for corporate pension funding ratios don't tell the whole story.
April 17, 2014
The bankrupt city has reached a tentative deal to cut pensions and launch two VEBAs for retiree medical funding.
April 16, 2014
A study of large hedge funds found systematic trading on analysts' stock ratings before publication of their outlooks.