Products | July 8th, 2014 Evanston Releases New Registered Fund July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Evanston Capital Management has released its Evanston Alternative Opportunities Fund.
Administration | July 3rd, 2014 Banks Ask to Continue as Pension Asset Managers July 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse, which have each pled guilty to U.S. criminal charges, are...
Products | July 3rd, 2014 Helping DC Plans Improve Investment Outcomes July 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A manager of managers approach may help defined contribution (DC) plan sponsors offer more diversified...
Products | July 1st, 2014 MFS Releases Flexible Equity Fund July 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MFS Investment Management has released the MFS Managed Wealth Fund, a flexible equity fund that...
Products | June 30th, 2014 A New Proposal for Monitoring TDFs June 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Whether a target-date fund (TDF) series is considered “to” or “through” retirement is not the...
Benefits | June 30th, 2014 Lifecycle Investing Through Managed Accounts and ETFs June 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Target-date funds (TDFs) are an important tool for workplace retirement investors, says Steven Anderson, of...
Administration | June 27th, 2014 Making Sure Plan Fees Are Reasonable June 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When it comes to retirement plan fees, recent regulatory changes and litigation have highlighted the...
Products | June 26th, 2014 London Stock Exchange Group to Acquire Russell June 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced its proposed acquisition of the Frank Russell Company...
Products | June 25th, 2014 OppenheimerFunds to Launch EM Fund June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Innovators Fund (EMIAX) will be available to retirement plans at the...
Benefits | June 25th, 2014 Small Firm 401(k)s Favor Professionally Managed Investments June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than three-quarters of small business employees who participate in their firms' 401(k) plans have...
Products | June 25th, 2014 BlackRock Enhances LifePath Strategies June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock has added two new strategies to its series of LifePath target-date funds (TDFs) that...
Deals and People | June 25th, 2014 Pentegra Names Outsourced CIO Sales Leader June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sarah Coxe Lange has joined Pentegra Retirement Services as National Sales Director, Institutional Investments.
Benefits | June 24th, 2014 Linking Student Debt and Retirement Savings June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -- One lesson Stuart Ritter, of T. Rowe Price Investment Services, strives to impress on the...
Benefits | June 23rd, 2014 Help Participants Be Better Investors June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should understand how investor risk tolerance is affected by market performance, and help...
Benefits | June 20th, 2014 Unbundled TDFs Attract Sponsor Attention June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is something of a contradiction at the heart of many prepackaged target-date fund (TDF)...
Deals and People | June 19th, 2014 Towers Watson Appoints Two New CIOs June 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towers Watson made two executive appointments within the company’s investment business.
Products | June 17th, 2014 Morningstar Launches Manager Research Services June 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment research firm Morningstar, Inc. has launched a service to help institutional investors evaluate funds,...
Benefits | June 16th, 2014 A New Role for EM Investments in Retirement Plans June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Emerging market (EM) investors are becoming more discerning, changing the landscape of investing, Principal...
Benefits | June 16th, 2014 DC Plans Focus on Streamlining Investments June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution plan sponsors tend to offer far more investment fund options than the number...
Products | June 16th, 2014 Sage Advisory Services Launches Custom LDI Solution June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sage Advisory Services, an Austin, Texas-based asset manager, released a liability-driven investing (LDI) solution tailored...