New pension rules may provide relief for underfunded pension plans, but they can also increase risk, according to Karin Franceries of J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan rebounded 1.8 percentage points to 71.6% in June, according to the BNY Mellon Pension Summary Report.
Contribution activity could remain above the minimum requirement despite a bill that gives defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors funding relief, a report contends.
Investor confidence softened somewhat in the second quarter, according to the Investor Sentiment Index, released Monday by John Hancock Financial Services.
Defined contribution (DC) plan participants transferred monies from equities into fixed-income investments as the stock markets dropped substantially during...
The looming fiscal cliff has investors scurrying for safe harbor, Prudential’s investment strategists said at their Midyear Global Markets and Economic Outlook.
Russell Investments released its newly reconstituted Global Indexes following its annual index reconstitution late last week, benchmarking about $3.9 trillion in assets.