Frontlines
Yale professor: Regulation to blame for loss of integrity on Wall Street
Jonathan R. Macey, a Yale University academic, in a provocative, well-written and compact new book wonders what happened to reputational capital, which once played a vital role in “fostering...
May 13, 2013
5 managers get a thumbs-up for social media use
Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc.'s iShares ETF business, Putnam Investments, Franklin Templeton Investments and Sun Life Financial ranked highest in using social media for interacting with their...
May 13, 2013
New group looks to educate DC execs about real estate
A new organization created by real estate asset managers is seeking to educate defined contribution plan executives about the role of real estate investments in DC plan menus.
May 13, 2013
EBSA wants you ... to comment on rules
The EBSA is seeking input for possible regulations on lifetime-income statements for defined contribution plan participants.
May 13, 2013
Bank of America reaches deal on Countrywide lawsuits
Bank of America has agreed to settle nationwide lawsuits including a class action led by the $24.9 billion Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, Des Moines, for $500 million, one of the largest...
April 29, 2013
NOW: Pensions helps British field hockey
NOW: Pensions is planning to take the British men's field hockey squad all the way to Rio.
April 29, 2013
PBGC reverses course on 'reportable events' disclosure rule
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. reversed course and proposed a new rule that will exempt as many as 90% of companies from having to disclose “reportable events” such as bankruptcies...
April 15, 2013
Index groups form new association
Several major index groups have joined forces to create the Index Industry Association and hired former CME Group executive Rick Redding as its executive director.
April 15, 2013
IW Financial will scrutinize portfolios for gun makers
Institutional investors might think they know their portfolios, but IW Financial says their portfolios could contain investments they don't know they have, particularly in firearms makers.
April 15, 2013
Here's another way to build equity indexes
U.S. equity indexes constructed randomly by monkeys — or more precisely 10 million virtual monkeys — would have outperformed the equivalent cap-weighted index, according to a joint study...
April 15, 2013
Aberdeen program looks to help expectant mothers
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC has launched a program to take mums-to-be in the workforce by the hand.
April 15, 2013
Say-on-pay votes expected to hold steady — study
Shareholders have voted on average 90% to ratify executive compensation in advisory say-on-pay voting so far this proxy season, up from the 89% in all of 2012, according to a Towers Watson study...
April 15, 2013
TIAA-CREF teams up for farmland research
TIAA-CREF is hoping to boost investment in farmland through better data. To that end, the New York-based investment money management firm is launching the TIAA-CREF Center for Farmland Research at...
April 01, 2013
John Williams to lend hand to shore up musicians' pension fund
Five-time Academy Award-winning composer John Williams will conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to help shore up the musicians' pension fund.
April 01, 2013
New Jersey taps into Wall Street know-how
The New Jersey State Investment Council's meetings are becoming a guest-speaker forum of big names in big finance.
