Deferred compensation plan assets rose, but state laws that effectively block auto enrollment in these plans hamper growth potential.

The South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission revamped its portfolio by taking a more passive approach.

Investor views of some alternative investments shaped by COVID-19 and low interest rates have affected the holdings of the 200 largest plans.

Private credit assets nearly double as investors search for yield and extra return to offset low interest rates.

Record keepers expand virtual communications to help participants maintain and build their retirement accounts during the pandemic.

Hawaii Employees' Retirement System is one pension fund that eschews traditional asset allocation.

Increasing the diversity of managers is spurring more attention and new ideas from plan sponsors.

Pension investment teams relied on strict rebalancing and opportunistic investing in 2020 to rebuild and grow portfolios.

The top 200 retirement plans' alternative investment portfolios continued to grow in many sectors.

DB plans of the 200 largest U.S. plan sponsors have seen assets in private credit grow by 61.5% over the year ended Sept. 30.

Although many large plans have relatively new leadership, sources believe most are ready for another 2008-level crisis.

The largest 1,000 U.S. retirement plans saw slower asset growth in the year, following the lingering impact of bad performance in late 2018.

CalPERS has been moving more assets into equities and fixed income, bucking a trend.

DC plan participants haven't ignored fixed income even as the bull market charges ahead.