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Retirement Plan Study Finds Benefits To Using A Single Recordkeeper

Respondents with one provider reported time savings of 17% to as much as 50%, Principal Financial Group found.

09.13.21
In The News
Chicago Park District ‘Reform’ Bill Puts Pension Costs On Taxpayers

House Bill 417 falls far short of the structural reforms Illinois pension systems require. A constitutional amendment is needed after courts blocked a real reform effort in 2018.

09.13.21
In The News
World’s Largest 300 Pension Funds’ AUM Surge 11.5% In 2020

The sovereign wealth funds of Japan and Norway remain the two biggest in the world.

09.13.21
In The News
Learning From The Latest SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement

Three new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions, charging eight separate financial firms with violations of Regulation S-P, indicate a seismic shift in SEC focus and provide a slew of critical takeaways for any SEC-registered entity, says cybersecurity consultant John Reed Stark.

09.13.21
In The News
State Teachers Retirement System Of Ohio Resorts To Pension Theatre To Defend Costly Secretive Investments

Public pensions facing growing public scrutiny and criticism over mismanagement of investments are increasingly resorting to “pension theatre.”

09.13.21
In The News
Norwegian Oil Fund's New Eco Standards Add Pressure On Arctic Extractors

The powerful sovereign wealth fund says it will pin its investments to a series of expectations on biodiversity and ecosystem. That could have consequences for the Fund’s investments in the Arctic, including in Russian energy companies.

09.13.21
MRI/Social Investments
Northeast Religious Association Seeks Consultants To Help Implement Racial Justice Investing Plan

A religious association in the Northeast is seeking proposals from consultants to assist in implementing its racial justice investing plan.

09.13.21
Profiles
Fred Alger Management: Rebuilt With A Purpose

When Fred Alger Management lost 35 team members in the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan 20 years ago, it was never a consideration for the remaining survivors not to try and rebuild the firm.

09.10.21
Industry News
Your Stories: 9/11 Memories From The Industry
Over the past month we’ve asked our subscribers and industry professionals to submit their memories
09.10.21
Industry News
True North Charity Brings Direction To Veteran-Focused Nonprofits

Between 1.9 million and 3 million service members have served in post-9/11 war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, with the recent withdrawal from Afghanistan providing a stark reminder of the two decades of military presence following the Sept. 11 attacks.

09.10.21