Retirement & Benefits

• NYC Pension Chief Wants to Cut Out Wall Street Fees

  By Martin Z. Braun and Henry Goldman, Bloomberg  |  May 31, 2013

  City sees opportunities for better returns and lower costs by managing some investments in-house.

• Brazilian Real Rises on News of Petrobras Bond Offering

  By Blake Schmidt, Marisa Castellani, Boris Korby, & Veronica Navarro Espinosa, Bloomberg  |  May 13, 2013

  Brazil's state-run oil producer is said to be planning an $11 billion bond sale, a record for emerging markets.

• Disclosure of CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios Stalls

  By Elliot Blair Smith and Phil Kuntz, Bloomberg  |  April 30, 2013

  SEC has yet to draw up rules as big companies lobby against the Dodd-Frank requirement.

• Mutual Fund Expense Ratios Continue to Decline

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  ICI puts hard numbers behind a general sense of lower costs.

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  PPACA Spurs Interest in Self-Funded Health Plans

  By Kathryn Mayer, LifeHealthPro  |  April 16, 2013

  The trend reflects companies' desire to maintain a level of flexibility and control over plan design and cost.

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  More Pension De-risking Ahead

  By Susan Kelly  |  April 16, 2013

  Companies are on track to continue lump-sum offers this year.

• J.C. Penney CEO’s Compensation Slashed

  By James Callan and Renee Dudley, Bloomberg  |  April 3, 2013

  Johnson earned $1.89 mln last year, down from $53.3 mln in 2011.

• Small-Business Insurance Market Delayed

  By Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg  |  April 1, 2013

  Choice of plans Obamacare promised for small-business employees won't be in place until at least 2015.

• GE Bonus Plan Could Encourage Deal-Making

  By Tim Catts, Bloomberg  |  March 26, 2013

  New incentive pay plan gives Immelt motive to tap NBC cash for deals.

• States’ Rejection of Medicaid Growth May Cost Companies

  By Alex Wayne, Bloomberg  |  March 14, 2013

  Employers could pay up to $1.3 billion in fines if uncovered workers can't qualify for Medicaid.