This would bring the total amount invested with Emerging Managers to more than $14 billion, $10 billion of which is committed to Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises.

The performance of equities for current retirees is perhaps more important than ever, as many advisors are using stocks and dividend paying stocks to supplant fixed-income and money-market funds, which lag due to low interest rates.

Median annual household income in March was $53,043, down 0.7 percent in real terms from February 2014.

Some funds give investors access to hedge fund managers who previously only worked with accredited, high net-worth individuals or institutions.

Three cases of interest to the Supreme Court have the potential to move the needle in the direction of plaintiffs claims.

CITs are arguably changing the retirement investment landscape because of an insistence on behalf of plans sponsors of all sizes, but particularly the largest, to keep their exposure to management fees in control.

The POA has mounted a concerted effort to reduce staffing in our police department, which has undermined the department and increased the workload on the remaining officers, said Mayor Reed via email to BenefitsPro.

Will small and mid-sized businesses with limited internal resources find the prospect of compliance so onerous that they stray from plan sponsorship?