Seattle Times Requesting Union Cooperation in Freezing Pensions
January 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Struggling Seattle Times Co. said Wednesday it will ask some of its unionized workers to...
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U.S. Pension Funds Have Lowered Expectations
January 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. pension funds are projecting sharply reduced investment returns from major asset classes through 2013,...
Another Union Reports Madoff Hit to Pension Funds
January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of Local 210 of the Laborers International Union of North America in New York...
MD Pension Fund Suffers $27B 2008 Setback
January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maryland taxpayers will have to pay an additional $215 million into the state's pension system...
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DB Sponsors Take Inconsistent Attitude on Risk Factors
January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A MetLife survey of defined benefit plan sponsors found a surprising distance between those focusing...
2008 Sends Global Pension Assets Back in Time
January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global institutional pension fund assets in 11 major markets shrank by approximately 19% during 2008,...
Iowa Officials Debate Pension Lottery Investments
January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State of Iowa lawmakers are debating whether to privatize the state's Lottery program or possibly...
GM Settles with SEC over Pension Accounting Charges
January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Corp. and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement Thursday over...
CT Town with Madoff Losses Debates Pension Appointment
January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recently stung by word their town public pension lost $42 million in the Bernard Madoff...
Longevity Could Increase Pension Liability by $250B
January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent report from Hewitt Associates suggests companies across the world should factor in up...
Madoff Losses Lead to Pension Program Changes for Union
January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the United Union of Roofers Waterproofers & Allied Workers Local 195 in Cicero,...
CT Town Sees $182M Pension Loss
January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Taxpayers in Stamford, Connecticut, will have to ante up more in coming years to pay...
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Ex-N.C. United Way Head in Pension Fight Points Finger at Predecessor
January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former president of the United Way of Central Carolinas, fired last year and denied...
MOSERS Hit with $3.5M-Madoff Loss
January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel has called for a thorough investigation of the circumstances under...
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UK Sponsors and Trustees Get Free Education
January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's Pensions Regulator has reminded pension scheme sponsors and trustees of two free education...
Quebec Moves to Insure Private Pensions
January 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Quebec government is moving to guarantee benefits to pensioners and workers of companies whose...
Suit Alleges New Mexico Pension Pay to Play
January 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The former chief investment officer for New Mexico's public schoolteachers' pension fund charges in a...
Japanese DB Sponsors Sustain Funding Ratios in 2008
January 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Japanese defined benefit pension funds entered the tumultuous third quarter of 2008 in a relatively...
Study Suggests More Pension Funding Help Needed
January 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even with pension funding relief approved late in 2008, U.S. employers will be required to...
Report Says LDI to Become Standard Practice for DB Plans
January 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its newly-released Russell Retirement Report 2009, Russell Investments contends that liability-driven investing (LDI) will...