KY Teachers' Pension System Adopts Investment Reforms
December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) has adopted investment reforms that include adding additional experts to...
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DB Survival of Hard Times Means Better Risk-Return Judgments
December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hewitt Associates global survey found that companies need to do a lot more...
CT Town Pension Claims $42M Madoff Fund Loss
December 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among the apparent victims of a $50-billion Ponzi scheme which authorities charge was orchestrated by...
Largest Pensions Face $95B Asset Loss in November
December 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In November, pensions in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index surrendered a total of $95...
Corporate Pensions Slammed by Downturn in November
December 9, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding ratio at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan fell 13.4% in November, the...
California Health Care Firm Ponies Up Pension Funding
December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of directors of a Northern California health-care system have decided to fully fund...
Michigan Contractor Sentenced in Pension Embezzlement
December 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in Michigan has sentenced a contractor to a day in prison and...
Future Generations Face Large Bill for Public Pension Funding
December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If public pensions do not adjust their investment and funding strategies, future plan participants and...
U.K. Plans Saw Light in November
December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding deficit for the U.K.'s 200 largest privately sponsored pension plans improved by £38...
S&P 1500 Pension Plans Hit Record Deficit
December 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Losses for pension plans sponsored by the nation's largest U.S. companies have turned a surplus...
Atlanta Seeks Pension Diversification OK
December 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Atlanta officials have turned to state legislators for permission to boost their pension investments in...
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DC Most Prevalent among Corporates, DB among Multi-Employer Plans
November 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey, not surprisingly, has found that corporate employers are most likely to offer...
NJ Governor Proposes Local Government Pension Relief
November 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine introduced a proposal on Thursday to allow local governments...
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Random House Freezes DB
November 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The country's largest trade publisher, Random House Inc., has frozen the pensions of its current...
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Morningstar to Provide Pensions, Endowments, Foundations Info
November 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has announced it is creating a comprehensive database for U.S. pensions, endowments, and...
Public Plan Stock Investments See 35% Decline
November 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stock investments of state and local government retirement systems have declined 35% so far...
100 Largest Pensions Face Record Loss in October
November 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index, shows the nation's 100 largest defined benefit pension plans...
Year-to-Date Global Pension Fund Returns Total $4T
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension fund returns fell by more than 20% on average between January and October -...
Mayors to U.S. Treasury: We Need Pension Help from Bailout
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's giant financial bailout designed to combat the nation's financial crisis took on...
New BT Union Deal Calls for Pension Changes
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New staff at British Telecom will have to work an extra five years before they...