Prosecutors Tack on New Fraud Charges in SD Pension Case
October 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal prosecutors have added new wire fraud and conspiracy charges to the long-running prosecution of...
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Market Crash Drives up U.K. Pension Shortfalls
October 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Deloitte data shows the worldwide market turmoil has driven FTSE 100 pension deficits to...
Many Sponsors Still Shy about Using Derivatives
October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A quarter of plan sponsors who don't use derivatives as a risk-management tool show a...
Interest Rate Rise Helps Offset Pension Investment Setbacks
October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the assets of the Milliman 100 pension plans suffered major investment losses (more than...
Local Government Pensions in Good Shape
October 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new study of local government pension funding has found that the local plans are,...
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New Actuarial Firm Serves DB, Cash Balance, and Hybrid Plans
October 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lockstone Advisors, LLC is new actuarial firm dedicated to small and mid-size public and private...
YTD Pension Funding Ratios Down 4.3% in 2008
October 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding ratios at the typical U.S. pension plan dipped 0.3 percentage points in September, according...
Bond Yields Help Q308 Pension Funding Picture
October 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The global equity markets may have spent much of the third quarter heading south, but...
UBS Finds Pension Funding Ratios Take a Dive
October 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management announced that its US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate...
U.S. Pension Funds Rethinking Investment Management
October 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senior investment executives of some of the largest pension programs in the U.S. are thinking...
UK Pension Schemes Improve Despite Market Volatility
October 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK pension scheme funding has bounced back by a huge £19 billion in the past...
MD Local Governments Fret over Possible Pension Cost Shift
September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Local Maryland government officials say they will be in a tough spot if Governor Martin...
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ExpertPlan Announces DB Offering
September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ExpertPlan, provider of private label recordkeeping solutions for the micro- to small retirement plan market,...
Public Pension Groups: We're Still OK
September 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - National trade groups representing the nation's largest public pension funds contended that state and local...
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Another One Bites the Dust: Xerium to Freeze DB
September 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Xerium Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of products used in the production of paper, is freezing...
NY Unveils Pension System Watchdog
September 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has unveiled a new Retirement Compliance Unit to police...
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'Green' Politics Could Cause Pension Funds to See Red
September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report by the National Center for Public Policy Research suggests employee pension funds...
Public Plan Accounting Rules Can Mask Underfunding Woes
September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Within the next 15 years, state pension plans will be have a two-third probability of...
Legislators Ask for Funding Calculation Relief for Small Pensions
September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, members of the House Ways and Means...
Delphi Gets Court OK for Pension Freeze
September 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan for Delphi Corp., a bankrupt auto...