Tag: Public Pension

December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Insights report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) details changes to accounting standards for public defined benefit...

November 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar’s analysis of U.S. pension plans found the strongest- and weakest-funded systems.

November 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS) board voted to ask...

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The nation's state and local public-employee retirement systems had $3 trillion in...

November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Switching from a defined benefit (DB) pension plan to defined contribution (DC) individual accounts or...

November 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement of...

November 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) processed more federal retirement claims in October than it...

November 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly all institutional plans showed positive returns for the third quarter, while 12-month returns hit...

November 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report supports the Department of Defense's (DOD) proposal to overhaul the Pentagon's retirement system. 

November 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Police and Fire Retirement System for the City of Detroit is suing investment adviser...

November 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional plan sponsors in the Northern Trust Universe gained about 4.5% at...

October 26,2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) investments rate of return dropped from 23.6% last year to 0.76%...

October 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal lawsuit investigating the City of New York’s calculation of pension funds was expanded...

October 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge found the Baltimore County Employee Retirement System (ERS) violates the Age Discrimination...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An audit report claims the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is overpaying into the Federal Employee...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – During the past year, the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans reported an aggregate underfunding...

October 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Cheryl Eason as its Chief...

October 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In the wake of the recession, local governments have made changes to retirement and...

October 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Illinois constitutional amendment that concerns authority to make public pension plan changes is scheduled...

October 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three employee unions have been allowed to join a lawsuit over the freezing of Maine...