Puerto Rican Plans Can Sue UBS
January 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court has revived a lawsuit brought by two Puerto Rican pension plans against...
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Ohio Public Employees Retiring Ahead of Pension Changes
January 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has seen an uptick in retirements since pension...
New York Fund Sues Qualcomm
January 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York State Common Retirement Fund is suing Qualcomm Inc. regarding access to corporate...
Virginia System Portfolio Manager to Serve Nonprofits
January 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After serving the past 14 years as a program and portfolio manager, Steven C. Henderson...
Wisconsin Pension Payments Projected to Drop
December 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retired Wisconsin public employees could face up to a 13% decrease in their pensions beginning...
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Illinois House Proposes Cash Balance Plan for Educators
December 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois House is seeking to create a cash balance plan for educators.
Seattle Funds Asked to Divest from Fossil Fuels
December 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The City of Seattle is moving to divest from fossil fuels following a roundtable discussion...
NYC Pension Invests in Post-Sandy Reconstruction
December 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the New York City Teachers Retirement System has pledged...
Illinois TRS Preparing for Pension Reform
December 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) is reviewing contingency...
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Modifying Public Pensions Better than DC Switch
December 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Closing a public employee defined benefit pension plan can cost substantially...
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Paper Explores Public Pension Accounting Reforms
December 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An Insights report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) details changes to accounting standards for public defined benefit...
Wisconsin Tops Morningstar State Pension Analysis
November 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar’s analysis of U.S. pension plans found the strongest- and weakest-funded systems.
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DC Plans Help Short-Term Public Employees
November 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Adding a defined contribution (DC) component in public retirement...
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LASERS to Ask for Delay of Cash Balance Plan
November 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS) board voted to ask...
Public DB Plan Assets Continue Growth
November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The nation's state and local public-employee retirement systems had $3 trillion in...
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DB to DC Switch Negatively Affects Public Work Force
November 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Switching from a defined benefit (DB) pension plan to defined contribution (DC) individual accounts or...
Disaster Workers Get Health Benefits
November 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The federal government extended health care coverage to part-time disaster workers.
BNY Mellon Master Trusts Have Strong Q3
November 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master...
N.Y. AG Wins Settlement of Madoff Claims
November 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement of...
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Federal Retiree Claim Backlog Decreasing
November 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) processed more federal retirement claims in October than it...