Tag: Public

Benefits | February 24th, 2010

CO Governor Signs Bill Cutting Pension Benefits

February 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed a bill that cuts state employee retiree benefits.

Administration | February 24th, 2010

Ohio Pension Funds to Lead Class Action against AIG

February 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has granted class action status to shareholders suing insurance giant American International...

Administration | February 23rd, 2010

WV County School Boards File Suit over OPEB Funding

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 50 of West Virginia’s 55 county boards...

Benefits | February 23rd, 2010

NJ Senate Approves Pension and Health Benefits Cuts

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New Jersey State Senate has approved a package of bills cutting government pensions and...

Opinions | February 23rd, 2010

IMHO: Promises Premises

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It was hard not to be struck this past week by that Pew...

Compliance | February 22nd, 2010

Utah Senate Votes to Replace DB Plan

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Utah Senate has passed legislation that would replace the state's defined benefit pension plan...

Administration | February 19th, 2010

Rosy Picture at CT State Pension Fund

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier said Connecticut’s state pension fund saw assets grow by...

Administration | February 19th, 2010

NYC Redraws Pension Placement Agent Regs

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With heightened attention being paid around the country to the role of private placement agents...

Administration | February 18th, 2010

Groups Dissect Pew Report on State Retiree Benefit Funding

February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA) and the National Council on Teacher Retirement...

Administration | February 18th, 2010

CalPERS Calls out Firms not Responding to Placement Agent Info Request

February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has released a list of 11 firms with...

Administration | February 18th, 2010

States Face $1Trillion Retirement Benefits Funding Gap

February 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was a $1 trillion gap at the end of fiscal year 2008 between the...

Administration | February 9th, 2010

CT Pension Body Files Executive Pay Proposals

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, principal fiduciary of the $22.7-billion Connecticut Retirement Plans and...

Benefits | February 9th, 2010

NJ Lawmakers Propose Pension and Health Benefit Cuts

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey state senators have introduced a package of bills to cut government pensions and...

Administration | February 9th, 2010

Vermont City Files FINRA Complaint against Morgan Stanley

February 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The city of Burlington, Vermont, has filed a regulatory complaint against Morgan Stanley alleging that...

Administration | February 8th, 2010

Brown Calls for CA Divestment Law Compliance

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Monday demanded that the state’s two largest...

Administration | February 8th, 2010

Placement Agent Legislation Introduced in California

February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill requiring placement agents to register as lobbyists before pitching investment ideas to public...

Administration | February 5th, 2010

CT Town to Release Pension Funding Plans

February 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Officials of a Connecticut town that suffered a $42-million loss in the Bernard Madoff ponzi...

Compliance | February 2nd, 2010

Colorado PERA Bill Heads to the House

February 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Colorado state Senate has approved and sent on to the state House a bill...

Benefits | February 1st, 2010

MI Cost-Cutting Moves Include Public Worker Health Care Changes

February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm's agenda to cut inefficiencies and costs in the state government...

Benefits | February 1st, 2010

Credit Protection in Place for Alaskan Pension Data Loss

February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alaska public employees and retirees whose personal data was placed at risk will...