CO Senate Panel OKs PERA Fix
January 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Colorado state Senate panel has approved a deal brokered by Senate leaders to rescue...
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Charges Dismissed for Five Former San Diego Pension Board Members
January 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In a unanimous decision, the California State Supreme Court dismissed criminal charges against five former...
CalPERS Writes Off Stake in Big Apple Apt. Complex
January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the owners of a giant New York City apartment complex deciding to turn the...
MOSERS Board Votes to Drop Staff Bonuses
January 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) board voted 8-1 Thursday to discontinue...
Empire State Fund Puts $250M into Emerging Markets Hedge Fund
January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) has seeded a new feeder hedge fund...
Are Pension Obligation Bonds Risky?
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New research suggests that while Pension Obligation Bonds (POBs) may seem like a way to...
CalPERS Releases Placement Agent Disclosures
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) on Thursday released documents showing that private placement...
DiNapoli Seeks Congressional Probe over Lost Pension Checks
January 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York Attorney General Thomas P. DiNapoli has asked the U.S. House Committee on Oversight...
Thousands of NY State Pension Checks Missing
January 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Postal Service informed New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office that hundreds...
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Colorado PERA Backs Pension Fix
January 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The board that oversees Colorado's troubled state pension plan has approved a proposal...
Feds Reported Examining Detroit Pension Investments
January 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal investigators are looking into several investments by city of Detroit pension boards, according to...
CalPERS Beefs Up Board Ethics Rules
December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Directors at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) have approved a beefed-up ethics policy...
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CO County Institutes Slimmed Down Retirement Program
December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A plan for reduced retirement benefits is expected to save the Mesa County government in...
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GA County Slashes 401(k) Match
December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employees of a Georgia county near Atlanta have had their 401(k) employer match cut back...
OPERS Picks a New Director of Investments
December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has announced that John C. Lane...
Pension Fund Sued by Consultant
December 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The self-proclaimed “Sam Spade of Money Management” is taking a former client to...
Auditors Question Fees NJ Pension Fund Paid Financial Advisers
December 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's public pension funds spent $166 million on brokerage commissions, advisers' fees and other...
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Public Plans' Number of Retirees Growing Faster than Active Participants
December 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report indicates that for public retirement systems, the number of retirees is growing...
Most Governments Not Pre-Funding OPEB
December 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new government study found that most state and local governments are paying for their...
PA Legislators Pass Terror Free Investing Bill
December 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban public pension funds from investing in...