Tag: Public

Benefits | November 20th, 2009

House Committee Approves Fed Employee Same-Sex Partner Benefits

November 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a heated debate over gay rights and extending benefits in an economic downturn, the...

Administration | November 17th, 2009

Maryland Issues Two Alternative RFIs

November 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Maryland’s public pension fund is looking for some consulting help on two of...

Administration | November 6th, 2009

NY Lawyer to Pay $240K to Settle Pension Fraud Charges

November 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York lawyer accused of fraudulently receiving state pension benefits from as many as...

Deals and People | November 4th, 2009

San Diego Pension Boss Stepping Down

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - David Wescoe, administrator of the city of San Diego's pension system, is stepping down from...

Administration | November 4th, 2009

Placement Agent Probe Yields Another Settlement

November 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A man who helped a Los Angeles-based private equity firm land an $800-million New York...

Administration | November 2nd, 2009

High Court Hearing this Week on San Diego Pension Case

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in the case against six former members...

Products | November 2nd, 2009

Great-West Wins Jacksonville 457, 401(a) Plan Biz

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services announced that the City of Jacksonville, Florida, has retained its services as...

Administration | October 30th, 2009

Illinois Teachers See Funded Ratio Fall Further

October 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded ratio of the Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois slipped to 52% as of...

Administration | October 28th, 2009

Canada Proposes Public Pension Reform

October 28, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Tuesday proposed reforms to pension plans at federally-regulated companies.

Administration | October 27th, 2009

Pension Fund Sues over ACS, Xerox Merger

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The City of St. Clair Shores (Michigan) Police and Fire Retirement System is challenging as...

Benefits | October 22nd, 2009

Market Decline Could Affect Public Pensions for Several Years

October 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Public Fund Survey sponsored by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators and the...

Administration | October 16th, 2009

Judge Predicts Appeal in Cuomo Case against Morris

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A New York criminal court judge said New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's fraud charges...

Administration | October 16th, 2009

Va. System Defers Accounting Rule to Cut Costs

October 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the Virginia Retirement System agreed to an accounting change that will save...

Benefits | October 14th, 2009

OC Gets OK for Hybrid Pension Program

October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger creates a two-tier pension for...

Administration | October 14th, 2009

Schwarzenegger Signs Law on Placement Agents

October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill clamping down on placement agents, the marketing...

Benefits | October 13th, 2009

NC to Target Smokers, Obese with Higher Health Plan Costs

October 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina is set to become the second state to charge obese workers more for...

Administration | October 9th, 2009

Wis. Pension Board Approves $1.7-million Incentive Bonus Program

October 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A senior portfolio manager of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board will get a $150,000...

Administration | October 7th, 2009

Cuomo Announces Guilty Pleas in Pay-to-play Probe

October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced two guilty pleas in the ongoing investigation relating to...

Administration | October 7th, 2009

Cuomo Pension Board Reform Measure Expected

October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is expected to propose remaking the board of the...

Deals and People | October 2nd, 2009

Former TSP Director to Lead San Francisco System

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Board of the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) announced its selection of...