Illinois TRS Rejects Combining Pensions Investment Boards
December 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) announced it is opposed to...
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NJ Pension Fund under Fire for Hedge Fund Investments
November 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey's pension fund is under fire over a series of controversial hedge-fund investments.
Public Pensions Show Prudent Investment Behavior
November 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new analysis of public pension investment data indicates that public plans exhibit prudent investment...
NJ Governor Proposes Local Government Pension Relief
November 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine introduced a proposal on Thursday to allow local governments...
Investment Losses Lead STRS Ohio to Review Allocation, Pay Practices
November 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During its November meeting, the State Teachers Retirement Board received an update on the impact...
Public Plan Stock Investments See 35% Decline
November 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The stock investments of state and local government retirement systems have declined 35% so far...
Texas TRS Announces New Deputy CIO
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Teacher Retirement System of Texas has promoted Lee Partridge from managing director of strategic...
Aguirre Loses Appeal to Eliminate City Pension Benefits
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court on Thursday dismissed San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre's attempt...
Mayors to U.S. Treasury: We Need Pension Help from Bailout
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's giant financial bailout designed to combat the nation's financial crisis took on...
North Carolina's Moore Calls for Wachovia Buyout Fight
November 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Outgoing North Carolina Treasurer Richard Moore said he will instruct that the shares of Wachovia...
San Diego's Aguirre Turned out of Office as City Attorney
November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In addition to voting for the next president, San Diego voters last week turned out...
Public Funds Cite Risk Management as a Top Concern
November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Investment Management's (MSIM) Public Fund CIO Survey indicates the diversity of risk factors...
Voters in Five States Take Up Pension Investment Issues
November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Spooked by dramatic declines in the stock market and the prospect of injecting more risk...
Illinois TRS Funding Method Challenge Rebuffed
November 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An Illinois state judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenges how the state funds...
Gross Takes Janus Public Funds Post
November 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group has appointed Chad Gross as Vice President and Director of Public Funds...
Ark. Teacher System Director Called Out over Travel Expenses
October 27, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The head of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System resigned Thursday after a state audit revealed...
Plan Sponsors Experience Significant Losses in Third Quarter
October 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported a fourth consecutive quarter of negative results for...
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Federal Worker Retirement System Modernization Hits Bump
October 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The federal government's project to bring its retirement system into the electronic age has hit...
Prosecutors Tack on New Fraud Charges in SD Pension Case
October 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal prosecutors have added new wire fraud and conspiracy charges to the long-running prosecution of...
Actuary Group Seeks Pension Plan Accounting Valuation
October 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington, D.C.-based American Academy of Actuaries' board of directors has asked the Actuarial Standards...