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Washington is bent on cleaning out its inventory of real estate from distressed S&Ls within the next two years. But pensions should kick the tires before buying.

The once-torrid vulture fund market has matured. But a number of factors are keeping big investors interested.

With the environment again a hot topic, some public pensions are exploring ways to make environmentally correct investments.

A slew of ambitious housing and urban development projects are attracting the attention of public pension funds.

Pension sponsors share their thoughts on what prompts them to pull the trigger on unsatisfactory manager relationships.

The naming of Olena Berg as the top US pension regulator Could add a new, experienced voice to the debate over economically targeted investing.

Many 401(k) sponsors are finding ways to outsource part of the plan. Winn-Dixie Stores, going one step further has outsourced the whole thing.

The Mutual Benefit fiasco, now winding to a Close, provides some valuable tips for GIG holders on how to protect their interests in a rehabilitation.

Repurchase agreements have emerged as the overnight investment vehicle of choice for many pension managers.

Use of mental health care benefits is rising fast. Corporations are starting to worry about the effect on post-retirement costs.

Beset by FAS 106 obligations, corporate benefit plans could use more help from their employees with funding. But without health benefit portability this may be hard to come...

The Common Fund is trying to boost performance by College and university endowments in some new ways-through education, and by promoting global investing.

Activist pension funds have some powerful new allies in unions like the Teamsters.

Taking a cue from their US Counterparts, Canadian public pension sponsors are learning to be shareholder activists.

Amid a market that refuses to recover some Japanese pension funds are getting tough with their brokers and investment managers. But the network of cozy relationships is a...

Fixed-income analytics afford pension sponsors a more sophisticated knowledge of their portfolios. But few are ready to move up the curve.

Pension funds in search of improved performance measurement products now have new providers custodians. But the traditional providers, consultants, are fighting back.

McGill University is one of a growing group of Canadian pension sponsors which use derivatives to increase their overseas market exposures

Some plan sponsors are worried.

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