State Pension Funding Levels Recovering
June 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. states' pension funded levels are gradually recovering from their fall in 2010, according to...
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NCPERS Says Pew Report Flawed – Again
June 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) has dismissed a Pew Center report...
Pension Funding Stabilization Not Long-Term Cure
June 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension funding stabilization provisions of a bill currently going through Congress would provide pension plan...
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Funding Gap Widens for State Pensions
June 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The shortfall in funding states’ retirement systems has grown to at least $1.38 trillion, according...
Council Says Quit Stalling on Pension Funding Stabilization
June 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Benefits Council (ABC) President James A. Klein urged swift enactment of legislation to stabilize...
Aggregate Pension Plan Deficit Grows in May
June 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension plan funding gains in the first quarter were wiped out in April and May,...
ASPPA Asks for Elective Pension Funding Modifications
May 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) sent lawmakers a letter of support...
Actuaries Make Suggestions for Stabilizing Pension Funding
May 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The American Academy of Actuaries has sent letters to lawmakers with suggestions for legislation to...
Mercer Asks Congress for Pension Funding Reforms
May 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer is concerned about the significant increase in pension funding requirements driven by historically-low interest...
More Multiemployer Pension Plans Fall Out of Green Zone
May 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of Segal’s latest zone-status survey of multiemployer pension plans show that they are still...
U.S. Pension Funding Status Slips in April
May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in April fell 3.5 percentage...
Public Pensions Struggle to Make Required Contributions
May 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An issue brief from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence looks at the...
Pension Plan Funded Status Falls in April
May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies grew $39 billion in...
Mass. Pension Sues Google Over Proposed Stock Split
May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Google, Inc. was sued by a Brockton, Massachusetts, pension fund that claims the company’s planned...
NYC Pensions to Challenge Wal-Mart Board
May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York City’s pension funds announced plans to vote their 4.7 million Wal-Mart company shares...
Public Pension Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
April 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy last week.
Ohio Pension Funds File Lawsuit Against BP
April 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed a lawsuit against British Petroleum (BP) on behalf of...
Ga. Employee Pensions to Make Alternative Investments
April 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation...
CalSTRS Unfunded Liability Climbs in 2011
April 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System...
Commissioner Proposes Fixes for Cook County Pension Funding
April 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cook County, Illinois' pension fund will go broke in 26 years without major changes, according...