Administration | May 24th, 2012 Conn. Treasurer to Vote Against Wal-Mart Board May 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is following other state pension fund leaders in rallying...
Compliance | May 23rd, 2012 Pension Fund’s Survivor Benefit Not Gender-Biased May 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled the San Diego City Employee Retirement System’s (SDCERS) survivor...
Benefits | May 22nd, 2012 Michigan House Rejects Switch to DC Plan for Teachers May 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Michigan house has approved pension reform for school system employees which does not include...
Administration | May 18th, 2012 Group Offers Guidelines for Public Pension Disclosure Obligations May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) has published guidelines for state and local government...
Benefits | May 18th, 2012 Bill Would Close Michigan Teachers' Pension May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would close the teachers’ pension plan to new public school employees and put...
Benefits | May 17th, 2012 S.C. Senate Passes Gentler Version of Pension Reform May 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The South Carolina Senate approved a pension reform plan with fewer changes than the state...
Administration | May 10th, 2012 Positive Q1 Returns for U.S. Master Trust Universe May 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return of the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe was 7.12% for the...
Benefits | May 9th, 2012 Az. Public Workers to Get Back Pension Contributions May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed off on legislation to reverse a law increasing state...
Compliance | May 9th, 2012 Former Detroit Officials Solicited Gifts from Investment Manager May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged former top Detroit officials in an influence peddling...
Benefits | May 9th, 2012 Pension Proposal in Ohio Would Increase Employee Contributions May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A sweeping overhaul of public employee pensions in Ohio was proposed this week.
Benefits | May 9th, 2012 Ala. Legislature Passes Pension Reform May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Alabama Legislature passed a bill to reform the pension system for new state employees...
Administration | May 7th, 2012 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...
Administration | May 4th, 2012 CalSTRS Seeking Changes in Wal-Mart’s Corporate Governance May 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) is suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives and board...
Benefits | May 3rd, 2012 Az. Senate Rejects DC Plan for State Officials May 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Arizona Senate rejected a proposal for a new retirement plan for certain public officials.
Administration | May 2nd, 2012 Baltimore Fund Consolidates Pension Suit May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The City of Baltimore and New Britain Firefighters’ Benefit Fund filed a consolidated and amended...
Administration | May 2nd, 2012 La. Pension Sues Sprint Over Sales Tax Issue May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sprint Nextel Corp. was sued by a Louisiana pension fund after New York’s attorney general...
Administration | May 1st, 2012 Public Pension Assets Increase More Than $257 Billion May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. state and local public-employee retirement systems had $2.7 trillion in total cash and investment...
Administration | May 1st, 2012 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...
Administration | May 1st, 2012 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...
Administration | April 27th, 2012 Employees Sue Oregon Pension for Risky Investments April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two Oregon state employees sued one of the outside money managers most favored by Oregon's state...