Tag: Public Pension

Benefits | April 14th, 2010

Quinn Inks Illinois Pension Change Measure

April 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed pension reform legislation into law that creates a two-tier...

Benefits | April 13th, 2010

Missouri Senate OKs Pension Reform Measure

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Missouri senators have endorsed legislation to change the state's public retirement systems, including increasing the...

Benefits | April 13th, 2010

Missouri Senate OKs Pension Reform Measure

April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Missouri senators have endorsed legislation to change the state's public retirement systems, including increasing the...

Administration | April 6th, 2010

State Street Wins $2.1M MA Pension Investment Mandate

April 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corp. won two mandates to invest a total of $2.1 billion for Massachusetts’...

Benefits | March 23rd, 2010

Garden State Pension Bills Become Law

March 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has inked a package of reform bills for public worker...

Administration | March 17th, 2010

NJ Won't Make Required Pension Contribution

March 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced the state won't make a required $3.06 billion pension...

Deals and People | March 17th, 2010

Wirth Tapped to Head CalSTRS PE Portfolio

March 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Margot Wirth has been named to head the $17 billion private equity portfolio...

Administration | March 16th, 2010

Long-term Public Pension Plan Returns Beat Assumptions

March 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent review of empirical data by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA)...

Deals and People | March 16th, 2010

TMRS Taps Gavia as Executive Director

March 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ultimately, the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) Board didn’t have to look far...

Administration | March 1st, 2010

NJ Senate Takes on Pension Reform

March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey has taken another step toward closing its pension funding gap –...

Benefits | March 1st, 2010

Colorado Retirees Sue on COLA Cut-Back

March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A group of retirees has sued Colorado’s state pension plan, arguing that the...

Opinions | February 23rd, 2010

IMHO: Promises Premises

February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It was hard not to be struck this past week by that Pew...

Compliance | February 22nd, 2010

Utah Senate Votes to Replace DB Plan

February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Utah Senate has passed legislation that would replace the state's defined benefit pension plan...

Administration | February 19th, 2010

Rosy Picture at CT State Pension Fund

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier said Connecticut’s state pension fund saw assets grow by...

Administration | February 19th, 2010

NYC Redraws Pension Placement Agent Regs

February 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With heightened attention being paid around the country to the role of private placement agents...

Benefits | February 1st, 2010

Credit Protection in Place for Alaskan Pension Data Loss

February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Alaska public employees and retirees whose personal data was placed at risk will...

Administration | January 24th, 2010

MOSERS Board Votes to Drop Staff Bonuses

January 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) board voted 8-1 Thursday to discontinue...

Benefits | January 9th, 2010

Colorado PERA Backs Pension Fix

January 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The board that oversees Colorado's troubled state pension plan has approved a proposal...

Deals and People | December 30th, 2009

OPERS Picks a New Director of Investments

December 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has announced that John C. Lane...

Benefits | December 18th, 2009

CA Judge Invalidates Union President Pension Benefit

December 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A California state judge has struck down a San Diego city pension benefit that allowed...