Alternative Investments Boost State Pension System Returns
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State pension systems earned a median 7.2% annualized return over the 10 years ended June...
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CalPERS Partners with UBS on Infrastructure Investments
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced a $500 million global infrastructure partnership with...
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Report Suggests Cash Balance Plan Would Benefit Ill. Teachers
August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An alternative plan design, such as a cash balance plan that would allow participants to...
New Law Outlines Training for CalPERS Board Members
July 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new state law calls for members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)...
Largest Public Pensions Report 18% Return
July 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The two largest public pension funds in the U.S. have reported fiscal year returns of...
IRS to Discuss ACA and Government Employers
July 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be presenting a free webinar about the impact of...
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Ill. High Court Says Public Retiree Health Benefits Protected
July 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled retiree health benefits for public employees are protected benefits...
Former CalPERS CEO Admits to Fraud, Bribery
July 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A former CEO of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has plead guilty to...
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Public Sector More Retirement Confident than Private Sector
July 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than two-thirds of state and local public workers polled expressed confidence they would have...
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Public Plans Slower to Adopt Automatic Enrollment
July 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While the use of automatic enrollment is increasing in private-sector retirement plans, public-sector plans offered...
GASB Offers Webinars on Fair Value Measurement Proposal
June 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has opened registration to webinars about its recent exposure...
Ill. Teachers Pension Further Lowers Return Assumption
June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) Board of Trustees lowered the fund’s assumed rate of...
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NAGDCA Launches Enhanced Website
June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc. (NAGDCA) has launched its newly redesigned...
Firm Settles with SEC for Pay-to-Play Violations
June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – TL Ventures Inc. has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a case...
NJ Public Pension Fund to Take Governor to Court
June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New Jersey’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) has decided to take the state’s governor to...
Tenn. Law Requires Local Government Pension Funding
June 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill that officials say is designed...
GASB Makes OPEB Exposure Drafts Available
June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has released exposure drafts on other post-employment benefits (OPEB).
Last Defendant Settles in N.Y. ‘Pay-to-Play’ Case
June 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A final judgment was entered against Saul Meyer in the enforcement action that arose from...
Nonprofit Allowed to Exit Ky. Retirement System
June 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A ruling by a federal bankruptcy court may set a precedent for various agencies to...
Public Pension Funding Should Improve in 2014
June 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report about the funding of state and local pensions notes 2014 could be a...