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News for
May 11th, 2021
March 31st, 2021
March 29th, 2021
- The Pension Bailout Hidden Within the COVID Relief Bill (op-ed - Peter Roff / The Sentinal)
- Breaking News: Another MPRA Filing to Cut Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Retired Ohio Teamsters Take Victory Lap After Pension Fix Is Included in American Rescue Plan (Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer)
March 26th, 2021
March 24th, 2021
- Stimulus Wrongly Bails Out Multiemployer Pension Funds (editorial - Orange County Register)
- Money -- But No Fixes -- for Multiemployer Plans (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
March 18th, 2021
- Thank Your Kids for Your COVID Handout -- They’ll Be Paying the Price for Years (op-ed - Jacob Sullum / New York Post)
- Democrats’ COVID-19 Relief Plan Penalizes Responsible States Like Idaho (op-ed - Gov. Brad Little / Idaho Mountain Express)
March 16th, 2021
March 9th, 2021
- Rescue Package Includes $86 Billion Bailout for Failing Pension Funds (Mary Williams Walsh & Alan Rappeport / New York Times)
- MoneyPalooza Monstrosity: It Passed! More on the Multiemployer Pension Bailout (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Congress Undermines More Retirement Plans With Union Pension Rules (Aharon Friedman / Washington Examiner)
- Democrats Defend $86 Billion Bailout for Union Pensions in COVID Relief Bill (Stephen Loiaconi / Fox11)
- The Hopeful News for Social Security Buried in the $1.9 Trillion Bailout (Brett Arends / MarketWatch)
March 8th, 2021
March 4th, 2021
February 19th, 2021
February 10th, 2021
- The Covid Spend-O-Rama’s Multiemployer Pension Bailouts: Some Disappointed First Impressions (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
- Multiemployer Plan Bailout Caps Benefit Plan Limits (Ted Godbout & Nevin E. Adams / ASPPA)
February 9th, 2021
February 1st, 2021
January 29th, 2021
- Market Madness Puts Pension Funds in a Risky Bind (Mark Gilbert / Bloomberg)
- Another Urgent Item for Biden’s To-Do List: The Looming Social Security Funding Crisis (Michelle Singletary / Washington Post)
- Monthly Social Security Checks Would Be $380 Higher if COLAs Reflected Reality for Seniors (Robin Hartill / Waco Tribune-Herald)
January 28th, 2021
January 27th, 2021
January 22nd, 2021
- Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (EPPRA) of 2021 Introduced (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- US Corporate Pensions Get Hit in 2020? (blog - Leo Kolivakis / Pension Pulse)
January 21st, 2021
January 11th, 2021
January 8th, 2021
- Roughly 1 in 4 Younger Americans Believe Social Security Won’t Be Available When They Retire (Megan Leonhardt / CNBC)
- Vaccine Rally Saves Dutch Pension Funds From Having to Cut Pensions (Tjibbe Hoekstra / I&PE)
January 6th, 2021
December 22nd, 2020
December 17th, 2020
December 14th, 2020
December 7th, 2020
November 11th, 2020
November 5th, 2020
November 3rd, 2020
October 30th, 2020
October 23rd, 2020
October 16th, 2020
October 9th, 2020
September 21st, 2020
September 17th, 2020
September 14th, 2020
August 27th, 2020
August 18th, 2020
August 10th, 2020
July 22nd, 2020
- These Pension Plans Are in Crisis. Retirees Need a Fix, Now. (op-ed - Rob Portman / Barron's)
- Bricklayers’ Pension Plan Retirees Face Steep Cuts This Fall (Jim Mackinnon / Beacon Journal)
July 15th, 2020
July 10th, 2020
June 12th, 2020
June 1st, 2020
May 27th, 2020
May 18th, 2020
May 16th, 2020
May 1st, 2020
April 27th, 2020
April 9th, 2020
- Does Multi-Employer Pension Reform Belong in a 'Phase Four’ Coronavirus Bill? (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
- No Bailout for Broke Pensions (Charles Blahous / Wall Street Journal)$$
April 7th, 2020
April 2nd, 2020
March 27th, 2020
March 26th, 2020
March 24th, 2020
March 18th, 2020
March 12th, 2020
March 6th, 2020
March 3rd, 2020
February 20th, 2020
February 13th, 2020
February 10th, 2020
February 6th, 2020
January 28th, 2020
January 21st, 2020
January 16th, 2020
- Puerto Rico Government Retirees Could Face 8.5% Cut to Pensions, in Latest Blow for Island (Cristina Corujo / NBC South Florida)
- Virgin Islands Governor Says He’s Trying to Address $4.4 Billion Pension Gap (Robert Slavin / The Bond Buyer)$$
January 15th, 2020
January 14th, 2020
- Groups Work to Keep PBGC Fees From Being Piggybank (Brian Croce / Pensions & Investments)
- Paris Pension Protests Are Petering Out (column - Adam O'Neal / Wall Street Journal)
- Macron’s Climbdown on Pension Age Fails to End Strikes (Adam Sage / The Times)$$
- Macron Scraps Proposal to Raise Retirement Age in France (Adam Nossiter / New York Times)
January 9th, 2020
January 8th, 2020
- Risk of Pension Meltdown Grows as Congress Fails to Act (Mark Miller / MSN Money)
- Corporate Pensions See an Overall Investment Gain of 15.66% in 2019, But Funding Still Drops Due to Discount Rate Lows (press release - Milliman)
- US Musicians Are Told to Expect Lower Pensions (Norman Lebrecht / Slipped Disc)
January 4th, 2020
January 3rd, 2020
January 2nd, 2020
December 31st, 2019
December 30th, 2019
December 26th, 2019
- The Only Way Out of Our Multi-Employer Pension Crisis Is Through Bipartisan Compromise (editorial - Washington Post)
- Multiemployer Pension Bailout Activity (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
December 20th, 2019
- PBGC Report Reminds Manufacturers of the Coming Threat (Matthew Miklave / JD Supra)
- READ THE REPORT: PBGC Annual Report 2019 (pdf - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
- Angry French Pensioners Offer the World a Warning (Andreas Kluth / Bloomberg)
- Year-End Spending Deal Includes Massive Taxpayer-Funded Bailout for Bankrupt Mine Workers Union Pension Fund (Mark Tapscott / The Epoch Times)
December 19th, 2019
December 18th, 2019
- Miners' Pensions Secured (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- NEW BRIEF: 'How Big Is the Government Subsidy for Medicare Part D?' (Alicia H. Munnell, Gal Wettstein & Wenliang Hou / Center for Retirement Research)
December 17th, 2019
- What Does 'The Irishman' Have to Do With Congress’ Latest Spending Bill? (Rachel Greszler / The Daily Signal)
- Negative Interest Rates Are Destroying Our Pensions (Mark Gilbert / Bloomberg)
- France Pension Protests: Why Unions Are Up in Arms Against Macron (Aurelien Breeden / New York Times)
December 13th, 2019
December 12th, 2019
December 10th, 2019
- 'It's Really Over': Corporate Pensions Head for Extinction as Nature of Retirement Plans Changes (Nathan Bomey / USA Today)
- Pension Strikes Cripple Paris, More Travel Woes Ahead (Nadine Achoui-Lesage & Angela Charlton / Star Tribune)
- With France in Uproar Over Pensions, Macron May Need One Early (Adam Nossiter / New York Times)
- Governments Urged to Bolster Pensions to Adapt to Aging World (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
December 6th, 2019
December 5th, 2019
- France Shuts Down: Mass Strike Hits Trains, Eiffel Tower Over Plan to Overhaul Pension System (Angela Charlton & Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press)
- A Look at France's Heated Debate Over Pensions (Associated Press / Daily Herald)
- Ex-Chicago Police Commander Spared Prison for Collecting Dead Mom’s Social Security Checks for Years (Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune)
- Can the Government Tell if You'ee Dead or Alive? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
December 2nd, 2019
November 25th, 2019
- Sacramento Sheriff Attacks McClatchy, as Company’s Pension and Debt Burdens Pile Up (Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee)
- At Long Last: US Senate Moves Forward With a Multiemployer Pension Rescue (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
November 21st, 2019
November 20th, 2019
November 19th, 2019
November 12th, 2019
November 7th, 2019
November 1st, 2019
October 24th, 2019
October 22nd, 2019
October 18th, 2019
October 15th, 2019
October 14th, 2019
- Already in Trouble, Corporate Pension Plans Are Doomed by Low Interest Rates (Allison Schrager / Quartz)
- General Electric's Pension Freeze Represents an Upsetting Trend at American Companies (video - Yahoo Finance)
- GE's Not Alone: 25 Companies That Owe $1 Trillion in Pensions (Matt Krantz / Investor's Business Daily)
- The $67 Billion United Nations Pension Fund: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Loraine Rickard-Martin / Pass Blue)
October 11th, 2019
- Lessons From Puerto Rico’s Struggles With Debt and Unfunded Pension Liabilities (Thomas Savidge / American Legislative Exchange Council)
- Social Security: Retiree Checks to Rise 1.6% in 2020 (Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press)
October 9th, 2019
- Puerto Rico Board’s Proposed Pension Cuts Spark Anger (Michael Deibert / Bloomberg)
- 4 Reasons the Corporate Pension Is on Its Deathbed (Nathan Bomey / USA Today)
- Multiemployer Pension Plans Still Applying for Benefit Reductions (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
October 8th, 2019
- Bondholders Have Lien on Puerto Rico Pension Bonds: Supreme Court (Robert Slavin / The Bond Buyer)
- US Supreme Court Turns Away Puerto Rico Pension Fund Dispute (Karen Pierog / Reuters)
- GE Targets $8 Billion Deficit Cut With Pension Freeze for 20,000 (Rick Clough / Bloomberg)
October 7th, 2019
October 1st, 2019
September 27th, 2019
September 20th, 2019
September 18th, 2019
September 13th, 2019
September 12th, 2019
- CBO: Proposed Bailout of Failing Union Pension Funds Won’t Work, as Loans Will Go Unpaid (Mark Tapscott / The Epoch Times)
- Corporate Pension Funding Moves Closer to Worrisome 80% Level (Katherine Chiglinsky, Molly Smith & David Caleb Mutua / Bloomberg)
September 4th, 2019
August 27th, 2019
- Defined Benefit Programs Continue to Disappear in Private Sector (FedWeek)
- No, Bernie Sanders' Plan Won't Rescue Multiemployer Pensions ( Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
August 22nd, 2019
August 19th, 2019
August 14th, 2019
- US Contemplates Joining California Secure Choice Lawsuit (Rebecca Moore / PlanAdviser)
- Union Pension Underfunding Is Bankrupting the PBGC (op-ed - Rachel Greszler / Washington Times)
August 9th, 2019
August 8th, 2019
- Companies Are Racing to Dump Their Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios)
- Pension Safety Net PBGC on Track to Tank by 2025 (Law360)$$
- National Multi-Employer Pension Fiasco Merits Real Reform, Not a Bailout (Andrew Wilford / National Review)
August 7th, 2019
August 5th, 2019
August 2nd, 2019
- Social Security COLA for 2020: Will Trade Wars Increase SSA's Projection? (Nick Thornton / Benefits Pro)
- Three Pension Bills on Hold in Congress Until September (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
July 26th, 2019
July 19th, 2019
July 18th, 2019
July 16th, 2019
- Congress Moves to Put Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on Taxpayer Dole (Alex Pollock / Real Clear Markets)
- US Senate Split Over Retirement Savings Bill (Jessica Floyd / KATU 2)
July 12th, 2019
June 28th, 2019
June 26th, 2019
June 24th, 2019
June 21st, 2019
June 19th, 2019
June 13th, 2019
June 7th, 2019
May 31st, 2019
May 29th, 2019
May 17th, 2019
May 14th, 2019
May 10th, 2019
- Is There Really a Retirement Crisis? (Christine Benz interviews Aron Szapiro / Morningstar)
- Another Union Pension Plan Approved for Benefit Cuts (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Sanders Promises to Block Cuts to Pension Benefits if Elected (Max Greenwood / The Hill)
May 6th, 2019
May 2nd, 2019
April 29th, 2019
April 28th, 2019
- China’s State Pension Fund Could Run Out of Funds by 2035 (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- China's Pension Crisis (Chriss Street / American Thinker)
April 27th, 2019
April 17th, 2019
April 12th, 2019
April 10th, 2019
- Senators Propose Bill Establishing Employer Contributions to Worker Savings Accounts (Brian Croce / Pensions & Investments)
- Sens Klobuchar, Coons Introduce Retirement Savings Improvement Act ( Brainerd Dispatch)
- Tempers Fray, Tensions Rise Over Brazil’s Pension Reforms (Paulo Trevisani & Samantha Pearson / Wall Street Journal)
April 5th, 2019
April 3rd, 2019
April 1st, 2019
March 14th, 2019
March 7th, 2019
March 6th, 2019
- Will Congress Fix Pension Crisis Before Coal Miners’ Pensions Disappear? (Jacob Wolinsky / ValueWalk)
- The Cost of Inaction: Why Congress Must Address the Multiemployer Pension Crisis (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
February 21st, 2019
February 20th, 2019
February 14th, 2019
February 8th, 2019
February 6th, 2019
February 5th, 2019
January 28th, 2019
January 25th, 2019
January 24th, 2019
January 23rd, 2019
January 22nd, 2019
- Fourth-Quarter Decline Smacks Corporate Pension Funds in Largest Markets (Sophie Baker / Pensions & Investments)
- As Lawmakers Fail to Reach Deal, Many Pittsburghers' Pensions Brace for Painful Cuts (Daniel Moore / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- UK: Pensions in Civil Service 'Beyond Wildest Dreams of Taxpayer', Says Taxpayers’ Alliance (Greg Hurst / London Times)
January 19th, 2019
January 18th, 2019
January 16th, 2019
January 14th, 2019
January 7th, 2019
- Bipartisanship to Be Key to Change in Washington (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Virginia Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Coal Miners' Pensions, Healthcare (WYMT)
January 6th, 2019
January 4th, 2019
December 30th, 2018
- As a Grocery Chain Is Dismantled, Worker Pensions Are Short Millions (Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post)
- Marsh Supermarkets' Lesson for Pensioners (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
December 21st, 2018
- 80% of Mattoon, Illinois' Tax Levy Revenue Will Go to Pensions (Rob Stroud / Journal Gazette)
- Suck It Up, Buttercup. No One Will Be Happy With Multi-Employer Pension Fixes (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
December 20th, 2018
- US Corporate Pensions Will Likely Miss Return Assumptions (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- Do Cases Questioning Mortality Tables Used to Determine Defined Benefit Plan Benefits Indicate a New Trend? (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
December 19th, 2018
- Corporate Pension Buyouts Likely to Be Bolder, if Not Bigger, in 2019 (Warren Rojas / Bloomberg Law)
December 18th, 2018
December 13th, 2018
December 12th, 2018
- Multiemployer Solution Can’t Be Rushed (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- Actually, Central States' Pension Plan Is Fully Funded (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
December 4th, 2018
December 3rd, 2018
November 30th, 2018
November 29th, 2018
November 28th, 2018
- Multiemployer Pensions: Waiting for the Bailout Report (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- New Tax Bill -- Pension Parts (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
November 26th, 2018
November 21st, 2018
- Lawmakers Consider Multibillion Bailout for Troubled Pensions, Retirees (Erica Werner & Damian Paletta / Washington Post)
- Bailout Committee Trial Balloon (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
November 19th, 2018
November 18th, 2018
- GE Pensioners and Stockholders Contemplate the Unthinkable (Ken Kam / Forbes)
- The Pension Myth and the Financial Realities (Reshma Kapadia / Barron's)$$
November 15th, 2018
- Multiemployer Loan Program Will Not Help All, Analysis Says (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- The National Debt Is Coming Due, Just Like We Told You (Nick Gillespie / Reason)
November 14th, 2018
November 13th, 2018
November 8th, 2018
November 5th, 2018
October 31st, 2018
- MPRA 5500 Data (5): Funded Ratios (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Wasting $4 Billion on the Caisse's Train? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 30th, 2018
- Pension Crisis Worries Mid-State Retirees (Nikki Junewicz / Fox 17 Nashville)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Global Stocks Cheap? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 29th, 2018
- Twenty Fifth Multiemployer Pension Plan Falls (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Why Megyn Kelly’s Possible Eight-Figure Payday Matters (opinion - Helaine Olen / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: The Worst October Since 2008? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 26th, 2018
- Twenty Fourth Multiemployer Pension Plan Files to Cut Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Risks to Canada's Retirement System? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 25th, 2018
- Don't Count Pensions Out Yet, PBGC Chief Says (Melanie Waddell / Think Advisor)
- PENSION PULSE: CAAT's DBPlus Helps Grow Membership? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 24th, 2018
October 23rd, 2018
- Yes, Social Security Does Indeed Add to the Federal Deficit (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
- The Student Loan Debt Crisis Is About to Get Worse (Riley Griffin / Bloomberg)
October 22nd, 2018
October 19th, 2018
- SEC Commissioner Warns: A Retirement Crisis 'Tsunami' Is Approaching (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
- If Republicans Won’t Confront Entitlements, Who Will? (column - Michael R. Strain / Bloomberg)
- PBGC on Sears (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: PGGM Questions Over-diversification? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 18th, 2018
- Sears and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Who's Bankrupting Whom? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB and the Caisse Focus on EMs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 17th, 2018
- Russian Pensions and the Risk of War (Leon Aron / Wall Street Journal)$$
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Cross ESG Threshold? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- 5500 Day After – Central States (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
October 16th, 2018
- PBGC Statement on Sears Bankruptcy Filing (press release - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
- Sears' Bankruptcy, the PBGC's Debt and Your Retirement (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Has the Market Topped Out? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 15th, 2018
- Sears Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (Lillian Rizzo & Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal)$$
- Sears Goes Bankrupt, Mired in Debt and Deserted by Shoppers (Rick Green & Dawn McCarty / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: A Jittery Week on Wall Street? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 12th, 2018
- Bigger Social Security Checks in Store for 2019 as Inflation Rises (Lydia DePillis / CNN)
- A Sears Bankruptcy Could Cause One of the Biggest Pension Defaults Ever (Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune)
- The Great American Pension Heist (C.S. Hagen / HPR)
- 'Red Zone' Multiemployer Pension Plans May Never Recover Without Congressional Help, Segal Consulting Maintains (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: The Pension Dashboard? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 11th, 2018
October 10th, 2018
- BREAKING: Local 805 Gets Letter to Cut Benefits; SMW Sends Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- A Comprehensive Federal Budget Plan to Avert a Debt Crisis (Brian Riedl / Manhattan Institute)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Acquires Forth Ports? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 9th, 2018
October 8th, 2018
- Western States Multiemployer Pension Benefit Cuts Finalized (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- UK: The Extinction of Defined-Benefit Pension Plans Is Almost Upon Us (op-ed - Frederick Vettese / The Globe and Mail)
- Putin's Botched Pension Reform (Andrei Movchan / Project Syndicate)
- PENSION PULSE: Rate Rise Signaling Market Trouble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 5th, 2018
- Ready for a Government-Run 401(k)? (Nevin E. Adams / NAPA)
- PENSION PULSE: The Global Bond Rout? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 4th, 2018
- FASB Changes to Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure Requirements (commentary - David Davala / Pensions & Investments)
- Putin Signs Controversial Pension Age Law (The Moscow Times)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB and OTPP Bet on Mexican Toll Roads? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 3rd, 2018
- A Nepotism Hire for Director of the PBGC? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Russian Senate Passes Contentious Pension Age Hike Bill (The Moscow Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The CAQ and the Caisse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 1st, 2018
- If Even Putin Can't Fix Pensions, Who Can? (column - Dan Hannan / Washington Examiner)
- PENSION PULSE: Investors in the Wrong Trade? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 28th, 2018
- American Academy of Actuaries to Bailout Committee (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Verizon Is Encouraging Employees to Retire Early to Cut Costs (Chris Mills / BGR)
- PENSION PULSE: OTPP Signs Tobacco-Free Pledge? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 27th, 2018
- Russian Revolts Over Retirement Reduction (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Strong Movement Towards Green Financing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 26th, 2018
- Horizon Self Interest (3) - 'Stunning Ignorance' (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario's New Non-Profit Pension Plan? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 25th, 2018
- PENSION PULSE: CalPERS Names New CIO (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- Horizon Self Interest (1) - Motive (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Horizon Self Interest (2) - Overfunding Danger (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Thousands of Spanish Retirees Protest Over Pensions (Newsflare)
September 21st, 2018
- Hurricane Florence May Lift Social Security Benefits in 2019 (Sean Williams / The Motley Fool)
- PENSION PULSE: America's Retirement Nightmare? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 20th, 2018
- 'Multiemployer' Pension Hole Keeps Getting Deeper (Andrew G. Biggs / Real Clear Policy)
- Cato: Sears’ Pension Problems Should Be Lesson for Governments to Get Out of Pensions (Greg Bishop / Illinois News Network)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Chief Sounds Alarm on Climate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 19th, 2018
September 18th, 2018
September 17th, 2018
- Fault in Our States (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Sears CEO: Retiree Pensions Are Killing US, Not Online Shopping (Brittany Shoot / Fortune)
- PENSION PULSE: Late Innings of the Bull Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 14th, 2018
- Selling the Multiemployer Bailout (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Multiemployer Pension Plans Can’t Cut Their Way to Solvency (Alicia H. Munnell / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: BlackRock Expands Private Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 13th, 2018
- Christie in Fear (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Multiemployer Pension Crisis Fix to Cost $34 Billion, Far Less Than First Estimated (Madison Alder / Bloomberg)
September 12th, 2018
- Russian Police Arrest 1,195 Activists During Pension Riots (Jeff Fawkes / BITSONLINE)
- Scores Detained in Russian Pension Protests (video - Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: The 7th Inning of the Cycle? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 11th, 2018
September 10th, 2018
- The Pension Crisis Is Bigger Than the World's 20 Largest Economies (Simon Black / Sovereign Man)
- Protesters Across Russia Rally Against Kremlin Plan to Raise Retirement Age (Sabra Ayres / Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Confounding Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 8th, 2018
September 7th, 2018
September 6th, 2018
September 5th, 2018
September 4th, 2018
- San Juan, Puerto Rico's Archdiocese Files for Bankruptcy Over Teacher Pensions (Catholic News Service)
- Thousands Protest at Putin’s Pension Plans (The Times)
- Why Many Russians Will Never Retire (video - Sky News)
- PENSION PULSE: Get Into Stocks Right Now? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 30th, 2018
- Power Multiemployer Bailout Campaign (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: The End of Greece's Bailout? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 29th, 2018
- Russia's Putin Softens Pension Reforms After Outcry (BBC)
- Putin Dials Back Pension Plan After Backlash (Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal)$$
August 27th, 2018
- Sobering Social Security Statistics (David Henderson / Econlib)
- UK: Public Sector Pension Is Worth Three Times That of a Private Worker (Christopher Hope / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Riding the Bull to Nirvana? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 22nd, 2018
- Puerto Rico Pension Bondholders’ Claims Ruled 'Unenforceable' (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Will Pensions End Putin? Russia’s Retirement Age Debate (Marc Bennetts / Newsweek)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS's Huge Stake in a Texas Pipeline? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 21st, 2018
August 20th, 2018
- US Judge Rules Against Puerto Rico Retirement System Bondholders (Luis Valentin Ortiz / Reuters)/
- Why Russians Have No Trust in the Pension Reform Plan (op-ed - Denis Volkov / Moscow Times)
- Due to Lack of Funds Ukraine's Pensions Will Be Reduced by 10% on Average of the National Commission (Siver Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2018 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 17th, 2018
- Cuts in Social Security and Medicare Are Inevitable. Delaying Reform Will Make It Worse. (op-ed - David Schoenbrod & Brian Riedl / USA Today)
- The Problem With Public Accounts (commentary - Paul Jacob / Common Sense)
- Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan Dips Closer to 'Critical Status' for Fourth Year in a Row (David Robb / Deadline Hollywood)
- China Millennials Face Pension Shortfall (Financial Times)$$
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Invest in US Utility? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 16th, 2018
August 15th, 2018
- Social Security and Fiscal Doomsday (William Sullivan / AmericanThinker)
- Newspapers Seek Help in Congress on Pension Requirements (Jeffrey Meitrodt / Star Tribune)
- Saving Community Newspapers – From Funding Pensions (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Taxing Tuesday: Let's Tax Wealth! (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: All Aboard BCI's Gravy Train? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 14th, 2018
- Two More Multiemployer Plans to Cut Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Worried About Inflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 13th, 2018
- Shut Down Calgary's Triple Pension Party (oped - Colin Craig / Calgary Sun)
- China Pushes Reverse Mortgages to Pay for Pensions (Fan Liya / Sixth Tone)
- PENSION PULSE: The Big Plunge in Stocks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 10th, 2018
- Another Multiemployer Plan Files to Cut Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB and Caisse Expand Asian Logistics? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 9th, 2018
- Data on Multiemployer Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Are Women Really Receiving Lower Social Security Benefits? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP Ponders its Allocation of Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 8th, 2018
- A Tale of Two Teamsters Pension Plans – Not (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Hits The Red Carpet? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 7th, 2018
- Pension Payments to 18,000 Sears Canada Retirees Cut by 30% This Week (Sophia Harris / CBC)
- Russian Pension Reform Exposes Putin's Achilles Heel (Giovanni Pigni / Asia Times)
- Russia's Pension Reform Bill Risky for Ruling Party (European Interest)
August 6th, 2018
- Rauh Testimony (3) Roadmap for Public Plans? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Graphic: The Rise of Pension Risk Transfers (Charles McGrath / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Stock Market Entering Destructive Phase? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 3rd, 2018
- Checking the Numbers: How Much Are Social Security Benefits? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Rauh Testimony (2) Loan Program (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: AIMCo and CPPIB's $1 Billion RE Venture? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 2nd, 2018
- What Does It Take to Be in the Top 1%? Not as Much as You Think (Frank Holmes / Forbes)
- Rauh Testimony (1) Riskless Rates (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- UPS Retirees Sue Feds Over Law That OKs Pension Cuts (Carmen Castro-Pagan / Bloomberg)
- Major League Baseball Retirement Equity Is an Issue of Social Justice (op-ed - Douglas J. Gladstone / Kansas City Star)
- PENSION PULSE: BCI Gains 9% in Fiscal 2018 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 1st, 2018
- UPS MPRA Lawsuit (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Exporting The CDPQ Infra Model? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 31st, 2018
- US Rep. Richard Neal Touts Congressional Efforts to Address Multiemployer Pension Crisis (Shannon Young / Springfield Republican)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions in Great Shape? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 30th, 2018
- The $36 Billion Multiemployer Pension Time Bomb Is Almost Ready to Go Off (Robert Romano / Daily Torch)
- Ohio Workers' Pension Fund Woes Are Symbolic of a National Problem (Mark Miller / Reuters)
- Tens of Thousands of Russians Protest Retirement Age Hikes (Jim Heintz / Associated Press)
July 27th, 2018
- 4 More Multiemployer Pension Funds Apply for Benefit Reductions (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Four More Multiemployer Plans File (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Did Markets Just Get Facebooked? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 26th, 2018
- 10 Expenses That Grew 2 to 4 Times Faster Than Social Security's COLA Since 2000 (Sean Williams / The Motley Fool)
- Bailout Committee Hearing Stakeholders (Not Taxpayers) (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
July 25th, 2018
- Can You Trust the Social Security Trust Fund? (Charles Lewis Sizemore / Seeking Alpha)
- Understanding the Social Security Trust Funds (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
- Bailout Committee Hearing Stakeholders (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Is Our Government Intentionally Hiding $21 Trillion in Spending? (Laurence Kotlikoff / Forbes)
- Around the Pension-O-Sphere: The 'Strong Men' of Venezuela and Russia Can Do Only So Much (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
July 24th, 2018
- Illinois State's 'Secure Choice' Private Retirement Plan Could Face Legal Challenge (Michael J. Bologna / Bloomberg BNA)
- 3 Reasons Increasing Social Security's Full Retirement Age Is a Tough Sell (Sean Williams / The Motley Fool)
- PBGC Data Tables (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse, CPPIB Closing Huge Deals? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 23rd, 2018
July 21st, 2018
July 20th, 2018
- Nancy Pelosi Coming to Michigan to Talk Multi-Employer Pensions at Detroit Town Hall (Lauren Gibbons / Mlive)
- PENSION PULSE: Meet PSP's New CIO? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 19th, 2018
- Lockheed Martin: Pension Problems Ahead? (Dylan Quintilone / Seeking Alpha)
- Seniors Block Venezuela Streets Demanding Pension Checks (Alex Vasquez / AFP)
- PENSION PULSE: Time To Divest From Fossil Fuels? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 18th, 2018
July 17th, 2018
July 16th, 2018
- Update on Friday's Meeting of the Congressional Multi-Employer Pension Plans' Bailout Committee (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Multi-Employer Pension Crisis Showdown Comes to Ohio (Mary Kuhlman / Cleveland Scene)
- Ohio Sheet Metal Workers Feeling Pension Pinch (Steven M. Grazier / Canton Repository)
- PENSION PULSE: Time To Get Defensive? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 15th, 2018
July 13th, 2018
- Multi-Employer Pension Rally Draws Thousands to Ohio Statehouse (Jackie Borchardt / Cleveland.com)
- PENSION PULSE: The Case For Change at OMERS? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 12th, 2018
- Social Security, Medicaid Rapidly Nearing Collapse (Louis Debroux / The Patriot Post)
- Bailout Committee Protest (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Bank of Canada Preparing For Next Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 11th, 2018
- Multiemployer Pension Plans' Congressional Bailout Committee to Hear Current Workers and Retirees (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Change to Actuarial Assumptions Not Reasonable for Multiemployer Plans, Says Segal Consulting (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Japanese Pensions Rushing Into Alternatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 9th, 2018
- How Illinois' State-Run Private Retirement Program Works -- And Is It a Good Idea? (Bob Susnjara / Daily Herald)
- The Appropriateness of Keeping Segal in the Multiemployer Actuarial Business (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: The Jobs Conundrum Continues? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 5th, 2018
July 2nd, 2018
- Failing Central States Pension Fund Threatens Thousands of Retired Truckers (Isaac Guerrero / Transport Topics)
- PENSION PULSE: Jawboning the Fed? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 29th, 2018
June 28th, 2018
June 27th, 2018
- P&I Multiemployer Bailout Editorial Responses (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Rhode Island Governor Signs Law to Facilitate Settlements in Suits Over Failed St. Joseph’s Pension Fund (Katherine Gregg / Providence Journal)
- Reports: Newspaper Edition Seized for Covering Unpopular Russian Pension Reform (Moscow Times)
- Union-Led Protests Against Russia's Pension Reform Approved in 30 Cities (Moscow Times)
- PENSION PULSE: OTPP and IMCO Beef Up Senior Ranks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 25th, 2018
- GAO on PBGC (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Another Dangerous Tech Mania? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 22nd, 2018
- Could Diocese of Providence Declare Bankruptcy? Receiver for St. Joseph Pension Fund Alleges Massive Fraud (GoLocalProv)
- Why Many Companies Should Terminate Defined Benefit Plans (commentary - Joe Rankin / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: BlackRock's Pan-European Pension Push? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 21st, 2018
June 20th, 2018
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence, Hospital Operators Accused in Pension Lawsuit (Lynn Arditi / NPR)
- The New Retirement Reality for the Private Sector (Martha Brown Menard / 401k Specialist)
June 19th, 2018
June 18th, 2018
- Puerto Rico Pensioners Are Facing Devastating Effects of Bankruptcy (op-ed - Miguel Fabre Ramirez / The Hill)
- The Financial Hole for Social Security and Medicare Is Even Deeper Than the Experts Say (James C. Capretta / MarketWatch)
- Medicare's Big Challenges Threaten Seniors and Taxpayers Alike (op-ed - Robert E. Moffit / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Who's to Blame For Bumpy Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 17th, 2018
June 15th, 2018
- America's Entitlement Crisis Just Keeps Growing (Michael Tanner / National Review)
- The Multiemployer Pension Crisis (Aliya Wong / The Hill)
- Joint Congressional Bailout Committee Hears From Employers (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Witnesses Warn Congressional Panel of Looming Pension Crisis (Jessica Wehrman / Canton Rep)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario's New Kid on the Block? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 14th, 2018
June 13th, 2018
- Social Security Projections: When Current Law Is Contrary to Current Law (blog - Bill Bergman / Truth in Accounting)
- A Major League Pension Error: Baseball Should Do Right by Those Who Played Before 1980. (Mike Stenhouse / Wall Steet Journal)
- Another MPRA Approval Vote: Alaska Ironworkers Pension Plan of Anchorage (blog - John Bury / Burypenions)
- Hospital System Pension Plan Members Urge OK of $62 Million Deal (Emily Brill / Law360)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Issues Green Bonds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 12th, 2018
- Should We Continue to Count on Employers for Retirement Provision? (Elizabeth Bauer / Forbes)
- The 'Father of the 401(k),' Has Some Thoughts About His Creation—and How to Fix It (Ben White / Politico)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Reviewing Its Indexing Policy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 11th, 2018
- Lawmakers Plan Hearings for Bill to Raise Social Security Benefits, Payroll Taxes (Melanie Waddell / Think Advisor)
- Actuaries Respond to Congress on Multiemployer Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- 'Life-Changing Issue': Union Workers, Retirees Call for Action to Preserve Pension Benefits Business (Nina Moini / Minnesota Public Radio) /
- Millions of Americans Don't Think They Will Ever Retire (Matthew Rocco / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: The Economy's Wile E. Coyote Moment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 8th, 2018
- Friday Special: Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds -- What's Real? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Social Security and Medicare Going Broke Even Faster Than Projected (Peter Schiff / SchiffGold)
- Our Social Security System Is in Even Worse Shape Than We Think, According to One Academic (David Brancaccio & Janet Nguyen / Marketplace)
- All Downhill for Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds (Charles Blahous / Economics 21)
- Obama's Retirement Fail (Danny Vinik / Politico)
- Bailout Committee to Hear Employers (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Jack Daniel’s Maker to Offer Early Retirement to 150 Employees (Thomas Barrabi / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Macro Gods Staging a Comeback? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 7th, 2018
- Medicare’s Trust Fund Is Set to Run Out in 8 Years. Social Security, 16. (Robert Pear / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: G7 Investors Unite on Global Initiatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 6th, 2018
- Why We Need to Keep Politics Out of Public Pensions (Christopher Burnham / Forbes)
- Medicare Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted in 2026, Three Years Earlier Than Expected (Anna Edney / Bloomberg)
- Social Security to Tap Into Trust Fund for First Time in 36 Years (Robert Schroeder / Market Watch)
- Little Bit of Hell for Central States Retirees (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPP's Unfair Regulatory Advantages? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 5th, 2018
- Central States – GAO Reports Out (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: The Caisse's Greenfield Revolution? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 4th, 2018
- State-Run Private Pensions Like California's, Vermonters as Insurers, and More (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PBGC: Over 90% Chance Union Pension Insurance Program Will Run Out of Money by 2025 (Ted Knutson / Forbes)
- Oversight Board Recertifies Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico, Including Pension Reforms (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: America's Unstoppable Economy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 1st, 2018
- PBGC Projections (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Entitlements Will Eat America's Economy (commentary - John R. Kasich / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Canada's Pensions Buy Kinder Pipeline? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 31st, 2018
- Confusion Infusion in Multiemployer Bailout (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Just Say No to Multiemployer Plan Bailout (editorial - Pensions & Investments)$$
- Tops Market Teamster Workers Fuming Over Loss of Pensions (Al Vaughters / WIBV-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse and OTPP Invest in Energy Service? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 30th, 2018
- Trumping the PBGC (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Ramping Up Direct Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 29th, 2018
- 111-Year-Old San Francisco Woman Forced to Convince Feds She’s Alive (Mary Lee / KPIX-TV 5)
- Senators Question Trump’s Nomination for PBGC Director in Midst of Multiemployer Plan Crisis (Rebecca Moore / PlanAdvisor)
- The Near Future of Pension Risk Transfers (Hilary Johnson / Treasury & Risk)
- PENSION PULSE: The Italian Job? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 28th, 2018
May 25th, 2018
- US Corporate Pension Buyouts Exceed $1 Billion for 12th Straight Quarter (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Public Service Pension Problem? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 24th, 2018
- Mapping the Future of Pensions (BlackRock / Seeking Alpha)
- $1 Leads to Pennsylvania Navy Veteran's Pension Being Cut (Marty Griffin / CBS Pittsburgh)
- Society of Actuaries: 115 Multiemployer Pensions in 'Critical Condition' (Paula Aven Gladych / Employee Benefit News)
- Society of Actuaries Critical & Declining Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Smaller Hedge Funds Worth It? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 23rd, 2018
- Think Multiemployer Pension Insolvencies Aren’t Your Problem? (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- READ THE REPORT: 'U.S. Multiemployer Pension Plan Pending Insolvencies' (Society of Actuaries)
- Nabisco Sidesteps Union to Exit Multiemployer Plan (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- National Pension Crisis Coming Storm for Hospitals (Jack O'Brien / HealthLeaders Media)
- Senators Want Federal Commission to Review Private Retirement Programs (John Sullivan / 401k Specialist Magazine)
- Puerto Rico Oversight Board Tweaks Fiscal Plan, Keeps Pension Reforms (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
May 22nd, 2018
May 21st, 2018
- GE Retirees Rally for Pension Benefits; Plan Has $31 Billion Deficit (Jacquie Slater / WNYT-TV)
- By 2022, Social Security Will Be Paying Out More Than It Takes In; This Could Mean Cuts as Much as 23% (Fox News)
- How Warren Buffett Thinks We Should Fix Social Security (Matthew Frankel / The Motley Fool)
- Greece’s Latest Round of Pension Cuts Are Leaked, So Top Judge Quits (Chris Butera / Chief Executive Officer)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2018 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 18th, 2018
- Some Union Retirees Could See Pension Benefits Cut 90%, PBGC Chief Warns (Ted Knutson / Forbes)
- Multiemployer Bailout Committee Answers (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Gains 11.6% in Fiscal 2018 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 17th, 2018
- Tax Cuts Hasten Demise of US Corporate Pensions (Tom Buerkle / Reuters)
- The Bahamas: Ticking Pension Timebomb of $3.7 Billion (Neil Hartnell / Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Setting Up For a Summer Rally? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 16th, 2018
- Trump Nominates McConnell and Chao's Brother-In-Law to Lead Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation ( Justin Sink & Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg)
- Trump's Pick to Run Labor’s Pension Agency: Mitch McConnell's Brother-In-Law (Alex Horton / Washington Post)
- New PBGC Director Has More Experience in Donating to the Republican Party Than With Pensions (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Greeks Protest Against Planned Pension Reforms (eKathimerini)
May 15th, 2018
May 14th, 2018
- Committee to Save Multi-Employer Pensions Warns the Problems Could Be Much Bigger (M.L. Schultze / WKSU Radio)
- Bipartisan Solution Needed for Saving Miners' Pensions (op-ed - Sen. Joe Manchin / Herald-Dispatch)
- US Senators Heitkamp, Smith Emphasize the Need for Pension Reform (Tim Scott / KVRR-TV)
- Battle to Survive in Congo Republic as Wages, Pensions Dry Up (Elie Smith / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Betting Against The Stock Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 11th, 2018
- PBGC Gets a Hearing (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Goes on a Buying Spree? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 10th, 2018
- United Mine Workers Update (2) (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- OFF-TOPIC, BUT IMPORTANT: How Big Government Backed Bad Science and Made Americans Fat (video - Alexis Garcia / Reason)
- Fedex to Shift $6 Billion in Pension Obligations to MetLife (Mary Schlangenstein & Katherine Chiglinsky / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: The National Pension Hub Gears Up? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 9th, 2018
- Social Security Beneficiaries Top 62,000,000 for First Time (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity Going Public? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 8th, 2018
- 95,745,000: Record Number Not in Labor Force as Boomers Retire (Susan Jones / CNS News)
- Central States Pension Fund – Drop Dead Date (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- What Happens When Your Pension Fund Runs Out of Money (Katie Lobosco / CNN Money)
- West Virginia Senator Manchin Details Importance of Securing Pension Plans for Miners (Wendy Holdren / Register-Herald)
- PENSION PULSE: When US Pensions Run Out of Money? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 7th, 2018
- Blame Our Politicians for the Retirement Savings Problem (op-ed - Andrew Biggs / The Hill)
- Worst Funded 'Nonendagered’ Multiemployer Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Central States Pension Plan Tells Retirees the Fund Will Be Insolvent by January 2025 (Mark Davis / Kansas City Star)
- Retired MLB Players Being Hosed Out of Pensions (Douglas J. Gladstone / Amsterdam News)
- Why Ottawa Needs to Push for Tontine-Type Annuities (Jonathan Chevreau / MoneySense)
- PENSION PULSE: Sell in May and Go Away? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 4th, 2018
- Alaska Ironworkers Get MPRA Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP, AIMCo Buying Canadian Real Estate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 3rd, 2018
May 2nd, 2018
- PBGC Strategic Plan (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- EU Pushes Member States to Do More to Ensure Adequate Pensions (Jones Hayden / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Global Growth Crumbling? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 1st, 2018
- Pension Costs Torpedo Lockheed Martin's First-Quarter Results -- and the News Could Be Even Worse Next Quarter (Rich Smith / The Motley Fool)
- Russia Close to Drawing Up Draft Law to Raise Pension Age (Polina Nikolskaya & Darya Korsunskaya / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: BlackRock Beefs Up its PE Group? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 30th, 2018
- Senators Introduce Bill Calling for Retirement Commission to Guide Congress ( Hazel Beadford / Pensions & Investments)
- Court Rules Change to Northern Trust's Pension Plan Did Not Violate Law (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- Sweet Taste of Victory for Peeps Union Workers as Judges Rule Against Candymaker (Damian Paletta / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: End of Days For Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 27th, 2018
- Taiwan Military Veterans Try to Storm Parliament in Pensions Protest (South China Morning Post)
- Nicaragua Is the Latest Central American Country to Begin Falling Apart (Britt Nelson / The Costa Rica Star)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Sells Stake to VINCI Airports? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 26th, 2018
- Social Security Is Looking Like a Pretty Good Investment These Days (blog - Monique Morrissey / Economic Policy Institute)
- Is Social Security a Good Investment? New study Provides Reminder of Basic Issue With Public Pensions (Mark Glennon / Wirepoints)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Vestcor's Benchmarks a 'Joke'? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 25th, 2018
- Comment to Congressional Multiemployer Bailout Committee (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust's Innovative New Pension Initiative? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 23rd, 2018
- A Million People Could Soon Face 90% Pension Benefits Cuts (Allison Bell / ThinkAdvisor)
- Nicaragua Revokes Legislation That Increased Payroll Tax, Cut Pension Benefits (José De Córdoba / Wall Street Journal)
- Pension Leaders Call for End to Colombia’s Defined Benefit 'Pyramid Scheme' (David Gutierrez / City Watch Americas)
- PENSION PULSE: Market Worried About Oil and Rates? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 22nd, 2018
April 20th, 2018
- BREAKING: Nineteenth Union Multiemployer Pension Plan Files (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: AIMCo Gains10.4% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 17th, 2018
April 16th, 2018
- Breaking News: Eighteenth Union Plan Files (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Breaking News: Seventeenth Union Plan Files (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
April 13th, 2018
April 12th, 2018
April 11th, 2018
- Sixteenth Union Plan Files (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions Investing Big in India? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 10th, 2018
April 9th, 2018
April 6th, 2018
- EAM18 (1) : Interesting Charts (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Sweden's Self-Correcting Pay-As-You-Go Pension System (James C. Capretta / RealClearPolicy)
- PENSION PULSE: Is the CPP a Bad Deal For Canadians? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 5th, 2018
- PBGC Primer (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: OTPP Gains 9.7% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 4th, 2018
April 3rd, 2018
April 2nd, 2018
- John Chiang Joins Race to California Insolvency With CalSavers (op-ed - John Moorlach / Orange County Register)
- PEEPS: How Peeps, Pensions and a Lawsuit Threaten to Upend the American Retirement System (Damian Paletta / Washington Post)
- PEEPS: The Facts of the Peeps Pension Crisis Tell an Even More Sordid Tale (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Heinz Retirees in Pittsburgh Fear Losing Pensions, Protest During Contract Negotiations (WPXI Channel 11)
- These Developing Countries Are Getting Old Before They Get Rich, With Dire Consequences (Paul Kiernan & Luciana Magalhaes / Wall Street Journal)
March 31st, 2018
March 30th, 2018
- PBGC Pays Out $5.6 Billion to Retirees of Failed Pension Plans in 2017 (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- Federal Board Orders Pension Cuts, Studies Puerto Rico Wage Increase (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- In Land of Peeps, Fight Threatens US Pension Plans (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Quant Style Crash Arrives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 29th, 2018
- Western States Withdraws Again (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Automatic Adjustments Within Entitlement Programs: A Look at the Swedish Pension Reform Model (James C. Capretta / American Enterprise Institute)
- Boomers and Gen Xers Skipping Health Care Due to Cost (Richard Eisenberg / Next Avenue)
- PENSION PULSE: CAAT Pension Hits a 118% Funded Status (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 28th, 2018
March 27th, 2018
March 26th, 2018
March 23rd, 2018
March 22nd, 2018
- Pension Crisis Could Start a Revolution, Teamsters' Hoffa Warns (Julia Limitone/ Fox Business)
- US Debt Climbs by a Trillion Dollars in Six Months (Robert Wenzel / Economic Policy Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Pension Board Gains 10.8% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 20th, 2018
March 19th, 2018
- US Senate Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pensions Holds First Meeting (Josh Ellerbrock / Lima Ohio)
- US Sen Manchin Says Miners’ Families Will Be First Affected if Pensions Aren’t Funded (Alex Thomas / Metro News)
- US Sen. Portman Warns Pension Committee to Stay Objective to Find Solution (Jessica Wehrman / Canton Rep)
March 18th, 2018
March 16th, 2018
March 15th, 2018
- GOLDEN OLDIE: Unauthorized Immigrants Paid $100 Billion Into Social Security Over Last Decade (Roy Germano / Vice News)
- Church Plan Precedent (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: The US Inflation Disconnect? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 14th, 2018
- Congressional Committee Gears Up to Offer Union Pension Fix (David B. Brandolph / Bloomberg Law)
- The Troubled State of Pension Systems in Latin America (Augusto de la Torre & Heinz P. Rudolph / Brookings Institution)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Delivers 9.5% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 13th, 2018
- Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act Is an Upgrade Americans Deserve (op-ed - Dirk Kempthorne / The Hill)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP Gains 10.88% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 12th, 2018
March 9th, 2018
- California on Verge of Creating a Retirement Plan for Private-Sector Workers (Kathleen Pender / San Francisco Chronicle)
- PENSION PULSE: Leo Kolivakis Will Be Back on Monday
March 8th, 2018
March 7th, 2018
- Understanding the Financial Report of the United States Government (US Government Accountability Office)
- Local 805 Refiles (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
March 5th, 2018
March 2nd, 2018
- The Federal Government's Finances Are a Total Wreck (Marc Joffe / Reason)
- PENSION PULSE: Beware of Private Equity Froth? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 1st, 2018
- A New Idea: Mandatory Retirement Accounts to Help Workers Delay Claiming Social Security (Alicia H. Munnell / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Cranking Up The Leverage? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 27th, 2018
- Taiwan’s Military Veterans Clash With Police in Pension Protest (South China Morning Post)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Gains 11.5% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 23rd, 2018
February 22nd, 2018
- FO Central States (4): UPS/IBT 5500 History (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: The Caisse Gains 9.3% in 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 21st, 2018
February 20th, 2018
- Bipartisan Committee Formed to Find Solution to Pension Crisis That Threatens 400,00 Retirees Across the Country (T.J. Nelson / KVRR-TV)
- FO Central States (3): UPS Withdrawal – 2007 (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
February 19th, 2018
- FO Central States (2): 5500 History (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Around the Pension-O-Sphere: Multiemployer Plans, Illinois, Kentucky, and New York (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
February 16th, 2018
- Focus On: Central States (1) Current Status (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Huge Pension Fund Deficits Are a Global Crisis in Waiting (Ania Zalewska / The Conversation)
February 15th, 2018
- Lawmakers Turn to GROW Act to Avoid Union-Plan Pension Crisis (Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon)
- Rising US Bond Yields Offer Relief to Corporate America's Pension Plans (Kate Duguid / Reuters)
- Boston Mayor Calls on Herald Ownership to Protect Workers’ Pensions (Brian Dowling / Boston Herald)
- PENSION PULSE: No Love For PSP's Former CEO? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 13th, 2018
February 12th, 2018
- DETAILS: United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans (Wikipedia)
- PENSION PULSE: A Correction or Something Far Worse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 9th, 2018
- Sen. Sherrod Brown Leads Creation of Congressional Committee on National Pension Crisis (Vicki Needham / The Hill)
- Multiemployer Crisis Resolution by Committee (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP's Chief Heads to BlackRock? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 8th, 2018
- Multi-Employer Pension Watch: About Those Plans to Bail Out Union Pensions (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: AIMCo Invests in Alberta's Wind Power? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 7th, 2018
February 6th, 2018
- Why Govt Loans to Private Union Pensions Would Be Bailouts—and Could Cost Taxpayers More Than Cash Bailouts (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundation)
- Rescuing Retirement Flaws (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- China's Next Debt Bomb Is an Aging Population (Bloomberg News)
February 5th, 2018
February 2nd, 2018
- Four New Papers From the Society of Actuaries (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Disabled Vets Head to the Supreme Court? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 31st, 2018
- Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Pension Protections Need to Be in New Spending Bill (Sally Persons / Washington Times)
- Sen. Charles Schumer Pitches Teamsters Pension Rescue Plan (Stephen Williams / Daily Gazette)
- Lockheed Martin to Contribute $5 Billion to Pension Funds in 2018 (Hazel Bradford / pensions & investments)
- Rescuing Retirement (blog - John Bury / Burypension)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB's Big Investment in Chinese Properties? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 30th, 2018
January 29th, 2018
January 26th, 2018
- Around the World in Pensions: Brazil, the EU, and More (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Ray Dalio on the Dollar, Stocks and Bonds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 25th, 2018
- Hurricane-Torn Puerto Rico Says It Can’t Pay Any of Its Debts for 5 Years (Patricia Mazzei & Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions Bet on Industrial Innovation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 24th, 2018
- Alcoa to Freeze US, Canada Pension Plans by 2021 (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- PENSION PULSE: APG Pushing the Limits on Factor Investing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 23rd, 2018
- The Taxation of Social Security Benefits Has Created Quite the Dilemma (Sean Williams / The Motley Fool)
- PENSION PULSE: The 2018 Treasury Bond Bear Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 22nd, 2018
- The Quiet Way Social Security Is Cutting Early Benefits in 2018 (Dan Caplinger / The Motley Fool)
- Here's How Much the Average American Collects in Social Security at Age 62, 66, and 70 (Todd Campbell / The Motley Fool)
- GOLDEN OLDIE: A National Debt of $14 Trillion? Try $211 Trillion (National Public Radio)
- EU Pension Fund on Brink of Collapse: Taxpayers Will Have to Bail Out Hundreds of MEPs (Allan Hall / Daily Express)
- PENSION PULSE: Why the 2018 Consensus is Wrong (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 19th, 2018
January 18th, 2018
- Ironworkers Local 16 Resubmits MPRA Application (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Investing in UK's Housing Shortage? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 17th, 2018
January 16th, 2018
- Start Saving Now, Because Social Security Is Screwed (Veronique De Rugy / Reason)
- 5 Social Security Changes to Expect by 2020 (Sean Williams / The Motley Fool)
- PENSION PULSE: The Great Market Melt-Up of 2018? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 15th, 2018
January 12th, 2018
January 11th, 2018
January 9th, 2018
January 8th, 2018
- Embezzlement Plagues Union Offices Around US, Records Show (Phoebe Wall Howard / Detroit Free Press)
January 4th, 2018
January 2nd, 2018
- PENSION PULSE: Will 2018 Be a Repeat of 2017? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- Why Private Pensions Are Becoming a Thing of the Past (Todd Zwillich / New York Public Radio)
- A Preview of the US Without Private Sector Pensions (Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post)
December 30th, 2017
December 28th, 2017
December 25th, 2017
December 22nd, 2017
- IRS Gives Early Notice on 2019 Mortality Tables (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: A Christmas Full of Pensions For Life? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 21st, 2017
- Why You Should Care About the Multiemployer Pension Crisis (Aliya Wong / US Chamber of Commerce)
- REPORT: 'The Multiemployer Pension Plan Crisis: the History, Legislation, and What's Next?' (pdf - US Chamber of Commerce)
- Ex-Herald Workers Find Pension News Hard to Come by (Greg Ryan / Boston Business Journal)
- Puerto Rico Ordered to Make Interest Payments on Pension Bonds (Steven Church / Bloomberg)
December 20th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Quick-Take: You Found How Much Just Lying Around? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- After Street Clashes, Argentina’s Congress Passes Pension Overhaul (Daniel Politi / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Offshore Pension Scandal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 19th, 2017
- California Should Retire the 'Secure Choice' Program Before It Begins (Adam Summers / Independent Institute)
- PENSION PULSE: MetLife's Missing Pension Payments? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 18th, 2017
- Rhode Island's Attorney General Knew of St. Joseph’s Pension Collapse 10 Days Before Failure (GoLocalProv)
- Fees to PBGC Rise for Underfunded Corporate Pensions (Katherine Chiglinsky & Brandon Kochkodin / Bloomberg)
- Sweden to Raise Minimum Pension Age as Retirees Live Longer (Simon Johnson / Reuters)
- Clashes Rage as Argentine Lawmakers Suspend Pension Debate (Almudena Calatrava / Washington Post)
- European Occupational Pension Funds Face Significant Deficits, Stress Test Reveals (Paulina Pielichata / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Is The Rally Near an End? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 15th, 2017
- A Million Participants in Multiemployer Pension Plans Face a Loss of Benefits (opinion - Alicia H. Munnell / MarketWatch)
- Democrats Push to Add Teamsters Pension 'Rescue' to Federal Spending Bill (Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner)
- Liberal Lawmakers Trying to Bail Out Private Pensions With Taxpayer Money (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundation)
- 13 Surprising Companies That Still Give Out Pensions (Karen Bennett / Cheat Sheet)
December 14th, 2017
- Tontines Meet Blockchain: Something Old Could Be New Again (Jasmine Ye Han / Bloomberg)
- GAO Factoids Purporting Retirement Crisis Are Highly Misleading (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs / the Hill)
December 13th, 2017
- Don't Make Taxpayers Bail Out Pension Plans (Charles Blahous / Seeking Alpha)
- As Puerto Rico Seeks to Restructure Its Debt, 'Everything Is on the Table' (Chloe Aiello / CNBC)
December 12th, 2017
December 11th, 2017
- British Airways Launches New Defined Contribution Pension Plan (Arathy S Nair / Reuters)
- Union in Favour of British Airways' Pension Change? Pigs Really Can Fly (column - Alistair Osborne / The Times)
- China's Pension Funds Struggling to Cope With Ageing Population (Sue-Lin Wong / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Best of All Worlds For Stocks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 8th, 2017
- Vanguard's Jack Bogle Is Worried About US Pensions (Lisa Abramowicz / Bloomberg)
- Rumors of Pension Bailouts: MEPs and Public Pensions (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Rep. Richard Neal Introduces Two Private Workplace Retirement Savings Bills (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
December 7th, 2017
December 6th, 2017
- It's Time to Protect Multi-Employer Pension Plans (op-ed - James Hoffa / Detroit News)
- 'Protecting' Private Union Pensions With Bottomless Bailouts Is a Recipe for Disaster (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundation)
- Angry New York Workers Unite to Restore Pension Benefits (op-ed - Joseph Tryzbinski / Buffalo News)
- PBGC and Open Government – Call for Ideas (Public Affairs / Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
December 5th, 2017
- National Retirement Fund Plan: Worse Than Central States? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Pension Reforms Slow Down But Costs Are Still Rising, Says OECD (Mark Cobley / Financial News)
- Offering Pensions Can Help Autocrats Stay in Power Longer (Carl Henrik Knutsen & Magnus Bergli Rasmussen / Washington Post)
- UK's Nigel Farage Branded 'A Shameless Hypocrite' as He Keeps His EU Pension (Irish Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions' Brave New World? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 4th, 2017
- Multiemployer Pension Plans: Current Status and Future Trends (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- NEW REPORT: 'Multiemployer Pension Plans: Current Status and Future Trends' (Munnell, Aubry & Crawford / Center for Retirement Research)
- PENSION PULSE: A December Surprise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 1st, 2017
November 30th, 2017
- Congressional Subcommittee Examines the Mounting Multiemployer Pension Problem (press release - U.S. House of Representatives )
- PENSION PULSE: The Grand Cayman Pension Scam? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 29th, 2017
November 27th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Doesn’t Want Reform (Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: The Silence of the Bears? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 22nd, 2017
- Should Failing Private Pension Funds Get a Federal Bailout? (Marc Joffe / Financial Times)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB's CEO Exposes CPP Myth? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 21st, 2017
November 20th, 2017
- Rhode Island Attorney General Tries to Block Release of Records in St. Joseph Pension Fund Collapse (GoLocalProv)
- GE Just Kicked Its Pension Problems Down the Road (John Rhodes / Seeking Alpha)
- PENSION PULSE: A Conversation with David Swensen? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 17th, 2017
- PBGC's 2017 Deficits Announced (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Congressional Democrats Introduce Multiemployer Loan Program Bill (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Bill to Stabilize Ailing Pension Funds Due in Congress Friday (Todd Beamon / Newsmax)
- Congresswoman Debbie Dingell Introduces Legislation to Protect Pensions Michigan Workers Have Earned (press release)
- US Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin Supports Legislation to Shore Up Teamsters' Pension Plans (press release)
- Teamsters Support Brown-Neal Legislation to Solve Pension Crisis (press release - International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
- PBGC Single-Employer, Multiemployer Deficits Moving in Opposite Directions (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
- CRR Assesses Options for Helping Multiemployer Plans (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway's Fund Jolts Energy and FX Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 16th, 2017
November 15th, 2017
- General Electric to Make Debt-Funded Contribution of $6 Billion to Its Pension Plan (Nick Thornton / Benefits Pro)
- Greece: Pension Cuts From 2019 Will Amount to 14% (Eleni Varvitsiotis & Roula Salourou / eKathimerini)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Butts Out For Good? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 13th, 2017
- Multiemployer Plan Bailout Bill (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Thousands of Union Workers in Wisconsin and Across the Country Face Possible Major Cuts to Their Pensions (NBC 26)
- Managing Corporate Pension Risk: More Firms Make Move, But Targets Shifting (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
November 12th, 2017
November 10th, 2017
- It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill May Be Introduced in Congress (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: The Mother of All US Pension Bailouts? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 8th, 2017
- Machinists Motor City Pension Gets MPRA Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Sen. Sherrod Brown Announces Plan to Protect Pension of Ohio Retired Teamsters (WYTV-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: The Big Reversal in Inflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 6th, 2017
- Sears Canada's Underfunded Pension Plan Means Retirees Get a 19% Benefit Cut (Jonathan Chevreau / MoneySense)
- PENSION PULSE: Signs of Euphoria Creeping Into Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 2nd, 2017
November 1st, 2017
- With 29% Pension Cuts Already in Place, New York Teamsters Explore Options Going Forward; Hope Is for Federal Help (Rick Karlin / Albany Times Union)
- PENSION PULSE: Does Canada Have All The Answers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 31st, 2017
- Rhode Island's St. Joseph Hospital Pensioner Quinn Worked 34-Years and Is Now Facing Cuts to Her $500-A-Month Payment (GoLocalProv)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Passive Investing Taking Over? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 30th, 2017
- Visualizing $63 Trillion of World Debt (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: As Good As It Gets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 27th, 2017
- Alaska Ironworkers Withdraw MPRA Application (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Capping 401(k) Savings Would Worsen the US Retirement Crisis (Robert Powell / The Street)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's National Pension Hub? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 26th, 2017
- Social Security Administration Spending Tops $1 Trillion for First Time (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Bill Morneau's Pension Conflict? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 25th, 2017
- Carleton University Can Recoup $500K Pension Paid to Dead Prof, Court Says (Andrew Duffy / Ottawa Citizen)
- PENSION PULSE: America's Dangerous Dual Economy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 24th, 2017
- Teamsters Pension Plan Warns Thousands of Beneficiaries That the Checks May Get Smaller (Len Boselovic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- The GOP Needs to Stop Stupid Ideas Like Limiting 401(k)s and Face the Real Problem: Spending (Jake Novak / CNBC)
- Dutch Pension System Still 2nd Best in World: Mercer (Janene Pieters / NL Times)
October 23rd, 2017
- Air France to Change to a Defined Contribution Plan (Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters)
- New Pension Plan Agreements Reached by KLM With Its Pilot and Cabin Staff Unions (press release - Air France-KLM)
- Ireland’s Pension System Requires Urgent Reform, Says Report (Ellie Donnelly / Independent)
- Australian Pensions Still Highly Rated But Face Headwinds (Meredith Booth / Investment Magazine)
- PENSION PULSE: Markets on the Edge of a Cliff? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 20th, 2017
- UN's $61 Billion Pension Fund Gets New Chief After Shortfalls (Kambiz Foroohar / Bloomberg)
- The EU Is Demanding Britain Pays Billions for Retired Officials' Pensions Before It Will Agree to Brexit (Adam Becket / Business Insider)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity's Asset-Stripping Boom? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 18th, 2017
- MPRA Update – 2016 (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: In Defense of Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 17th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Should Get Hurricane Relief, But No Bailout (John Phelan / Post-Bulletin)
- WHITE PAPER: The Corporate Pension Plan Underfunding Dilemma: Analyzing the Trends (Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: The Coming Renaissance of Macro Investing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 16th, 2017
- Clock Running Down on Social Security, Medicaid Fixes, Former Trustees Report (Tracey Longo / Financial Advisor)
- Central States Is the Plan That Will Take Down the PBGC and Eventually the Entire US Pension System (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Another Union Plan Withdraws Its Application to Suspend Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- The World Turned Upside Down (newsletter - John Mauldin / Mauldin Economics)
- PENSION PULSE: The Bubble Economy Set to Burst? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 13th, 2017
- Five Major Developments in Rhode Island's St. Joseph Hospital Pension Fund Collapse (GoLocalProv)
- Receiver for Rhode Island Hospital Pension Fund Withdraws 40% Cut Proposal (Patrick Anderson / Providence Journal)
- Teamsters Rally at UPS in Springfield, Missouri to Fight 20% Pension Cuts (KY3)
- PBGC Premiums, Pension Costs to Go Up Next Year (Nick Thornton / BenefitsPro)
- Why Is Corporate America Issuing Debt to Fill the Holes in Pension Plans? (Sunny Oh / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Comes Out on Asian Data Centers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 12th, 2017
October 11th, 2017
- American Miners Pension Act Sparks Regional Divide in Congress (Ben Wolfgang / Washington Times)
- Revised IRS Mortality Tables Will Raise Pension Costs (Stephen Miller / Truth in Accounting)
- PENSION PULSE: Quebec's Atypical Pension Fund Chief? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 10th, 2017
- Puerto Rico’s $74 Billion Burden Left It Helpless When Maria Hit (William Selway, Ezra Fieser, Jonathan Levin & Laura Blewitt / Bloomberg)
- Rhode Island Hospital Workers' Pension Plan on Life Support (Lynn Arditi / Rhode Island Public Radio)
- Boeing Setting Bad Precedent With Risky Pension Scheme (Rich Duprey / Madison.com)
October 9th, 2017
- Uncle Sam's Unfunded Promises (newsletter - John Mauldin / Mauldin Economics)
- Puerto Rico Warns Island Is on Brink of 'Massive Liquidity Crisis' (Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner)
- Wall Street Firms Gambled on Puerto Rico. They’re Losing. (Matthew Goldstein / New York Times)
- Puerto Rico and the Political Risk of Muni Bonds and Unfunded Pensions (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- UK-based Consultant Tell Pension Funds to Embrace Leverage, Complexity (Joe McGrath / Institutional Investor)
- Greek Pensioners Protest Benefit Cuts, Pin Hopes on Court (Lefteris Papadimas / Reuters)
- Jamaica Rolls Out Pension Reforms (James Young / Business News Americas)
- PENSION PULSE: Navigating Through Prickly Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 6th, 2017
October 5th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Is Running Out of Money (Ezra Fieser / Bloomberg)
- American Miners Pension Act Introduced in Congress (Wendy Holdren / Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
- A Coal Miner Pension Bailout Could Set the Stage for a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Taxpayer Bailout. Don't Do It (commentary - Rachel Greszler / Fox News)
- 1,000 St. Joseph Retirees Hear Horrors of Impact of Pension Fund Collapse in Rhode Island (GoLocalProv)
- Average CEO Has to Make Do With $253,088 in Monthly Pension Payments (David Lazarus / Los Angeles Times)
- Britain Could Be Just 11 Years Away From a Pension Crisis (Owen Gough / Small Business)
- Canada's Public Pension Funds Are Piling on Leverage — and Risk, Warns Moody's (Allison McNeely / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions Piling on Leverage? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 4th, 2017
- No US Bailout for Puerto Rican Debt, Trump’s Budget Chief Says (Justin Sink & Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg)
- West Virginia Lawmakers' Bill Will Back Funding of Miners' Pensions (Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Global Inflation in Freefall? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 3rd, 2017
October 2nd, 2017
- The Pension Crisis Coming to a Boil (Armstrong Economics)
- Americans Fear Social Security Will Go Broke, Poll Shows (Steve Vernon / CBS MoneyWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Janet in Wonderland? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 30th, 2017
September 29th, 2017
September 28th, 2017
- Janet Yellen Can’t Help Retirees (Christopher Condon / Bloomberg)
- 'Orphans' of St. Joseph Pension Plan Fear Worst (Ethan Shorey / Valley Breeze)
- BREAKING: Local 805 Pension Fund of New York Withdraws Its Application for Benefit Suspensions (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Trump's Tax Plan: How the Corporate Tax Cut Will Benefit Pension Plans (Brittany De Lea / Fox Business)
- When Warren Buffett Runs Your Pension Plan (Noah Buhayar / Bloomberg)
- Pension Superfunds 'Can Save Struggling Schemes' in UK; Companies to Pool Assets Under Radical Proposal (Patrick Hosking / The Times)
- Soaring EU Pensions Could Add £10bn to Brexit Bill, Accounts Reveal (James Rothwell / The Telegraph)
September 27th, 2017
- Equifax CEO Steps Down After Data Breach; He'll Still Get $18-Million Pension (Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Steven Cohen's Dubious Rerun? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 26th, 2017
- NEW BRIEF: What's Happening to US Mortality Rates? (Anqi Chen, Alicia H. Munnell & Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher / Center for Retirement Research)
- PBGC Claiming Westinghouse MTIA Worthless? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
September 25th, 2017
- Western States Multiemployer Pension Fund Refiles for Benefit Cuts (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PBGC Claims Huge Hole in Westinghouse's Pension Plan (Tom Hals / Reuters)
- Social Security Benefits to Rise Following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma (Sean Williams / MSN Money)
- PENSION PULSE: Prepare For The Worst Bear Market Ever? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 21st, 2017
September 20th, 2017
- Bankrupt Puerto Rico Faces Direct Hit From Hurricane Maria (Jon Schuppe / NBC News)
- British Airways Proposes Moving All Employees Onto Defined Benefit Pension Plan in £3.7 Billion Deficit Containment Plan (Jasper Jolly / City A.M.)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP's New CLO Risk Retention Vehicle? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 19th, 2017
- Medicaid for All Would 'Bankrupt the Nation,' Warned Bernie Sanders—in 1987 (Peter Suderman / Reason)
- Retirees on Tap for Biggest Increase in Social Security Benefits Since 2011 (Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: A National Horror (Nate Beeler / Columbus Dispatch)
September 18th, 2017
- 52% Not Confident Medicare Will Pay Them All Promised Benefits (Rasmussen Reports)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Markets or Hugh Hendry Wrong? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 15th, 2017
- The Pension Gap, and How Blue State Liberals Are Preparing a Raid on Your Wallet (op-ed - Ben Howe / Washington Examiner)
- New York Teamsters Pension Cuts to Take Effect Despite 2-1 Opposing Vote; Most of 34,000 Eligible Don't Return Ballots (John Cropley / Daily Gazette)
- Retired New York Teamsters' Pension Payouts to Shrink by 30% (Ginger Adams Otis / Daily News)
- About 5,200 Teamsters in Western New York to See Pension Benefits Cut (Matt Glynn / Buffalo News)
- Down $20 Billion, Boeing Stuffs Pension Fund With Its Own Shares (Katherine Chiglinsky, Julie Johnsson & Brandon Kochkodin / Bloomberg)
- Think Your Defined Benefit Pension Is Money in the Bank? Think Again. Just Ask Sears Canada Employees (Financial Post)
- Sears Pension Fallout a Reminder That Savings Should Be Diversified (Dan Healing / Globe and Mail)
- PENSION PULSE: ATP and OTPP Strike Airport Deal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 14th, 2017
- Breaking News on New York State Teamsters' Vote and MPRA Update (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- New York Teamsters Approve Slashing Pension Benefits to Retired Members (Tom Hals / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Jim Leech on Pensions and Infrastructure Bank (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 13th, 2017
- US Middle-Class Incomes Reached Highest-Ever Level in 2016, Census Bureau Says (Heather Long / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Beyond Bridgewater's Culture and Principles? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 12th, 2017
- Analysis Projects Huge Retiree Health Care Expenses (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada’s Pension Funds Lever Up? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 11th, 2017
September 8th, 2017
- "Biggest Pension Event in My Lifetime" (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- New York Teamsters Weigh Pension Cuts in Groundbreaking Vote (Tom Hals / Reuters)
- British Airways Seeks to Close Defined Benefit Pension Scheme to Tackle 'Significant and Growing Funding Deficit' (BBC)
- PENSION PULSE: OTPP's Mid-Year 2017 Report? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 7th, 2017
- DuPont Quietly Offers Buyouts to 9,500 Pensioners (Jeff Mordock / News Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Bank of Canada Flirting with Disaster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 6th, 2017
- Hundreds of Former MLB Player Were Denied a Pension. Now They're Earning a Fraction of Today's Pension Benefits (Tim Grant / Post-Gazette)
- Owner of Pawtucket, Rhode Island Hospital Promises 'Solution' for Troubled Pension Plan (Associated Press / US News)
- PENSION PULSE: Deflation Headed Straight for the US? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 5th, 2017
- Bankruptcy Dominoes: Murray Energy → UMW → PBGC (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- New York State Teamsters Near Decision Point on Big Pension Cuts (John Cropley / Daily Gazette)
- St. Joseph's Pension Fund Bankruptcy Could Be Just One of Many in Rhode Island (GoLocalProv)
August 31st, 2017
- American Enterprise Institute Panel on Retirement Incomes (video - Andrew Biggs, moderator / C-SPAN)
- Rhode Island Hospital Pension Fund Collapse Was Negligence or Malfeasance by Attorney General Kilmartin (Michael G. Riley / GoLocalProv)
August 30th, 2017
- Multi-Employer Pensions Divided Between Haves, Have Nots (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- A Brazil Disconnected? (Zeina Latif / Bonds & Loans)
- PENSION PULSE: Should Central Banks Go Negative Now? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 29th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Oversight Board Sues to Enforce Pension Reforms (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway's Giant Beta Problem? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 28th, 2017
- Memo to Trump: There Is No Looming 'Retirement Crisis' (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs / Wall Street Journal)
- Will the GOP Destroy the 401(k)? (Jeff Spross / The Week)
- Rhode Island's St. Joseph Pension Fund Shortfall Is More Than $160 Million (GoLocalProv)
- No One Was Protecting St. Joseph's Pension Fund (editorial - Providence Journal)
- 'No President in the US' Leads Finland's $53 Billion Varma Pension Fund to Sell Its Stocks (Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg)
August 25th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Twist (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Ray Dalio on the Dangerous Divide? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 24th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Creates New Pension Plan for Struggling Retirees (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: The Great CPP/QPP Divergence? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 23rd, 2017
- New York State Teamsters to Vote on Cuts to Keep Their Pension Fund Solvent (Rick Karlin / Times Union)
- Many Multiemployer Pension Plans Expected to Fail Within 20 Years (Lee Barney / PlanAdviser)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions on Lagging US Infrastructure? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 22nd, 2017
- Pension Fund for Rhode Island Hospital Nurses Placed in Receivership (Patrick Anderson / Providence Journal)
- Rhode Island Hospital Pension Fund Bankruptcy Will Impact as Many as 3,800, 40% Cuts to Benefits, Says Receiver (GoLocalProv)
- READ: Rhode Island's St. Joseph Pension Fund Bankruptcy Documents (GoLocalProv)
- 10 Things to Know About One of Biggest Pension Failures in Rhode Island -- St. Joseph Bankruptcy (GoLocalProv)
- St. Joseph’s Pension Fund Bankruptcy Shows Rhode Island Needs an Attorney General Who Knows Pensions (op-ed - Edward Siedle / GoLocalProv)
- State Should Rescue St. Joseph's Pensioners (op-ed - Russell J. Moore / GoLocalProv)
- Underfunded Pensions Could Spark Wave of 'Precedent Setting’'Reforms (Rupert Hargreaves / ValueWalk)
- Would You Rather Have $1 Million or $5,000 Monthly in Retirement? (Shlomo Benartzi & Hal E. Hershfield / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Japan's GPIF Warns on Passive Investing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 21st, 2017
- 50 States of Gray: Aging America Faces Retiree Battles, Even Slower Growth (Jed Graham / Investor's Business Daily)
- More Companies Sell Bonds to Fund Pension Obligations (Eric Platt / Financial Times)
- Inside the World's Sizable Infrastructure Investment Gap (Joaquim Levy / The Street)
August 18th, 2017
- St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Pension Fund Files for Bankruptcy (GoLocalProv)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 17th, 2017
August 16th, 2017
August 14th, 2017
August 11th, 2017
August 10th, 2017
August 9th, 2017
August 8th, 2017
August 7th, 2017
- New York State Teamsters Conference Pension Fund Gets MPRA Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- New York State Teamsters Conference Fund Gets OK to Lower Pension Benefits (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Puerto Rico to Furlough Workers, Proposes Pension Plan Reform (Daniel Bases / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: America's Corporate Pension Disaster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 6th, 2017
August 4th, 2017
- Multiemployer Pension Fund to Hit $80 Billion Deficit by 2026, Says PBGC (Tatyana Shumsky / Wall Street Journal)$$
- 2025 Insolvency for PBGC Multiemployer Program (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- How America's Largest S&P 500 Companies Dug a $375 Billion Pension Hole (Sonali Basak, Katherine Chiglinsky & Brandon Kochkodin / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Shaking Things Up? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 3rd, 2017
- Some Company DB Plans Are Changing Accounting Measures (PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Is the Maestro Wrong on Bonds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 2nd, 2017
- Legal or Not, States Forge Ahead With 401(k)-For-Everyone Plans (Liz Farmer / Governing)
- Teamsters Shift From Fighting Pension Cuts to Finding a Resolution (Jeff Bollier / USA Today)
- Older Americans Aren't as Poor as We Thought (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- GRAPH: The Rise of the 401(k) and the Demise of the Pension (Bloomberg)
August 1st, 2017
- Puerto Rico Is the Canary in the Caribbean Coal Mine (op-ed - Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton / Caribbean News Now)
- Good News: 401(k) Participation Is on the Rise (Maurie Backman / The Motley Fool)
July 31st, 2017
- Trump Administration Ends Low-Income Retirement Savings Plan Called myRA (Paul Davidson / USA Today)
- Treasury Wrongly Ends Federal myRA Plan to Help Private Sector Save for Retirement (editorial - San Francisco Chronicle)
- PENSION PULSE: The Silence of the VIX? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 28th, 2017
- Social Security's Bleak Future Is Inevitable (StreetAuthority / Nasdaq)
- PENSION PULSE: La Caisse's Big Stake in Wind Power? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 27th, 2017
July 26th, 2017
- Critical Data on Multi-Employer Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Unloading UK Assets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 25th, 2017
July 24th, 2017
- Furniture Workers Pension Fund Allowed to Cut Retiree Benefits (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- United Furniture Workers Pension Fund A Gets MPRA Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Corporate Pensions: Tackling a Pension Shortfall by Taking on Debt (Amey Stone / Barron's)
July 22nd, 2017
July 21st, 2017
- Another Blow for Heartland Workers: Slashed Pensions (Ed Leefeldt / CBS MoneyWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP Warns of the Next Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 20th, 2017
- Social Security: The Annual Trustee Report - Cash Flows, Tardiness, and Other Views (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- S&P 500’s Biggest Pension Plans Face $382 Billion Funding Gap (Brandon Kochkodin & Laurie Meisler / Bloomberg)
- UK Raises Pension Age From 67 to 68 Starting in 2037 (Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: bcIMC Gains 12.4% in Fiscal 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 19th, 2017
- O.J. Simpson May Be Released on Parole -- and NFL Pension Means 'He's Not Going to Be Poor' (Tatiana Pile / AOL.com)
- What to Do if Your Defined Benefit Pension Plan Is Frozen (Robert Powell / USA Today)
July 18th, 2017
- Kroger to Pump Up to $1 Billion Into Underfunded Pension Plan (Steve Watkins / Cincinnati Business Courier)
- Kroger Is Selling Bonds to Fund Pension, Refinance (Amey Stone / Barron's)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Diversifying its Returns? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 17th, 2017
- Social Security, a Pension Booster, Faces a Shortfall (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- From $2 Billion to Zero: A Private-Equity Fund Goes Bust in the Oil Patch (Ryan Dezember / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Funds Displacing Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 13th, 2017
- Pension Plan—and Retirement Security—at Heart of Strife Between Tufts Hospital and Nurses (column - Evan Horowitz / Boston Globe)
- Milliman: 100 Largest US Corporate Pension Plans' Funded Status Drops by $4 Billion in June; Funded Ratio Down to 83.5% (press release - Milliman)
- Directors Guild Lowers Assumed Rate of Return for Pension Plan (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Manitoba's Provincial Pension Payouts Surging; Costs Likely to Keep Increasing as Recipients Live Longer (Nick Martin / Winnipeg Free Press)
July 12th, 2017
July 10th, 2017
- Teamsters Retirees to Meet With Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Over Failing Pension Funds (Mark Davis / Kansas City Star)
- First Public Pensions, Now Private Pensions Are Falling Apart Too (Peter Reagan / Newsmax)
- PENSION PULSE: The End of the Central Banks' Era? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 7th, 2017
July 6th, 2017
July 5th, 2017
- We Must Get Control of Entitlement Fraud (Kevin D. Williamson / National Review)
- General Mills to Freeze Defined Benefit Pension Plans by End of 2027 (Chris Butera / Chief Investment Officer)
- What's Underpinning UPS's Shift From Pension Plans to a 401(k) Plan? (James Sands / Seeking Alpha)
- Ireland's Public-Sector Pensions Worth Millions, New Figures Show (Barry O'Halloran / Irish Times)
July 4th, 2017
- For the Fourth of July -- A Nation Divided, But Words We Believe In (Joel Fox / Fox & Hounds)
- The Radical Ideas Behind the Declaration of Independence (editorial - Orange County Register)
- The Declaration of Independence (full text)
- Archives of Independence: Philadelphia's New Museum of the American Revolution (Anthony Paletta / City Journal)
- The Case for a Fourth of July Seder (Alan Burdick & Eliza Byard / The New Yorker)
- We'll Be Back Tomorrow . . . Have a Great Fourth of July!
July 3rd, 2017
- Push Comes to Shove in Puerto Rico Budget, PREPA (Robert Slavin / The Bond Buyer)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Bets Big on Houston? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 30th, 2017
June 29th, 2017
- UPS Pension Freeze Will Affect 8,500 Louisville Workers (Thomas Novelly / Courier-Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Investing Under Trump? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 28th, 2017
- UPS to Freeze Pension Plans for Nonunion Staffers; Pension Deficit Hit $9.85 Billion in 2016 (Paul Ziobro & Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal)
- UPS Said to Join Growing List of Companies Freezing Pensions (Matthew Rocco / Fox Business)
- Cash-Rich Sweden Squirrels Away Ahead of Demographic Time Bomb (Love Liman & Nicholas Rigillo / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Are ETFs Driving The Market Higher? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 27th, 2017
- After Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis, Worries Shift to Virgin Islands (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- UPS to Freeze Pension Plans for Non-union Staffers (Fox Business)
- China's Pension Gap Is Growing as Aging Becomes Economic Risk (Bloomberg)
June 26th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Governor to Fight Proposed Furloughs, 10% Pension Cuts (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- After Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis, Worries Shift to Virgin Islands (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Bezos and Buffett Effect? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 23rd, 2017
June 22nd, 2017
- General Electric Botches Its Pension Math (Nir Kaissar / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Pushes Further Into Renewables? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 21st, 2017
June 20th, 2017
June 19th, 2017
June 16th, 2017
June 15th, 2017
- IRS' Delay in Implementing Mortality Tables Means Plan Contributions, PBGC Premiums May Rise (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Investments Gains 12.8% in Fiscal 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 14th, 2017
June 12th, 2017
- Supreme Court Justices Side With Religious Hospitals in Pension Dispute (Sam Hananel / Associated Press)
- Retirees Were Promised Pensions. Globally, We're Going to Be $400 Trillion Short (Sam Becker / The Cheat Sheet)
- Puerto Rico Link Dump: World of Pain (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Puerto Rico Upholds Statehood Demand in Contentious Vote (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Boosts Internal Management? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 9th, 2017
- IMF Urges Millennials to Prepare for 'Pension Shock' (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- PENSION PULSE: Citadel's Ken Griffin Warns of Inflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 8th, 2017
June 6th, 2017
- Breaking News: Supreme Court Rules on Church Pension Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Another Greek Pension Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 5th, 2017
- Can You Afford to Reach 100? (John Mauldin / Mauldin Economics)
- PENSION PULSE: Prepare For a US Slowdown? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 2nd, 2017
- American Horror Story: The 100-Year Life (John Lohr / Seeking Alpha)
- US Treasury Department Rejects Benefits Cuts for Automotive Industries Pension Plan (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- PENSION PULSE: The UK's State Pension Shame? (blog - Leo Koivakis)
June 1st, 2017
- Puerto Rico Budget to Protect Pension Payments: Governor (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- Pension Plan Executives Need to Plan Ahead for New Mortality Tables — Report (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- World's Eight Largest Pension Systems Will Have $400 Trillion Gap by 2050 (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- PENSION PULSE: Big Departures at Dutch Pension Giants? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 31st, 2017
- Teamsters to Propose Fix for Pensions, But Will It Work? (David B. Brandolph / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: The $400 Trillion Pension Time Bomb? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 30th, 2017
- California's State-Run 'Secure Choice' Private Retirement Program Up Against Powerful Federal Law (Chris Reed / CalWatchdog)
- The American Retirement System Is in Trouble (The American Interest)
- Retirement Policies Need to Change to Address Longer Life Expectancy (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Global Pension Timebomb: Funding Gap Set to Dwarf World GDP (Stella Papadopoulou / Modern Diplomacy)
- Pensions Time-Bomb for World's Biggest Economies Could Explode to $400 Trillion, Says World Economic Forum (Sam Meredith / CNBC)
- World Economic Forum Predicts '$224 Trillion Retirement Gap' (Seriously) (John Sullivan / 401K Specialist)
- UK Retirement Age Could Hit 80 as Pensions Deficit Sets Off Time Bomb (Ben Chapman / Independent)
May 29th, 2017
- Zippo Lights the Way on Pension Reform (op-ed - Nathan Benefield / PennLive)
- Taiwan Pension Reform Protesters Lob Bottles at Pingtung Council Members (China Post)
May 25th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Seeks Court’s Help to Save Public Pension System (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- Puerto Rico's Faux Pension Reform (Ike Brannon / Weekly Standard)
- Struggling Department Store Sears Strikes Debt and Pension Obligations Deals (Marianne Wilson / Chain Store Age)
- PENSION PULSE: The Big Squeeze on Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 24th, 2017
- Detroit and Puerto Rico: Which Is the Worse Insolvency? (Alex Pollock / Real Clear Markets)
- New York State Teamsters Fund Becomes Ninth Union Pension Plan to File for Benefit Cuts Under MPRA (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Eases Rules For Pension Funding? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 23rd, 2017
- State Officials Contend California Private-Sector Retirement Plan Is on Firm Legal Ground (Laurence Darmiento / Los Angeles Times)
- Roads and Pensions Swept Up in Puerto Rico's $123 Billion Bankruptcy (RT News)
May 22nd, 2017
- Puerto Rico Faces 'Humbling' Scope of Its Woes in First Court Hearing (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Puerto Rico Pensioners Facing Benefit Cuts Will Get a Bankruptcy Committee (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- Guns or Granny: The Looming Political Battle of the West (blog - Gary North / Remnant Review)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 21st, 2017
- WEEKEND SPOTLIGHT: Puerto Rico Faces 'Humbling' Scope of Its Woes in First Court Hearing (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- WEEKEND SPOTLIGHT: Puerto Rico Pensioners Facing Benefit Cuts Will Get a Bankruptcy Committee (Nick Brown / Reuters)
May 19th, 2017
- California Leaders Vow to Continue State-Run Retirement Plan (Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press)
- California Advances State-Run Private Sector Retirement Plan Without Feds (Guy Marzorati / KQED)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Gains 11.8% in Fiscal 2017 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 18th, 2017
- PENSION PULSE: The Pension Storm Cometh? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- The Re-Rollout of the Keep Our Pension Promises Act (KOPPA) (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
May 17th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Round-Up: Trying to Determine How Bad It Is (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Pension Reduction to Affect 18,000 Puerto Rican Workers (Prensa Latina)
- Some of the Funds Losing Billions in Puerto Rico's Historic Bankruptcy (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- Clashes in Greece as Thousands Protest Austerity (Elena Becatoros & Derek Gatopoulos / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Ray Dalio Worried About The Big Picture? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 16th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Pits Investors Against Pensioners (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- GOLDEN OLDIE: The Real Cost of Bailing Out Puerto Rico (Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner)
- Job for Life, Good Pay and a Generous Pension -- Only in the Public Sector (column - Colm McCarthy / Independent)
May 15th, 2017
- Debt Island: How $74 Billion in Bonds Bankrupted Puerto Rico (Martin Z Braun and Jonathan Levin / Bloomberg)
- Multiemployer Pension Plans: Critical Plans Treading Water, Waiting to Drown (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions to the Rescue? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 12th, 2017
May 11th, 2017
- Automotive Industries Pension Fund Gets MPRA Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Kentucky Retirees Fighting to Keep Their Pensions (Stephan Johnson / WDRB)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions Lean on Bombardier? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 10th, 2017
- Senators Bernie Sanders, Marcy Kaptur Reintroduce Multiemployer Pension Protection Bill (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Sanders, Democrats Seek to Undo Bipartisan Pension Reform (Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner)
- Pensions at Risk: Retired Union Members Say They Feel Betrayed by Obama Administration (David Ade / CBS Milwaukee)
- Now to Save Coal Miners' Pensions (editorial - Lexington Herald-Leader)
- Looming Tax Changes Push DuPont to Boost Pension Payments (Vipal Monga / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Brazil's Looming Pension Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 9th, 2017
May 8th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Collapse Shows Debts Seen as Ironclad May Not Be (Michelle Kaske & Martin Z Braun / Bloomberg)
- Puerto Rico: Pay-As-You-Exit (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Muni Market Update: Puerto Rico Files for Bankruptcy (Joshua Hudson / Seeking Alpha)
May 7th, 2017
May 5th, 2017
- More Puerto Rico: Round Up of Current Commentary and Followups (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Puerto Rico Files Biggest Ever US Local Government Bankruptcy (video - Reuters)
- Puerto Rico Somewhat Unique Among US Municipal Bankruptcies (Katy Stech / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: The World According to Ken Griffin? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 4th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Declares a Form of Bankruptcy (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Here We Go: Puerto Rico Tries for Legal Federal Bankruptcy (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy Fate Is Now Up to Chief Justice John Roberts (Nathan Bomey / USA Today)
- UPDATE: Union Pension Plans in Crisis (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: A Caisse of Outrageous Compensation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 3rd, 2017
- Puerto Rico Teeters on Brink of Historic Bankruptcy as Lawsuits Mount (Dawn Giel / CNBC)
- Catch-Up Week: Puerto Rico on the Brink -- Again (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Retreats From Farmland? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 2nd, 2017
- Is There Really a Retirement-Savings Crisis? (Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal)
- Deal Reached to Fund Health Benefits for Retired Miners (Rusty Marks / The State Journal)
- While Miners' Health Plan Celebrated, West Virginia Sen. Manchin Says Pension Obligation Must Be Fulfilled (Kery Murakami / Register-Herald)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP's Home Capital Fiasco? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 1st, 2017
- United Mine Workers Update (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Updated Mortality Tables Are Raising Concerns (Hazel Bradfrord / Pensions & Investments)
- Cash-Strapped, Debt-Laden Puerto Rico Takes One Step Closer to Bankruptcy (Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Wall Street Journal)$$
- Puerto Rico Bondholders Reject Island's Restructuring Offer (Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg)
- In Brazil, Protesters Clash With Police as a Strike Over Labor and Pension Reforms Brings Business to a Halt (Jill Langlois / Los Angeles Times)
- Buses Torched, Roads Blocked During Brazil Strike Over Changes to Labor Laws, Pension System (Mauricio Savarese & Peter Prengaman / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: A Goldilocks Situation For Stocks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 28th, 2017
- Sean Spicer Briefly Suggests Trump Is Going After Your 401(k)s — and Shows What a Nightmare Tax Reform Is (Aaron Blake / Washington Post)
- Malaysia's Pension Time Bomb (Chua Sue-Ann / The Edge Malaysia)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Subprime Mortgage Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 27th, 2017
April 26th, 2017
- Miners' Union Shouldn't Look to Feds to Bail Out Mismanaged Pension Fund (commentary - Rachel Bovard / The Hill)
- Congress Must Insist That Puerto Rico Stick to Its Fiscal Oversight Deal (op-ed - Andrew F. Quinlan / Washington Times)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Preparing For Landing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 25th, 2017
April 24th, 2017
- The Rich Are Living Longer and Taking More From Taxpayers; Social Security Is Becoming a Much Better Deal for the Wealthy (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- California Treasurer Appoints First Executive Director of Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (press release - California State Treasurer)
- 20,000 Union Members and Retirees at Risk of Losing Pension Benefits (Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon)
- Why Would Congress Bail Out Miners' Pensions? (Alana Semuels / The Atlantic)
- Jaguar Land Rover Joins Trend to Jettison Final Salary Pensions (Michael Pooler & Peter Campbell / Financial Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Be Very Afraid of These Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 21st, 2017
- State Pension Funds Paying Billions in Hidden Fees, Pew Study Finds (John W. Schoen / CNBC)
- New York State Teamsters Plan to Refile for Benefit Cuts – With a Twist (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Investors Rushing Into Alternatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 20th, 2017
April 19th, 2017
- BREAKING: Fifteenth Union Plan Files for Benefit Cuts Under MPRA in an Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Beware of QE Sheep? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 14th, 2017
April 13th, 2017
- 5 Stories to Read Today for Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (Olivia B. Waxman / Time)
- Puerto Rico Union Sues to Block Pension Cuts (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- 3 More Union Pension Funds Apply to Reduce Benefits Under MPRA (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Study: Pension Plans Overpay PBGC Premiums by Millions (Stephen Miller / SHRM)
- UK's Royal Mail Plans to Close Its Defined Benefit Pension Plan Next Year (Josie Cox / Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Real Estate Mania? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 12th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Seen Sliding Toward Bankruptcy as May 1 Deadline Nears (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- PBGC Takes Over Charleston Newspapers' Pension Plan (Chris Dickerson / West Virginia Record)
- EA5: Church Pension Plan Settlements (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Mortality Monday (With a Little Trumpery): Supreme Court Probabilities Take 2 (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Pension Cuts in 2019 to Affect Some 850,000 Beneficiaries in Greece (Tornos News)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Launches People for Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 11th, 2017
- Two More Union Pension Plans File for Permission to Cut Benefits in an Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Japan Stems Rate of Population Decline, But Growing Pension Burden Looms (Today)
April 10th, 2017
- BREAKING: Two More Union Pension Plans File for Permission to Cut Benefits in an Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Zippo Moving Away From Pension Plan for Employees, Toward 401(k) Instead (Alex Davis / Bradford Era)
- Potential Pension Cuts for 5,200 New York State Teamsters Delayed (Matt Glynn / Buffalo News)
- Retired Teamsters Protest in Omaha Over Possible Pension Cuts (Susan Szalewski / Omaha World-Herald)
- Greece on Course to Avoid Debt Default as Athens Agrees Pension Cuts (Szu Ping Chan / The Telegraph)
- Pension Cut Is Inevitable at the Caribbean Netherlands Fund (The Daily Herald)
- Brazil Said to Take Knife to Pension Plan to Ensure Its Survival (Rachel Gamarski / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Is The Reflation Trade Doomed? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 7th, 2017
- BREAKING: 12th Union Pension Plan Files for Permission to Cut Benefits Under MPRA in an Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Teamsters President Hoffa Meets With President Trump to Discuss Pension Security (Teamsters)
- Despite Robust Returns, 100 Largest US Corporate Pension Plans Saw Their Funded Status Decrease by $21.7 Billion in 2016 (press release - Milliman)
- IMF Warns on Permanent Low Interest Rates - Free Banking Disappears, Pension Funds Go Bust Perhaps (Tim Worstall / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Big Departures From Pension Land? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 6th, 2017
- Federal Tools Could Help Prevent Future Pension Crises (op-ed - Rep. Pete Sessions / The Hill)
- How Social Security and Medicare Are Ruining Us (Gene Epstein / Barron's)$$
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Bets on Data Analytics and Water? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 5th, 2017
April 4th, 2017
- Early Muted Warnings From Regulators (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Thousands of Greek Pensioners Protest Against Cuts as More Austerity Looms (Lefteris Papadimas / Reuters)
- For Brazilians, Retiring at 65 Is Too Old (Kenneth Rapoza / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Sounds The Alarm? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 3rd, 2017
- California Vows to Proceed With State-Run Pension Plan for Private Sector Workers Despite New D.C. Obstacle (Ben Christopher / CALmatters)
- No Federal Exemptions for State-Run 'Private' Pensions (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- GOLDEN OLDIE: A Few Crumbs for Private Workers (Steven Greenhut / The American Spectator)
- Miners Seek Help From Congress as Health and Pension Benefits Expire (Tracie Mauriello / Post-Gazette)
- Coal Miners Vow 30 Days of Pressure on Congress to Act on Health Care, Pension Guarantees (Ben Wolfgang - Washington Times)
- Losing Pension Drives BMW Workers to Strike; BMW Says High Pensions Have Made Business 'Unsustainable' (MENAFN)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Bets Big on Insurance and Water? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 31st, 2017
- HISTORICAL ASIDE: The World's First Pension Crisis (Simon Black / LewRockwell.com)
- Pensions at the Supreme Court: Church Plans (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- The Scary Statistic That Shows Why Trump Needs to Fix Social Security Now (James B. Lockhart III / CNBC)
- Here's How the US Got to $20 Trillion in Debt (Robert Schroeder / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' Gains 4.2% in 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 30th, 2017
March 29th, 2017
March 28th, 2017
- Bloomberg’s Joe Mysak on Plunging Puerto Rican Bond Prices (audio - Pimm Fox & Lisa Abramowicz / Bloomberg Markets)
- Church Pension Plan Arguments (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Down Goes The Greenback? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 27th, 2017
- US 'Oversight' Board Orders Cuts for Puerto Rico Workers to Pay Off Bonds (Seth Galinsky / The Militant)
- PENSION PULSE: All Hail The UK's State Pension Reforms? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 24th, 2017
- Are We on the Brink of a Retirement Revolution? (Nicola Middlemiss / HRM New Zealand)
- UK's Pension Age Must Rise Again, Says Report (Rupert Jones / The Guardian)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB, GIC Betting on US College Housing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 23rd, 2017
- US Senate Must Scrap Obama's Unsound Retirement Rule Exemption (op-ed - Paul Schott Stevens / The Hill)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Punching Above its Weight? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 22nd, 2017
- Retired Miners in Washington Lobbying for Insurance, Pension Protection (William Thornton / Birmingham News)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Fixing China's Pension Future? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 21st, 2017
- End Tax on Social Security; Boost COLA (letter - Everett Herald)
- PENSION PULSE: The $3 Trillion Shift in Investing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 20th, 2017
March 17th, 2017
- For Large Employers, Pension Costs Will Continue to Mount in 2017 (Jeff Ostrowski / Chief Investment Officer)
- Nationwide Protests in Brazil Against Pension Reform (Lise Alves / The Rio Times)
March 16th, 2017
- Lufthansa to Freeze Pension Plan for Pilots, Introduce New Defined Contribution Plan (Paulina Pielichata / Pensions & Investments)
- Tens of Thousands of Brazilians Protest Against Reforms to Pension System (Independent Television/radio)
- Thousands Storm Brazilian Streets in Nationwide Protest Against President Temer's Pension Reform Plan (Alex Wheeler / International Business Times)
- Brazil Workers Protest Pension Reform, Disrupt Transport (Guillermo Parra-Bernal & Brad Haynes / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse, CPPIB Invest in Asian Warehouses? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 15th, 2017
- Federal Board to Puerto Rico: Cut Pension System, Impose Furloughs (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- Risky Business: Don't Give States Free Rein Over Private Retirement Accounts (op-ed - Rachel Greszler / The Hill)
- Big US Companies Offload Pension Plans (blog - The American Interest)
- PENSION PULSE: Is OPTrust Changing the Conversation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 14th, 2017
- Oversight Board Approves New Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico (Jennifer A. Marcial Ocasio / Orlando Sentinel)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP Gains 10.4% in 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 13th, 2017
- Eleventh Union Pension Plan Files for Benefit Cuts to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Companies With Old-Fashioned Pension Plans Are Shedding Responsibility for Them (Leslie Scism / Wall Street Journal)$$
March 10th, 2017
- America Can't Escape the Debt Vortex (George Melloan / Wall Street Journal)$$
- Threatened Union Pension Cuts Will Test Trump Ties to US Rust Belt Voters (column - Mark Miller / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Blogger Leo Kolivakis Is Taking This Week Off
March 9th, 2017
- In Puerto Rico, Teachers' Pension Fund Works Like a Ponzi Scheme (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PBGC, Sears Reach Agreement to Further Protect Pension Plans (press release - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
- General Motors to Make Pension Payments for Years Just to Escape Europe (David Welch / Bloomberg)
- It Takes 10 Workers in Greece to Pay One Pension (Kathimerini)
March 8th, 2017
March 7th, 2017
- Bill to Rescind DOL Rule Extending Pension Coverage to State Plans for Private Sector Sparks Fierce Debate (Chuck Epstein / Chief Investment Officer)
- US Could Run Out of Money in October or November (Douglas A. McIntyre / 24/7 Wall St.)
March 6th, 2017
- California's State-Run Payroll Retirement Savings Plan for Private Sector Can Take Hit (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- Federal Insurance Agency Backing Union Pensions Facing Crisis Itself (Bob Adelmann / New American)
- Probe of the Road Carriers Local 707 Welfare Fund Crash (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
March 3rd, 2017
- Teamsters Retirees Call for Federal Bailout of Cash-Strapped Pension Fund (Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon)
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Running Out of Cash to Cover Union Pension Funds (Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News)
- PENSION PULSE: PBGC Running Out of Cash? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 2nd, 2017
- California Mapping New Path for 'Secure Choice' State-Run Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers (Laura Mahoney / Bloomberg)
- The Mighty New York Teamsters Pension Fund Is Out of Money (Nathan Reiff / Investopedia)
- Nearly 23,000 Coal Miners to Lose Health Care Benefits by April 30 (The Intelligencer)
- Federal Accountability Office Probes Central States Pension Fund's Losses (New York Daily News)
- PENSION PULSE: America's Crumbling Pension Future? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 1st, 2017
- When Multiemployer Pensions Fail: Teamsters Local 707 Has Gone Bust (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Teamsters Local 707 Goes Bankrupt (Martin Armstrong / Armstrong Economics)
- About One Million American Workers Have Pension Plans on the Verge of Insolvency (Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News)
- Drained Pension Fund Has Retired NY Union Workers Pinching Pennies to Survive as Doom Looms for Reserves Across US (Ginger Adams Otis / NY Daily News)
- Pensions in the Netherlands: A Gordian Knot of Reform (Leen Preesman / Investment & Pensions Europe)
- PENSION PULSE: Buffett Baffled by 30-Year Bonds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 28th, 2017
February 27th, 2017
- Ex-Teamster to Meet With Paul Ryan, Bernie Sanders in Hopes of Saving Crumbling Retirement Fund (Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News)
- O.J. Simpson Could Be Released From Prison This Year and He's Not Broke Thanks to His Pension (Yvette Caslin / Rolling Out)
- In Puerto Rico, Pensions' Decline Pits Retirees Against Lenders (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Gotham Better Hedge Fund Fees? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 24th, 2017
February 22nd, 2017
- PBGC Adds Credit Deterioration, Cash-Flow Decline to Early Warning Factors It Monitors (Jane Meacham / Business and Legal Resources)
- Congress Targets California's State-Run Retirement Program for the Private Sector (Bill Raden / Huffington Post)
- Obamacare Repeal May Birth a New Retirement Account (Tom Anderson / CNBC)
- Two-Thirds of Americans Aren’t Putting Money in Their 401(k) Account (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Overestimating Canadian DB Plans' Liabilities? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 21st, 2017
- GAO on PBGC (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Fixing China's Pension Future? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 20th, 2017
- Good Advice for Private Sector Workers on How Much You'll Need to Save for Retirement (PensionTsunami.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 17th, 2017
February 16th, 2017
February 15th, 2017
- States Pursuing Plans to Help Private Sector Workers Save for Retirement (Maria Ines Zamudio / Associated Press)
- Government Must Keep Paws Off Ontario Pension Surplus (letter - Toronto Star)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Liberals Loving Their Pension Assets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 14th, 2017
- Congress May Protect Private Pensions From State Government Bureaucrats (blog - F. Vincent Vernuccio / Mackinac Center for Public Policy)
- US Insurers Sense Opportunity in Unwanted Corporate Pension Plans (Suzanne Barlyn / Reuters)
- Reduced Pension Benefits Among Possibilities Facing Manitoba Government Workers (Steve Lambert / Benefits Canada)
- PENSION PULSE: Jim Leech Tapped For Infrastructure Bank? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 13th, 2017
- L.L. Bean Will Freeze Its Pensions and Offer an Early Retirement Program (David Sharp / Associated Press)
- Brexit Migration Cuts Could Push UK's State Pension Age Up (Katie Morley / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Much Ado About CPPIB's Quarterly Results? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 10th, 2017
- California Senate President de León Exploring Options to Protect State-Run Retirement Plan for Private Sector (Christopher Cadelago / Sacramento Bee)
- US Senator Pushes for 'Off Budget' PBGC Premiums (John Manganaro / PlanAdviser)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Mighty PE Investors? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 9th, 2017
February 8th, 2017
- A Social Security Primer for the New Administration: Reform Needed Now (Romina Boccia / Heritage Foundation)
- PENSION PULSE: Go Sponsor Whom? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 7th, 2017
February 6th, 2017
- Friday Trumpery: Social Security (and a little Medicare) (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Fund Quants Taking Over the World? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 3rd, 2017
- SUPER BOWL SPOTLIGHT: NFL Super Bind (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Japan's GPIF Making America Great Again? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 2nd, 2017
- Understanding the Pension Problem (Tim Brennan / Ariadne Wealth Advisors)
- Skip the G.M.O.s: Park Slope Food Co-Op Fights Over Its Pension Fund (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Diversions: Are You Ready for Some Football . . . Pensions? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / Stump)
- PENSION PULSE: OPTrust Taking Climate Change Risk Seriously? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 1st, 2017
- NEW STUDY: (No) Money in the Bank: Which Retirement Systems Penalize New Teachers? (Martin F. Lueken / Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
- Unions Use Members' Dues to Create an Alternative Pension Reality (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Can President Trump Help Ironworkers About to Lose Part of Pensions? Retiree Family Makes an Unlikely Plea (Stephen Koff / Cleveland.com)
January 31st, 2017
- Church Pension Plan Crisis Looming (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- The Social Security Shell Game (William Sullivan / American Thinker)
- PENSION PULSE: The Big Push To Insource Pension Assets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 30th, 2017
- It's Happening: First Union Votes to Reduce Retiree Benefits (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Iron Workers 17 Benefit Suspension Vote Results (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Iron Workers Pension Cuts Approved; Retirees to Get Smaller Checks (Stephen Koff / Cleveland.com)
- First Meeting of 2017 for Green Bay Committee to Protect Pensions (NBC 26)
- In Unprecedented Move, Pension Plan Cuts Benefits Promised to Retirees (Jonnelle Marte / Washington Post)
- Iron Workers Pension Benefit Reductions to Start in February (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Freedom Communications Former Owners Sued Over Pension Plan (Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal)
- Why Pension Funds in Iran Could Face Bankruptcy Tsunami (Iran Pulse / Al-Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Sparks Fly at CFA Montreal Luncheon? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 27th, 2017
- Will President Trump Create More Debt Than President Obama? Trump Doesn't Want to Fix Social Security or Medicare (Veronique De Rugy / Reason)
- PENSION PULSE: Harvard's Endowment Adopts Yale's Model? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 26th, 2017
January 25th, 2017
January 24th, 2017
- Actuaries on Social Security: Bruce Schobel on Reforms, Robert Myers on History, and Richard Foster on Medicare/ACA (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Sabia Departs Davos With More Questions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 23rd, 2017
January 20th, 2017
January 19th, 2017
- Puerto Rico Government Could Collapse if No Steps Are Taken (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- Puerto Rico's Pensions Reach Pay-As-You-Go Status (Joshua Hudson / Seeking Alpha)
- Puerto Rico Control Board Considers Extending Debt Moratorium (Associated Press)
- Puerto Rico Oversight Board Says Much More Austerity Is Needed (Robert Slavin / The Bond Buyer)
- Mine Workers Pension Bailout Too? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' Eyes New Tack? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 18th, 2017
- The 401(k) Revolution Was a Victory for Retirement Savers (Andrew Biggs / Real Clear Markets)
- Will Change in Washington Bring Help to Ailing Multi-Employer Pension Funds? (Mark Williams / Columbus Dispatch)
- Efforts Proving Fruitful for Newly Formed National United Committee to Protect Pensions (Noah Vernau / Portage Daily Register)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Acquires an IT Giant? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 17th, 2017
- Small Companies Have a Big Retirement Problem (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: The Beginning of The End for Bonds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 16th, 2017
- Election Certainty (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Failing Multi-Employer Pension 'Rehabilitation Plans' Don't Address Mismanagement of Investments (Edward Siedle / Forbes)
January 13th, 2017
- A Scandal at Korea’s Giant Public Pension Fund (Bruce Einhorn & Heejin Kim / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Scandal at Korea’s Retirement Giant? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 12th, 2017
January 11th, 2017
- Why Ruin a Good Birthday Party by Talking About Our $20 Trillion National Debt? (column - Tom McLaughlin / Family Security Matters)
- PENSION PULSE: Outlook 2017: The Reflation Chimera? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 10th, 2017
- Long-Term Return Assumptions Reduced Again for 2017 by J.P. Morgan (John Manganaro / Plan Sponsor)
- Puerto Rico Doesn’t Want Bankruptcy (Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Wall Street Journal)$$
- UK's Postal Service Plans to Ditch Defined Benefit Pensions, Switch to Defined Contribution Plan (Adam Williams / Money Observer)
January 9th, 2017
- Is Trump Exaggerating the Size of His Pension? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Clashes Erupt Outside Taiwan Pension Reform Forum (Matthew Strong / Taiwan News)
January 6th, 2017
January 5th, 2017
- The 401(k) Problem We Refuse to Solve (column - Megan McArdle / Bloomberg)
- Retired Ironworkers Could Face Pension Cuts Next Month (Jonnelle Marte / Washington Post)
- INTERACTIVE MAP: Social Security Coverage of State and Local Government Employees, by State (Public Plans Data)
January 4th, 2017
- The 401k – The Pension Crisis Coming Your Way in 2017 (blog - Martin Armstrong / Armstrong Economics)
- Forensic Investigation of Critical and Declining New York Teamsters Pension Fund (Edward Siedle / Forbes)
- Teamsters Multi-employer Plans Need Real Pension Reform (op-ed - James Hoffa / Detroit News)
- US Corporate Pension Deficits Increased in 2016, Says Willis Towers Watson (PlanSponsor)
- FTSE 350 Pension Deficits Widen Threefold in 2016, Says Mercer (Carolyn Cohn / Reuters)
- Britain’s Companies Are Turning to a Key Way to Tackle Their £400 Billion Pension Problem (Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider)
January 3rd, 2017
- Setting the Stage for 2017: Failing Multiemployer Pension Plans (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Coming Multi-Employer Pension Fund Headaches in Appalachia and the Industrial Midwest (DTN's Washington Insider / The Progressive Farmer)
- Blue Collar Worker Pensions at Risk After Congressional Inaction (audio - Jim Rowley / Bloomberg)
- The Champions of the 401(k) Lament the Revolution They Started (Timothy W. Martin / Wall Straat Journal)$$
- Setting the Stage for 2017: Looking at Social Security (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
December 30th, 2016
- President-Elect Trump, Please Help Protect Cleveland Ironworkers' Pension Rights (op-ed - Karen Friedman / Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Most Gen Xers Dismal on Retirement Hopes (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
December 29th, 2016
- Retirement Assets Among Many Potential Targets for Tax Reform (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- 6 Things to Know About State Auto-IRA Programs for the Private Sector (Christine Roberts / Employee Benefit News)
- South Korea Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Pension Fund Chief (Ju-Min Park / Reuters)
December 28th, 2016
December 26th, 2016
- Treasury Allows Multiemployer Pension Plan to Reduce Participant Benefits (Randall C. McGeorge / National Law Review)
- How Safe Is Your Pension? (column - Terry Savage / Chicago Tribune)
December 23rd, 2016
- Puerto Rico Will Run Out of Money in February, Governor-Elect Says (Associated Press)
- Control Board Outlines Measures to Fight Puerto Rico Financial Crisis (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- South Korean Public Pension Fund Under Probe (The Star)
December 22nd, 2016
December 21st, 2016
December 20th, 2016
- The Dastardly Villains Looking to Cut Employee Pensions (blog - Mike Antonucci / Intercepts)
- Nearly 90% of US Employees Are Eligible to Participate in Their Employer's Defined Contribution Plan (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Ray Dalio's Back To The Future? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 19th, 2016
- Fifth Union Pension Plan Gets MPRA Letter Regarding Reducing Benefits (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Teamster Workers, Retirees Prepare for Pension Fight in 2017 With Unified Front (Raquel Lamal / NBC 26)
- PENSION PULSE: The 2017 Dollar Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 17th, 2016
December 16th, 2016
- Who to Believe on Hedge Funds – Part 2 (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Greece Approves Christmas Pension Handout, Defying Eurozone (Deutsche Welle)
December 15th, 2016
December 14th, 2016
- These States Leave the Most Private Pension Money on the Table, In One Chart (Rachel Koning Beals / Market Watch)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Goes Into All Blacks Territory? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 13th, 2016
December 12th, 2016
- The Creeping Public-Pension Debacle (opinion - Bill Emmott / The Jordan Times)
- Senators Vow to 'Use Any Means Necessary’ to Ensure Taxpayer Bailout of Private Union Pension Plan (Rachel Greszler /Daily Signal)
- Union Plans in Crisis – (9) Canaries in the Coal Mine on Pension Bailouts (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- RP-2014 Mortality Tables Already Outdated? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Unleashing Those Animal Spirits? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 10th, 2016
December 9th, 2016
- Pension Protection Act Made Retirement Security More Tenuous (Paula Aven Gladych / Employee Benefit News)
- GRAPHIC: More Corporationsa Are Freezing Their Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Employee Benefit News)
- UK's Pension 'Apartheid' Is the Worst in the Developed World, OECD Says (Katie Morley / The Telegraph)
- Korea’s Park Impeached as Voters Vent Anger Over Corruption (Kanga Kong & Sam Kim / Bloomberg)
December 8th, 2016
- Union Plans in Crisis – (8) at the Mercy of the Government (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Budget Bill Is Mixed Bag for Pension and Benefit Universe (David B. Brandolph / Bloomberg)
- READ: The Defense Business Board’s 2015 Study on How the Pentagon Could Save $125 Billion (Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Does Size Matter For PE Fund Performance? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 7th, 2016
- Nazi Criminals Still Receiving War Victim Pensions (Deutsche Welle)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Get Big or Go Home? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 6th, 2016
- Union Plans in Crisis – (7) Endgame (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- No Special Consideration for Other Bills Until We Save Coal Miners' Healthcare and Pensions, Say Senators (press release)
- US Supreme Court to Take Up Hospital Workers' Pension Dispute (Big News Network)
- Brazil's President Unveils Pension Reform, Sets Retirement Age at 65 (Alonso Soto / Reuters)
December 5th, 2016
- Union Plans in Crisis – (6) Sports Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Auto IRA – Not Dead Yet (column - Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
- The Dead Don't Just Vote . . . They Collect Pension Benefits, Too (Jazz Shaw / Hot Air)
- PENSION PULSE: Institutions Piling Into Illiquid Alternatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 2nd, 2016
- Nearly Half of Corporate Pension Plans Considering Lump-Sum Payouts (Javier Simon / Plan Sponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Addressing The UK's Pension Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 1st, 2016
- Union Plans in Crisis – (5) Naming Worst Funded Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Liquidations Hurting Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 30th, 2016
- Union Plans in Crisis – (4) Naming Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Japan's Lower House Passes Pension Reform Bill Amid Opposition Protests (Japan Today)
- Brazilian Senate Approves Austerity After Violent Protest (AFP / Viet Nam News)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Great Pension Debate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 29th, 2016
- Is It Simpler Than Obamacare? California's Private Sector Retirement Plan Contribution Mandate (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- Union Plans in Crisis – (1) 5500 MB Data (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Union Plans in Crisis – (2) Worst Funded Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Union Plans in Crisis – (3) No Contribution Spike (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Social Security: Be Real But Be Creative (column - John Damschroder / News-Messenger)
- Around the World in Pensions: South Korean Scandal, German Pandering, and More (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Largest Protests Yet Against South Korea's President; 1.5 Million People Took to Streets in Seoul on Saturday, Say Organizers (Reuters)
- Protests Erupt in Puerto Rico Over Control Board Meeting (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: GPIF Riding The Trump Effect? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 28th, 2016
- The Blue State Plan to Fix Retirement (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- Puerto Rico Governor Defies New Federal Control Board (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- Polish Prime Minister Plans to Slash Ex-Communist Agents’ Pensions (Damien Sharkov / Newsweek)
- These Are the Top Stock Holdings of the World's Biggest Pension Fund (blog - Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
November 27th, 2016
November 26th, 2016
November 25th, 2016
November 24th, 2016
- The Real Story of Thanksgiving (Richard J. Maybury / Mises Institute)
- The Controversy Over the First Thanksgiving (Delancey Place)
November 23rd, 2016
- Why Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Could Get Even Worse (Arnaldo Cruz / The Fiscal Times)
- Samsung Group, Pension Fund Offices Raided in Growing South Korea Scandal (Joyce Lee / Reuters)
- Samsung, Pension Fund Raided as South Korean Probe Widens (Youkyung Lee / Associated Press)
- Few Nazi Crimes Suspects Lost Pensions, Review Reveals (David Rising / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Trumping The Bond Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 22nd, 2016
- Questionable Future for Multiemployer Pension Plans (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- The Boomer Nation: A State-By-State Interactive Snapshot (AARP)
- PENSION PULSE: Denmark's Dire Pension Warning? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 21st, 2016
- PBGC Multiemployer Plan Program Examined (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Easy Retirement in the Private Sector? Only for a Privileged Few (Stan Choe / Associated Press)
- Donald Trump's Debt Denialism: Q&A with Economist Veronique de Rugy (Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein / Reason)
- China’s Pension Reform Diverts More Money Into Risky Assets (Fan Yu / Epoch Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q3 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 18th, 2016
- PBGC's Multiemployer Pension Program's Deficit Soars to Record High of $58.8 Billion (David B. Brandolph / Bloomberg)
- For Businesses That Still Have Pensions, They’re a Golden Lure (Deirdre Fernandes / Boston Globe)
- Ironworkers Local 17 Conference Call With Treasury on November 30 (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- The Obama Administration’s New Rule to Create State-Run Retirement Savings Could Hurt Savers, Cost Taxpayers (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundation)
- Retirement Proposals on the Table for Trump Administration (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
November 17th, 2016
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Releases FY16 Annual Report (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- DOWNLOAD the PBGC's 2016 Annual Report (pdf - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
- PBGC Multi-Employer Program Deficit Nearly $60 Billion (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Bond Squeeze 'Bleeding to Death’ $28 Billion French Pension Fund (Joe Mayes / Bloomberg)
- Pension Deficit at Largest Irish Firms Surges by 160% - Study (RTÉ)
- PENSION PULSE: Prince of Bridgewater in Montreal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 16th, 2016
- Public Pension and Finance Ballot Initiative Results (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Too Underfunded for MPRA? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada Courts Big Funds on Infrastructure? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 15th, 2016
- Central New Yorkers Among Thousands Bracing for Major Pension Cuts; Retirees Being Asked to Absorb Up to 30% in Cuts (Olivia Ugino / WSYR-TV)
- Spain’s Most Urgent Problem: Pension System About to Go Bankrupt (Fernando Barciela / The Corner)
- PENSION PULSE: The Global Pension Storm? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 14th, 2016
- As Israelis Live Longer, Is a Pension Crisis Stirring? (Marissa Newman / Times of Israel)
- QE Is Harming UK Business Via Greater Pension Costs, Survey Finds (Josephine Cumbo / Financial Times)
- Citizens in India Continue to Face Trouble as Banks Run Dry (Times of India)
- Pensioners Can Withdraw More Than Rs 10,000, Says Reserve Bank of India (Press Trust of India)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Trump Bullish For Emerging Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 11th, 2016
- States Begin Offering State-Run Retirement Plans (Dana Perry / JD Supra)
- Fourth Union Pension Plan Gets MPRA Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Wages, Ballooning Pension Push Kenya’s 2017 Budget to Sh2.23trn (Kiarie Njoroge / Business Daily Africa)
November 10th, 2016
November 9th, 2016
- Greedy States Grabbing Americans’ Savings, Pensions (op-ed - Steven Van Metre / Bakersfield Californian)
- Half of American Baby Boomers Face a Frightening Retirement Reality: But There's Worse News Incoming (Michael Douglass / Fox Business)
- What's the Maximum Social Security Benefit in 2017? (Todd Campbell / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's New Infrastructure Boss? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 8th, 2016
- Mandatory Payroll Deduction Savings Programs Are on the Rise (Nancy L. Ober & Sean D. Brown / Lexology)
- PENSION PULSE: Till Death Do Us Part? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 7th, 2016
- US Treasury Department Denies Iron Workers Local 16 Bid to Reduce Pension Benefits (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Crash Could Be Caused by Insurance Companies and Pension Funds Inability to Earn 8% (Michael Markowski / Equities)
- Puerto Rico Treasurer Says Government Development Bank May Fail (SourceMedia / Fidelity)
- PENSION PULSE: America's Brexit or Biotech Moment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 4th, 2016
- Third Union Multi-Employer Pension Plan Gets MPRA Denial Letter (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Greek Retirees Rally Against Planned New Pension Cuts (Derek Gatopoulos / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions Lukewarm on Canadian Infrastructure? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 3rd, 2016
- Teamsters Group Funds Forensic Investigation of $1.6 Billion New York State Teamsters Pension (Edward Siedle / Forbes)
- China Slowdown Deepens Looming Pension Crisis (Mark Magnier / Wall Street Journal)
- 57% of UK's FTSE 350 Pension Funds Pay Out More Than They Take in (Sophie Baker / Pensions & Investments)
- BMW Workers in UK Consider Strike Over Pension Scheme Switch (Neil Johnston / The Times)
- PENSION PULSE: ATP Bucking the Hedge Fund Trend? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 2nd, 2016
- Clinton, Trump Have No Plans to Fix Pressing Retirement Issues Like Unsustainable Pensions or Social Security (Retirement Security Initiative)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Seeds European Credit Hedge Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 1st, 2016
- Social Security: Intimations of Mortality (column - Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
- Ireland Scores Fail Grade for Sustainability of Pension System (Dominic Coyle / Irish Times)
- Estonian Pension Funds in Poor State (Tõnis Oja / Post Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Lessons For Harvard's Endowment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 31st, 2016
- Ontario Is a Model for California’s Pension Plans (David Crane / Medium.com)
- Half of Vietnam's Workforce Opts for Early Retirement, Threatening Pension Fund (Bui Hong Nhung / Vn Express)
- PENSION PULSE: Harvard's 'Lazy, Fat, Stupid' Endowment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 28th, 2016
- US Latino Labor Force's Retirement Burden (blog - Center for Retirement Research)
- Seniors 75 and Older Outnumber Children in Japan (Nikkei Asia Review)
- Japan Confronts a Future With an Aging Population (editorial - Washington Times)
- Pension Tension: China's Aging Population (Wynne Wang / Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Liberals Attack on Public Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 27th, 2016
- States Begin Offering State-Run Retirement Plans to Private Sector Workers (ElderLawAnswers)
- PENSION PULSE: The Future of Retirement Plans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 26th, 2016
- Automotive Industries Pension Plan Becomes Latest Multiemployer Plan to Seek Benefit Cuts (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- The Nordics Have the Best Pension Systems (Hannah Nordlund / Business Insider Nordic)
- Japan Has the Worst Pension System in Asia (Mayuko Tani / Nikkei Asian Review)
October 25th, 2016
October 24th, 2016
- Tenth Multiemployer Union Pension Plan Files for Benefit Cuts in Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: The Elusive Search For Alpha? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 22nd, 2016
October 21st, 2016
- Dutch Pension Funds Still Struggling; Lower Pensions Possible Next Year (Janene Pieters / NL Times)
- PENSION PULSE: What's Worrying the Bank of Canada? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 20th, 2016
- California Employers With Qualified Plans Not Subject to New Secure Choice Program (blog - Pat Anglin, William Berry & Elizabeth Harris / JD Supra)
- UPS Offering Some Employees Lump-Sum Pension Payments (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway's GPFG to Crank Up Equity Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 18th, 2016
- Moody's: Increase in Hospital Debt Issuance Fueled by Rise in Pension Liabilities (Ayla Ellison / Becker's Hospital Review)
- Will the Greek Economy Ever Recover? (BBC / Hellenic Shipping News)
- PENSION PULSE: The Fed's Game Changer? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 17th, 2016
October 14th, 2016
- Social Security COLA Increase for 2017 May Be the Lowest Ever Paid (press release - Senior League)
- Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act: One Size Fits No One (Paul A. Friedman / The National Law Review)
October 13th, 2016
- McConnell, Trump Hesitate on Coal Miners' Pensions (Adam Beam & Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: The UK's Draconian Pension Reforms? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 12th, 2016
- Projections Differ, But Social Security Is in Deep Trouble (Lauren Bowman & Romina Boccia / Daily Signal)
- Big Papi and Other Retired Baseball Players Can Get a $210,000-a-Year Pension (Steven Kutz / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Quebec Holding Out on Pension Reform? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 10th, 2016
October 7th, 2016
- THE PRIVATE SECTOR: Those Closest to Retirement Not Prepared (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- NEW WHITE PAPER: Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2016 (Chris Edwards / Cato Institute)
- Brazilian Workers Outraged Over Proposed Pension Reforms (Paulo Cabral / CCTV America)
- PENSION PULSE: Can Emerging Managers Emerge? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 6th, 2016
October 4th, 2016
- National Retirement Security Week Is October 16 Through 22 This Year (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Public v Private: A Glaring Inequality in Pension Provision (editorial - The Irish Times)
- Greece: Pensioners Rock Police Bus at Athens Anti-Austerity Rally (Live Leak)
- Pensioners Try to Topple Police Bus at Greece Anti-Cuts Protest (BBC News)
- Pepper Spray Fired at Greek Retirees in Anti-Austerity Rally (Kathimerini English)
- PENSION PULSE: Long Live the CPP!! (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 3rd, 2016
- Will SB 1234 Become Jerry Brown's SB 400? (Joel Fox / Fox & Hounds)
- Private Sector Retirement Plans Run by Cities Could Cause Headaches (Kristen Ricaurte Knebel / Bloomberg)
- Defined Benefit Pension Plans Have Disappeared (column - Greg Roberts / Aiken Standard)
- Social Security Is a Raw Deal for Miillennials (op-ed - Anna Beavon Gravely / Greensboro News & Record)
- Pensioners Beware -- Brits Considering First Step Toward Slashing Pension Benefits (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: Much Ado About Deutsche? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 30th, 2016
- State-Run Retirement Plan for Private Sector Employees Okayed in California (Nick Cahill / Courthouse News Service)
- California State-Run Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Not a Good Idea (letter - Willits News)
- It’s Past Time to Rein in the Public Sector Pension Plan Bacchanalia (editorial - Maclean's)
- Low Bond Yields Are Trashing the Returns Pension Funds Need (column - Mark Gilbert / Bloomberg)
- Half of Greece's Pensioners Threatened by Further Pension Cuts and Poverty (Mary Harris / Greek Reporter)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity's Misalignment of Interests? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 29th, 2016
- DuPont Cannot Shirk Pension Promises (editorial - Wilmington News Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Treacherous Times For Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 28th, 2016
- Please Stop My 8% Social Security Raise (op-ed - Mark W. Hendrickson / Wall Street Journal)
- Another Excuse to Take Away Your Social Security (contributor - William Baldwin / Forbes)
- Workers at Peeps Factory Go on Strike Over Pensions, Threatening the Peepocalypse (Kevin Pang / A.V. Club)
- PENSION PULSE: Teachers' Cuts Computer-Run Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 27th, 2016
- California Teachers' Union Protested by Its Employees Over Pension Problems (Jason Russell / Washington Examiner)
- As Private Sector Pensions Fade, Retirees Will Need More Savings (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
- Current Defined Contribution System Has Potential to Address Retirement Challenges (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- Blow to UK's BMW Workers as Car Maker Plans to Close Defined Benefit Pensions to New Contributions (Ben Martin & Christopher Hope / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Bets Big on India's Power Assets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 26th, 2016
- Ahead of Merger with Dow Chemical, DuPont Retirees Worry for Their Pensions (Jeff Mordock / Wilmington News Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB to Aid China With Pension Reform? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 23rd, 2016
September 22nd, 2016
- Teamsters Pension Fund Members Face Sharp Benefits Cuts; Local Workers, Retirees Would Lose Benefits (Matt Glynn / Buffalo News)
- US Senate Committee Passes Protection for Pension, Health Benefits of Retired Miners (Augusta Free Press)
- US Senate Panel Approves United Mine Workers Pension Legislation (Ken Ward Jr. / Charleston Gazette Mail)
- Miners Hopeful After Senate Panel Votes to Bail Out Pensions (Tracie Mauriello / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Swiss Pension Fight Pits Gourmet Pigs Against Lower Payouts (Mara Bernath / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Did the BOJ Save or Kill DB Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 21st, 2016
- Ninth Multiemployer (Union) Plan to File for Benefit Cuts to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- US Building Up to a Private Sector Pension Crisis (Robin Wigglesworth & Barney Jopson / Financial Times)
- Déjà vu? Freddie Mac Starts Pilot Mortgage Program With Looser Standards (AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Sreet Journal)
- Lift the Lid on Pension Blowout (column - Robert Gottliebsen / Australian Business Review)
- PENSION PULSE: Should The Fed Raise Rates Now? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 20th, 2016
- Maine Congressman Calls for Social Security Reform to Help Public Employees (Nok-Noi Ricker / Bangor Daily News)
- Final Throes of 'Golden Age’ of Pensions Leaves Uncertain Future for Younger Generation of Brits (Yahoo Finance)
September 19th, 2016
- West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s Fictional Take on Pension History (Rachel Greszler / Daily Signal)
- Approve Those Multiemployer Union Pension Benefit Reductions (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- Is 70 the New Retirement Age in the Private Sector? (Maurie Backman / USA Today)
- 64,000 Puerto Ricans Flee Island for 2nd Consecutive Year Amid Economic Crisis (Associated Press / Yahoo News)
- PENSION PULSE: A Crisis in Active Management? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 16th, 2016
- Pennsylvania Firm to Freeze Traditional Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Transition to Defined Contribution Plan (Observer-Reporter)
- PENSION PULSE: Great News For Ontario's Teachers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 15th, 2016
September 14th, 2016
- Rock-Bottom Yields Dig Hole for Corporate Pension Funds (column - Lisa Abramowicz / Bloomberg)
- Plan to Tackle UK's Corporate Pension Crisis Would Cost Retirees £20,000 Each — and Still Wouldn't Solve It (Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider)
- PENSION PULSE: Big Executive Shakeup at CPPIB? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 13th, 2016
- Miners Deserve Full Pension Benefits (editorial - Observer-Reporter)
- Draft Bill May Offer Better Mousetrap for Multiemployer Pension Plans (David B. Brandolph / Bloomberg)
- DuPont Pension Watchdog: 'An Eye Opener' (column - Joseph N. DiStefano / Philadelphia Inquirer)
- UK Even Nearer to the Crunch Point for Pensions (Bill Jamieson / The Scotsman)
- PENSION PULSE: A Conversation With HOOPP's Jim Keohane (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 12th, 2016
- 10,000 US Coal Miners Go to Congress to Rally for Pension Protection (Valerie Volcovici / Reuters)
- Government Intervention in Coal Mining Seven Decades Ago No Justification for Pension Bailout Today (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundation)
- Mining Taxpayers’ Pockets for Private-Pension Relief (op-ed - Diana Furchtgott-Roth / Wall Street Journal)
- As Coal Declines, 10,000 Workers Remain to Support 120,000 Retirees' Pensions (Curtis Tate / Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- Eighth Multiemployer (Union) Pension Plan to File for Benefit Cuts in an Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Central States Pension Fund Recipients Want New Leaders (Chuck Samples / KVOE-AM)
- House Panel Proposes 'Composite' Pension Plan Bill to Modernize Multiemployer Pension Plans (Cara Bayles / Law360)$$
- Ireland's Pension Crisis Shows Real Value of a Public Sector Job (Richard Curran / Irish Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: Cracks In The Bond Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 9th, 2016
- Corporate Pension Plan Assets Fall as Payouts Rise (Heather Gillers / Wall Street Journal)
- Miners Plead for Pension Rescue (Timothy Cama / The Hill)
- Government Intervention in Coal Mining Seven Decades Ago No Justification for Pension Bailout Today (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundation)
- Money Not the Only Reason for Delaying Retirement, Survey Finds (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Europe's Lost Generation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 8th, 2016
- Chinese Provincial Pension Funds Struggle to Break Even (Emma Rumney / Public Finance International)
- Brazil's New Government Buffeted by Pension Fund Scandal (Anthony Boadle / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Brazil's Pension Scandal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 7th, 2016
- Top Pension Fund Assets Fall for the First Time Since the Global Financial Crisis (press release - Willis Towers Watson / EconoTimes)
- Protests Will Not Derail Taiwan Pension Reforms, Official Says (Stephanie Chao / The China Post)
- Chile’s Pension Crunch (column - Andrés Velasco / Times of Oman)
- Brazil's Biggest Pension Funds Targeted in New Fraud Probe (Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: The Global Pension Crunch? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 6th, 2016
- Bankruptcy of Public Pension Funds Is an Issue Worldwide; In Taiwan, It's Particularly Severe (Tom Pu-Chih Hsieh / Straits Times)
- PENSION PULSE Update: September Fed Rate Hike Is Unlikely (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 5th, 2016
September 1st, 2016
- Obama Appoints Social Security Critic to Fix Puerto Rico's Budget (David Dayen / The Intercept)
- Puerto Rico Oversight Panel Named to Halt Island Debt Crisis (Kasia Klimasinska, Michelle Kaske, Angela Greiling Keane / Bloomberg)
August 30th, 2016
- Here We Go: the Pension Collapse Is Now Under Way (Ken Schortgen Jr. / Rogue Money)
- Shocking Government Report Finds $6.5 Trillion in Taxpayer Funds 'Unaccounted For' (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- US Army Fudged Its Accounts by Trillions of Dollars, Auditor Finds (Scot J. Paltrow / Reuters)
August 29th, 2016
- Puerto Rico’s Debt and Pension Woes Come to a Head (Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal)
- Puerto Rico’s Collapse Foreshadows a Total US Collapse (David I. Kranzler / Investing.com)
August 26th, 2016
- Callifornia Assembly Approves Bill Establishing State-Run Retirement Accounts for Private Sector Workers (Matt Fleming / CalWatchdog)
- US Nudges States to Help Private-Sector Workers Save for Retirement (Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal)
- Department of Labor Releases Final Rule on State-Run IRAs (PlanSponsor)
- California Elderly Population Is Peaking and the State Is Not Prepared for It (press release - California Residential Health Group)
- Can Washington Handle These 6 Fiscal Truths? (James Carter & Pete Sepp / The Hill)
- Global Pensions Crisis Only Going to Get Worse (David Dodwell / Global Economy)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Radical Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 25th, 2016
August 24th, 2016
August 23rd, 2016
- Investment Company Institute Voices Misgivings About California’s Secure Choice Retirement Plan (Marlene Y. Satter / BenefitsPro)
- Defined Benefit Pension Funding Still a Battleground Post-PPA (Rebecca Moore / Plan Advisor)
- PENSION PULSE: Time To Plunge Into Stocks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 22nd, 2016
- Puerto Rico’s Worst-Funded Pension Risks Bondholder Showdown; Its Liabilities Push Island's Obligations to $113 Billion (Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg)
- Taipei's Young Teachers Urge Retirees to Take Benefit Cuts (Abraham Gerber / Taipei Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Unloading Vancouver RE? blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 19th, 2016
- Puerto Rico’s Worst-Funded Pension Fund Risks Bondholder Showdown (Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Bring In The UN Pension Peacekeepers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 17th, 2016
- Retirees Need $130,000 Just to Cover Health Care, Study Finds (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- Retiree Health Care Cost Estimates Reach Record Level (Javier Simon / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 16th, 2016
- Why a Coal Miner Pension Fund Bailout Could Open the Door to a $600 Billion Pension Bailout for All Private Unions (Rachel Greszler / Heritage Foundat
- Central States Pension Fund's Meeting Last Week Has Good and Bad News (Kyle Smith / KVOE-AM)
- Ireland to Encourage Working Past 65 to Match Increased Pension Age (Tim O'Brien / The Irish Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Stock Market Rally Everyone Hates? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 15th, 2016
- Another Multiemployer (Union) Plan Files for Benefit Cuts to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Central States Pension Fund on Precipice of Destruction (op-ed - Jeff Kraker / St. Augustine Record)
- Retirement Security 10 Years After the Pension Protection Act (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Decade After Landmark US Pension Law, Changes Still Needed (column - Mark Miller / Reuters)
- Pensions Are Now a Millstone for Britain (Marion Dakers / The Telegraph)
- British Millennials Are 'Collateral Damage’ as Pension Gap Grows (Neil Callanan / Bloomberg)
- More Provinces in China Report Pension Shortages (Chen Boyuan / China.org)
- United Nation’s $54 Billion Pension Fund in Power Struggle Over New Rules (Kambiz Foroohar / Bloomberg)
August 12th, 2016
- US Still Paying a Civil War Pension (Curt Mills / US News & World Report)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Smart Money Confused? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- TODAY IN HISTORY: The Spanish-American War Ended in 1898 (blog - Fold3)
August 11th, 2016
- Trade Group Trying to Kill California Bill Making State-Run Retirement Accounts a Private Sector Worker Benefit (James Rufus Koren/Los Angeles Times)
- Who Will Bail Out Insolvent Union Pension Funds? (George Leef / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions Hunting For Energy Deals? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 10th, 2016
- Financial Economics Principles Applied to Public Pension Plans (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Social Security Warns of Furloughs, Service Cuts if Congress Enacts Proposed Funding (Eric Katz / Government Executive)
August 9th, 2016
August 8th, 2016
August 5th, 2016
- Iron Workers Retirees Get Temporary Reprieve From Pension Cuts (Stephen Koff / Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- PENSION PULSE: Chicago's Pitchforks and Torches? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 4th, 2016
August 3rd, 2016
- EU Demands Britain Pays Pensions of 1,730 Eurocrats in Wake of Brexit Vote (Martin Banks & Michael Wilkinson / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Is The Greenback Set To Tumble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 2nd, 2016
August 1st, 2016
July 29th, 2016
- Japan's Pension Fund -- World's Largest -- Suffers Worst Year Since 2008 Financial Crisis With -3.1% Return (Eleanor Warnock / Wall Street Journal)
- World’s Biggest Pension Fund Loses $51 Billion in Stock Rout (Yuko Takeo & Shigeki Nozawa / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Brexit's Biggest Fans in Big Trouble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 28th, 2016
- Facing Its Own Pension Spike, New York State Teachers Union Looks to Cut Staff Benefits (Rick Karlin / Times Union)
- PENSION PULSE: Bridgewater's Culture of Fear? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 26th, 2016
- States Move Forward With Auto-IRA Programs: What’s Next for the Feds? (K&L Gates)
- Long Island Banana King Sentenced to Extra Five-and-a-Half Years for Stealing Employee Pensions (Dale W. Eisinger & Stephen Rex / New York Daily News)
- NEW POLICY BRIEF: How Can We Realize the Value That Annuities Offer in a 401(k) World? ( Steven A. Sass / Center for Retirement Research)
- Italy Pension Funds Urged to Invest in Bank Rescue Plan (Stefano Bernabei & Francesca Landini / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Beware of a Bull Trap? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 25th, 2016
- Another Union Pension Plan Files for Benefit Cuts in an Attempt to Avoid Insolvency (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Thousands Protest Against Morocco's Pension Reforms (Ken Karuri / Africa News)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Investments Gains 1% in FY 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 21st, 2016
- Pension Cuts Loom as Low Interest Rates Continue to Hit Dutch Pension Funds (Dutch News)
- PENSION PULSE: bcIMC Dips 0.2% in Fiscal 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 20th, 2016
July 19th, 2016
- Why We Can’t Keep Putting Off a Social Security Fix (Charles Blahous / Economics 21)
- Bill Would Move PBGC Premiums 'Off Budget’ (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Universal Retirement Plan Bill Introduced (Rebecca Moore/ PlanSponsor)
- Debt, Debt Everywhere (video - Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: The Yipee Stock Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 18th, 2016
July 15th, 2016
- United Nations Staffers Protest Plans to Privatise $53 Billion Pension Fund (Thalif Deen / Inter Press Service)
- A $35 Billion Pension Bomb Shows Who Really Has Power in Poland (Marek Strzelecki & Wojciech Moskwa / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: The Bond Market's Ominous Warning? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 14th, 2016
- Moody's: US Multiemployer Pension Plans’ Funding Deficit Rises 5.6% in 2014 (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
- US Multiemployer Pension Funding Levels to Deteriorate, Moody’s Says (Tatyana Shumsky / Wall Street Journal)
- Wyoming Senator Enzi Addresses Underfunded Private Pension Plans (Ron Richter / Sheridan Media)
- The World’s Most Admired Pension System Teeters on Its Pedestal (Aegon)
- Poland Plans Partial Takeover of Private Pension Funds (Sebastian Zimmermann / Transitions Online)
- PENSION PULSE: The Big CPP Clash? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 13th, 2016
July 11th, 2016
- Who Gives Up What (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- The Future of the Central States Pension Fund: A Taxpayer Bailout? (Charles P. Stevens / National Law Review)
- A Billion-Dollar Pension Liability: Guam's Children Will Grow Up With 'A Lot of Debt' (Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno / Pacific Daily News)
July 7th, 2016
- Retired Teamsters Gain Federal Investigation of Central States Pension Fund (Mark Davis / Kansas City Star)
- Corporate Pension Funding Ratios Plunge in June to Lowest Reading in 2016 (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
July 6th, 2016
- The Worsening Pension Problem Nobody Talks About (Charles Blahous / Economics21)
- How to Revive Company Pension Plans (op-ed - Julio A. Portalatin / Wall Street Journal)
- Poland Announces Big Shakeup in Pension System (Marcin Goclowski & Jakub Iglewski / Reuters)
- Europe's Generation Gap: How Pensioners Are Threatening the Continent's Future (Edoardo Campanella / Foreign Affairs)
- PENSION PULSE: Summer Crash of 2016? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 5th, 2016
- A Second Union Pension Plan Could Be Only 10 Months Away From Collapse (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- States Aim to Fill Pension Gaps With 'Automatic IRAs' for Small Businesses (Rosalyn Retkwa / CBS MoneyWatch)
- GAO to Probe Financially Struggling Central States Pension Fund (Clarissa Hawes / Trucks.com)
- Pittsburgh-Based Paint Company Transfers $1.6 Billion in Pension Obligations to Insurance Companies (column - Len Boselovic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Brexit Shines a Light on Pensions Timebomb (Tracey Boles / City A.M.)
- As Switzerland Ages, the Pension System Gets Stretched (Daniele Mariani & Duc-Quang Nguyen / SwissInfo)
July 1st, 2016
June 30th, 2016
- Congress Gives Puerto Rico a Path Forward as Debt Default Nears (Billy House, Michelle Kaske, Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg)
- Puerto Rico Says It Will Default Even With Congressional Aid (Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg)
- Puerto Rico Debt Bill Lands on Obama’s Desk (Juliegrace Brufke / The Daily Caller)
June 29th, 2016
- US Senators Rally for Coal Miner Pension Fix (Devin Henry / The Hill)
- Putin Cuts Pensions as Russia's Labor Costs Fall Below China's (Erin Mundahl / The Weekly Standard)
- Brazil Says It Can Pass Pension Reform in 2016 Despite Headwinds (Alonso Soto / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' Brazilian Blunders? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 28th, 2016
- Brexit Takeaway (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- The $100 Trillion Bond Market’s Got Bigger Concerns Than Brexit (Brian Chappatta / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Profiting From Brexit? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 27th, 2016
- City of Vancouver's Six-Figure Club Doubles -- A Number Significantly Driven by Firefighters (Michael Mui / 24 Hours Vancouver)
- PENSION PULSE: Europe's Minsky Moment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 24th, 2016
- Almost 750,000 California Seniors Still Working After Age 65 (Phillip Reese / Sacramento Bee)
- A Balanced Bipartisan Compromise for Strengthening Americans' Retirement Security (Charles Blahous / Economics 21)
- How the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Got Caught in the Fallout of Brazil’s Biggest Scandal (Theresa Tedesco / Financial Post)
- Brazil's State-Led Oil Company Petrobras Says Its Pension Fund Has $6.8 Blillion Shortfall (Jeb Blount / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: To Brexit Or Not To Brexit? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 23rd, 2016
- Trustees: Tiny Rise in Social Security Benefits Next Year (Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar & Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press)
- Social Security Still Projected to Last Through 2034 (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
June 22nd, 2016
- Democrats Want Investigation of Central States Pension Fund Investments (Stephen Koff / Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Pensions Hit FedEx, May Weigh on Fiscal 2017 Results (Nick Carey / Reuters)
June 21st, 2016
- Going Gray: How Aging Boomers Will Challenge Suburbia (Jenni Bergal / Stateline)
- PENSION PULSE: An Agreement on Expanding the CPP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 20th, 2016
- Report: Private Pension Plans in Danger of Becoming Insolvent in Less Than a Decade (Rick Moran / American Thinker)
- Brazil's Rio State Declares Financial Disaster Before Olympic Games (Associated Press / Yahoo News)
- PENSION PULSE: Picking Up Canada's Pension Slack? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 18th, 2016
- BREAKING: Brazil's Rio State Declares Financial Disaster Before Olympic Games (Associated Press / Yahoo News)
- BACKGROUND: How Did Brazil Go From Rising BRIC to Sinking Ship? (Steven M. Helfand & Antônio Márcio Buainain / The Conversation)
June 17th, 2016
- Moroccan Unions Protest Government Plan to Reform Pension System (Middle East Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Global Bonds Enter The Twilight Zone? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 16th, 2016
- Who will save the Central States Pension Fund? (Marianne LeVine / POLITICO)
- PENSION PULSE: IPCM 2016: Adapting to the New Normal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 15th, 2016
- Thousands of Coal Miners Rally in Lexington, Kentucky to Support Health, Pension Funds (Lexington Herald-Leader)
- PENSION PULSE: Growing Appetite For Infrastructure Assets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 14th, 2016
- How the Puerto Rico Rescue Makes Its Public Employee Pensioners the Big Winner (Ike Brannon / The Hill)
- Some Corporate Pension Plan Participants Plan Never to Retire (Lee Barney / Plan Sponsor)
- Most Dutch Back Pension Overhaul, Switch to Personal Schemes: Poll (Dutch News)
June 13th, 2016
- Supreme Court Rejects Puerto Rico's Bid to Revive Debt Restructuring Law (Lawrence Hurley / Reuters)
- San Diego Union-Tribune's Pension Deficit Soars, Is Considered Risk Factor (Don Bauder / San Diego Reader)
- Puerto Rico’s Inflection Point (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Negative Rates Drive Major Changes at European Pension Funds (Tom Buerkle / Institutional Investor)
- PENSION PULSE: Much Ado About Soros? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 10th, 2016
- House Passes Bill to Help Ease Puerto Rico’s Debt (Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press)
- Social Security's Finances Can Be Improved Without Cutting Benefits by Even a Penny. Here's How. (column - Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times)
- Retirees Need the Sharing Economy (Glenn Carter / Economics 21)
June 9th, 2016
- Puerto Rico Round-Up: Waiting for Decisions (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Endgame For The Dollar Bull Run Is Near? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 8th, 2016
June 7th, 2016
- The PBGC: A Broke Insurance Company Sponsored by Your Government (Alex Pollock / Real Clear Markets)
- Comparing Federal and California State Retirement Exposures (Marc Joffe / California Policy Center)
- In Albany, Teamsters Protest Possible Pension Cuts; Say Congress Should Do More to Avert Looming Reductions (Rick Karlin / Times Union)
June 6th, 2016
- Publicly Run Retirement Plans for Private Firms' Employees and Possible Fiduciary Gaps (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- Obama’s Social Security Plan Doesn’t Add Up (blog - US House Committee on Ways and Means)
- Obama’s Latest Whopper -- Let’s Raise Social Security Benefits! (blog - David Stockman / Contra Corner)
- Teamster Pensions Spared, for the Time Being (column - Len Boselovic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Portrait of US Economy Looks Cloudier After Poor Jobs Report (Paul Wiseman / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: ORPP an Impediment to Enhanced CPP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 3rd, 2016
- Why Your Pension Could Be Reduced to 'Virtually Nothing' (Justin Spittler / Casey Research)
- Puerto Rico Pension Plan Risks Insolvency Next Year, Audit Says (Michelle Kaske / Bloomberg)
- Commission Says Much of Puerto Rico's Debt May Be Illegal (The Bond Buyer)$$
- So You Want a Scandinavian State Pension System, Eh? (blog - Jane the Actuary / Patheos)
- PENSION PULSE: Another Shot Against Expanding the CPP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 2nd, 2016
- These States Face Huge Budget Holes (John W. Schoen / CNBC)
- Why the Central States Pension Fund Is Doomed to Fail (Lee Schafer / Star Tribune)
- Corporate Defined Benefit Pension Buyouts Reached a Milestone in Q1 (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
June 1st, 2016
- PBGC Data Tables Show Serious Underfunding: Single-Employer by $19 Billion, Multiemployer by $42 Billion (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PBGC Arbitrary Solutions (blog - Jon Bury / Burypensions)
- Venezuela Is Running Out of Everything: Bread, Sugar, Toilet Paper... (Rafael Romo and Patrick Gillespie / CNN Money)
- PENSION PULSE: Memo To Mark Machin? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 31st, 2016
- Why There Will Be No Pension Fund Bailouts (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- The Federal Insurance Fund Protecting Millions of Pensions [the PBGC] Is Running Out of Cash (Jonnelle Marte / Washington Post)
- GOLDEN OLDIE: Illegal Immigrants Have Paid $1 Trillion Into Social Security, Helping the System Stay Afloat (column - Eleanor Clift / Daily Beast)
- World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Gets $22 Million of Financial Assistance From the Government of Connecticut (Mary Childs / CNBC)
May 27th, 2016
- The Defined Benefit Pension Crisis Is Here and Very Real (Mark Ashton / Pennsylvania Family Law)
- Update to the Hedge Fund Mirage (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
May 26th, 2016
May 25th, 2016
- Pensions May Be Cut to 'Virtually Nothing' for 407,000 People; Failing Central States Pension Fund is Out of Options (Katie Lobosco / CNN Money)
- Who Will Pay Benefits of Bankrupt Multiemployer Plans? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Unions Chose Not to Insist on Pension Funding (letter - Wall Street Journal)
- GOLDEN OLDIE: What Happens When a Pension Fund Runs Out of Money? (interview with Ken Feinberg / CNN Money)
- Americans Increasingly Concerned About Outliving Savings (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
May 24th, 2016
- MPRA -- N/A? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Puerto Rico Breakthrough: The GOP House Applies Market Reform Principles to an Urgent Problem (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Two Cheers for the Puerto Rico Bill (Desmond Lachman / Economics 21)
- Ukraine Admitts Bankruptcy of Pension Fund (DONi News Agency)
- PENSION PULSE: More on CPPIB's FY 2016 results (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 23rd, 2016
- Central States' Preservation Plan (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Central States: I Guess the Plan Is to Run Out of Money (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Gains 3.4% in FY 2016 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 20th, 2016
- Central States Pension Fund Won't Issue New Rescue Plan, Director Says (Robert Schroeder / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Why Is Mark Wiseman Leaving CPPIB? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 19th, 2016
- Borrowing to Fund Pensions? PBGC Rates Justify a Borrow-To-Fund Strategy, Prudential Paper Argues (Nick Thornton / BenefitsPro)
- Falling Discount Rates Could Lift Corporate Pension Risk Management (Marlene Y. Satter / BenefitsPro)
- German Pension Funds Groan Under Low Interest Rates (Yasmin Osman & Anke Rezmer / Handelsblatt)
- Foreigners 'Finance Austria's Pension System' (The Local)
- Beware Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's New Pension-Plan Socialism (Terence Corcoran / Financial Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Best Canadian Pension You Never Heard Of? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 18th, 2016
- Subordinating Bonds to Puerto Rico's Pension Liabilities Would Violate the Law (op-ed - William M. Isaac / Washington Times)
- It's Back to the Drawing Board for Multiemployer Pension Reform (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Teamsters Retirees Get Pension Reprieve, but Fund Still Short (Mark Williams / Columbus Dispatch)
- There's No 'Tooth Fairy' for Central States Pension Fund Bailout (editorial - Minneapolis Star Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: The Hedge Fund Scam? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 17th, 2016
May 16th, 2016
- By Rejecting a Rescue Plan for Teamsters' Pension Fund, Obama's Treasury Dept. Sets Taxpayers Up for a Hit (editorial - Wall Sreet Journal)$$
- PENSION PULSE: The Dog Which Has Not Barked? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 13th, 2016
- US Treasury Secretary Won’t Rule Out Puerto Rico Pension Cuts (Nathan Bomey / USA Today)
- Despite Decision in Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund Case, Problems Remain (editorial - Canton Repository)
- Brazil's Incoming Interim President Michel Temer to Seek Pension Reform Right Away, Says Advisor (Alonso Soto / Reuters)
- Grim Numbers Show Dramatic Changes Required to Swiss Pension System (Le News)
- Estonian Pension System Needs Change, Says Minister Minister of Social Protection (The Baltic Course)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity's Diminishing Returns? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 12th, 2016
- Teamsters Pension Crisis Shows How Unions Add Risks to Workers (op-ed - Diana Furchtgott-Roth / MarketWatch)
- The One Big Problem None of the Candidates Are Talking About (Rick Newman / Yahoo Finance)
- Treasury's Multiemployer Pension Decision May Be Delaying the Inevitable (Shelby Livingston / Business Insurance)
- Special Master of Mankind (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- CLEVER AD: Typical Gamer Learns About Retirement (2 min video - Ontario Retirement Pension Plan)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario's Game Changing Opportunity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 11th, 2016
- Only Congress Can Fix Central States Pension (editorial - Quad-City Times)
- Britain Staring Into a £309 Billion Pension Black Hole With Eight in Ten Defined Benefit Pension Plans in Deficit (Daily Mail)
- PENSION PULSE: Payouts Fit For Hedge Fund Kings? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 10th, 2016
- Woman Who Cashed Dead Man's Social Security Checks for Decades Faces Prison (Associated Press)
- If Congress Doesn't Act Soon, We'll Need a Bailout, Says Puerto Rico's Governor in Interview (video - Michelle Fox / CNBC)
- US Treasury Secretary Won’t Rule Out Puerto Rico Pension Cuts (Nathan Bomey / USA Today)
- Greek Debt Crisis: This Is Puppet Theatre About How Creditors Lose Their Money, Not Whether (Tim Worstall / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: The Death of 2 & 20? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 9th, 2016
- Puerto Rico Has Become America’s Version of Greece (Marc Joffe / Reason)
- Treasury Department Rejects Plan to Cut Pension Benefits for Teamsters (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Treasury Rejects Plan to Cut Benefits for Central States Pension Fund (Jonnelle Marte / Washington Post)
- Central States Pension Status (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Treasury to Central States Pension Fund: You Didn't Cut Enough (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / Stump)
- Central States Pension Fund 5500 Data for 2014 (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Central States Pension Fund Offers a Cautionary Tale (column - Mark Sievers / Daily Republic)
- Greek Parliament Passes Pension, Tax Reform Bill (Demetris Nellas / Associated Press)
- Venezuela Runs Out of Money to Print New Money (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: Beware of Billionaires Bearing Stock Tips? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 7th, 2016
May 6th, 2016
- BREAKING: Treasury Rejects Central States Benefit Reductions (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Greek Labor Unions Announce 48-Hour General Strike Against Planned Pension and Tax Reforms (Evgenia Choros / Greek Reporter)
- PENSION PULSE: Less Bang For Your CPP Buck? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 4th, 2016
- It’s Not Hedge Funds That Caused Puerto Rico to Fail to Manage Its Debts (Scott Shackford / Reason)
- Puerto Rico’s Other Crisis: Impoverished Public Employee Pensions (Nick Brown / Reuters)
May 3rd, 2016
- As Puerto Rico Defaults, Eyes Turn to Washington (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- If Greater Transparency Is So Good for Plan Providers, Then It's Good for Retirement Industry Regulators, Too (column - Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
May 2nd, 2016
- Puerto Rico Says It Will Default Today (Myles Udland / Business Insider)
- Kroger, UPS Sue Over Central States Pension Reduction Plan (Hazel Bradford & Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Marshall Islands Government Seeks to Avert Collapse of Country's Pension Fund (Radio New Zealand)
- Kenya's County Workers Risk Retiring Without Pension Savings (Benard Sanga / Standard Digital)
- PENSION PULSE: Resurrecting Global Inflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 29th, 2016
- BREAKING: Puerto Rico at Risk of Largest Default Yet (Dawn Giel / CNBC)
- BREAKING: Which Puerto Rico Bond Defaults Next? A 1,600% Yield Says It All (Brian Chappatta / Bloomberg)
- UPS Warns of $3.8 Billion Cost If US Backs Benefit Cut for Central States Pension Fund (Michael Sasso / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Soros Wrong About China? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 28th, 2016
- If Congress Is to Rescue Puerto Rico, Key Conservative Has These Conditions (Josh Siegel / Daily Signal)
- Toronto’s Cops Are Overpaid, Underworked, Deeply Entrenched and All Too Powerful (Philip Preville / Toronto Life)
April 27th, 2016
- Fewer Retirees Enjoying Their Golden Years (Corie Hengst / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: The Great Canadian Pension Heist? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 26th, 2016
- PBGC Legislation Could Cut Toll on Employers (Jerry Geisel / Business Insurance)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions Bankrolling Canada's Infrastructure? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 25th, 2016
- Presidential Candidates Are Not Addressing Aging and Retirement (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Market Survey: Puerto Rico Will Be Biggest Headline in 2016 (The Bond Buyer)$$
- Greek Media Hold Three-Day Strike Over Pension System Reforms (Xinhua)
- PENSION PULSE: Pity The Hedge Fund Manager? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 22nd, 2016
- Teamster Pension Fund May Go Broke by 2025 If Benefits Aren't Cut; What Can Public Employees Learn From This? (blog - Mike Shedlock / MishTalk)
- PENSION PULSE: The Great Crash of 2016? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 21st, 2016
- One of the Nation’s Largest Pension Funds Could Soon Cut Benefits for Retirees (Jonnelle Marte / Washington Post)
- 'This Is Going to Be a National Crisis' -- One of the Largest US Pension Funds Is Set to Cut Retiree Benefits (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: Building on CPPIB's Success? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 20th, 2016
- Puerto Rican 'Rescue’ Plan Would Set a Dangerous Precedent (Rachel Greszler / Inside Sources)
- Public Pensions and Finance Watch: New York Primary Election Day Round-Up (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Thousands of Indian Pension Fund Protesters Clash With Police in IT Capital (Tommy Wilkes / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: China’s Pension Gamble? (blog - Leo Koliakis)
April 19th, 2016
- ON THIS DATE: In 1775, the American Revolution began as fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
- Retired Teamster Comes Up With Guidelines to Help Central States Pension Fund Problem (WDIO-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: Where is Oil headed After Doha? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 18th, 2016
- Puerto Rico: Time for Congress to Act (Alex J. Pollock / R Street)
- Pensions and Debt Are EU 'Timebomb', Says UK MP (Joe Churcher / Birmingham Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Let Them Sell Their Summer Homes? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 15th, 2016
- State of Rio De Janeiro Unable to Issue Pension Checks to Retired State Employees (Lise Alves / The Rio Times)
- Retirees Rally at the US Capitol, Protesting Pension Cuts by the Central States Pension Fund (David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Another Asian Financial Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 14th, 2016
- House GOP Abruptly Cancels Vote on Package for Puerto Rico (Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press)
- Puerto Rico Round-Up: Is Bankruptcy a Bailout? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Puerto Rico Church Strips Teachers of Pension Amid Crisis (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
April 13th, 2016
- Bill to Ease Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Introduced in US House (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Puerto Rico’s Pension Bailout: The Island Wants to Shake Down Creditors to Avoid Reform (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- PENSION PULSE: Will The Yen's Surge Trigger a Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 12th, 2016
- Losses Under Goldman, Northern Trust Accelerated Teamsters Pension Cuts (column - Elliot Blair Smith / MaketWach)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Oil Double By Year-End? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 11th, 2016
April 8th, 2016
- Puerto Rico Invites Chaos as Debt Moratorium Upends Progress (Brian Chappatta, Michelle Kaske, Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg)
- Puerto Rico’s Other Crisis: Impoverished Pensions (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- Milliman: Largest Corporate Pension Funds See Little Change in 2015 (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
April 7th, 2016
- Moody's: US Government Pension Shortfall Overshadowed by Social Security, Medicare Gaps (press release - Moody's Investors Service)
- They Want Your IRA: The White House Pushes Investors Toward Government Account (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Greek Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pension Reforms (Renee Maltezou / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Goes on a Massive Agri Hunt? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 6th, 2016
- DEVELOPING: Puerto Rico Bonds Plunge After Senate Passes Debt Moratorium (Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: A Requiem For Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 5th, 2016
- Lawsuits Over Puerto Rico Bond Debt Filed (video - Liz Claman / Fox Business News)
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Says Multiemployer Program Likely to Run Out of Money by 2025 (PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: On Pensions and the Wall Street Mob? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 4th, 2016
- Retired Truck Driver's Fearful on Pension Cuts; Could Lose 50-65% of Their Payment on July 1st (Josh Vezina / myStateline)
- Washington Holds Key for Puerto Rico Bondholders (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Loonie Hurting Canadian Pension Plans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 31st, 2016
- Fate of 400,000 Teamster Pensions Rests in Ken Feinberg's Hands (Caleb Melby & Anders Melin / Bloomberg)
- Multiemployer Pension Plan Application to Reduce Benefits (A Notice by the Treasury Department / Federal Register)
- Official to Consult Stakeholders on Netherlands' Pension Funds' 'Dire' Position (Multiple Authors / Investments & Pensions Europe)
- Slovenia Advised by IMF to Continue Pension Reforms to Beat Fiscal Woes (Natalie Tuck / European Pensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Canadian Banks in Big Trouble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 30th, 2016
- Global Government Debt Is Actually Triple What We Thought, Thanks to Pensions (Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal)
- REPORT: The Coming Pensions Crisis: Recommendations for Keeping the Global Pensions System Afloat (Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions)
- Pensions Are a Ticking Time Bomb Worldwide, Says Charles Millard of Citigroup (video - CNBC)
- PENSION PULSE: Shifting the Focus on Enhancing the CPP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 29th, 2016
March 28th, 2016
- Millennials Are Saving More Money Than Any Other Age Group (press release - Bankrate)
- The Case of the Missing Pension (Carol Matlack / Bloomberg)
March 25th, 2016
- Plan to Rescue Puerto Rico Advances, Led by House Republicans (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Deadbeat Island Doesn’t Belong on Taxpayers’ Tab (op-ed - Betsy McCaughey / Investor's Business Daily)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' Brussels Connection? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 24th, 2016
March 23rd, 2016
- Helping Puerto Rico May Start a Whole New Wave of Bailouts (op-ed - Betsy McCaughey / New York Post)
- Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities: The Great Global Governing Elite Scam (Thomas Lifson / American Thinker)
- Argentina Is Now More Politically Stable Than Brazil (Kenneth Rapoza / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Draghi's Pension Poison? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 22nd, 2016
- Puerto Rico Takes Restructuring Law to US High Court (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: The Bonfire of the Hedge Funds? (blog- Leo Kolivakis)
March 21st, 2016
- State-Sponsored Pension Plans Confront Challenge of the Retirement Crisis (John Chiang, Michael W. Frerichs & Ted Wheeler / Pensions & Investments)
- Everybody in the (Risk) Pool: The Case for Hybrid Corporate Pensions (Charles E.F. Millard / Bloomberg)
- Israeli Ministers Defer Decision on Pension for Spy Pollard (Stuart Winer / Times of Israel)
- PENSION PULSE: Markets Defying Central Bankers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 18th, 2016
- Citigroup Study Finds Public Pension Promises Across the Developed World Exceed Ability to Pay (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Defined Benefit Plans in Decline Face Increasing Risks (John Keefe / PlanSponsor)
- PBGC to Pay Pension Benefits for A&P Grocery Chain (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- Brazil Pension Funds See Gap Widen as Liabilities Rise and Returns Slump (Guillermo Parra-Bernal / Reuters)
- Russia Considers Abolishing Mandatory Pension Savings, Say Sources (Darya Korsunskaya, Lidia Kelly & Elena Fabrichnaya / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Pensions Worried About Brexit? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 17th, 2016
- OECD Countries Facing $78 Trillion in Pension Liabilities, Says CITI Report (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: The $78 Trillion Global Pension Disaster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- The True History Behind St. Patrick’s Day (Ashley Ross / TIME Magazine)
- Why Ireland’s Economy Grew by 8% in 2015 (Anthony B. Kim / Daily Signal)
March 15th, 2016
March 14th, 2016
- Trump’s Plan to Preserve Social Security Doesn’t Even Come Close to Adding Up (blog - Peter Suderman / Reason)
- Just Say No to a Puerto Rico Bankruptcy (Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Wall Street Journal)$$
March 11th, 2016
- Multiemployer Pension Plans Struggle With Growing Unfunded Liabilities (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Checkmate For Europe's Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 10th, 2016
- Congressman Questions Why Tennessee Valley Authority Executives Cut Employee Pension But Not Executive Compensation (Dave Flessner / Times Free Press)
- Pension Funding Deficit Ballooned for Nation’s 100 Largest Corporate Plans by $68 Billion So Far in 2016 (PlanSponsor)
- New Strike Threat Rises in Norway Over Pensions (Nina Berglund / News in English)
- PENSION PULSE: Super Funded HOOPP Gains 5.1% in 2015 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 9th, 2016
- Lack of Federal Action Has Spurred States' Private Pension Initiatives (Alicia H. Munnell / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Gains 6.7% in 2015 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 8th, 2016
- Will the US Government Soon Be Paid to Borrow Money? (Robert Romano / NetRightDaily)
- Europe’s Pension Reckoning Approaches (editorial - The American Interest)
March 7th, 2016
- Western European Governments Are Close to Bankruptcy Because of the Pension Time Bomb (Juliet Samuel / Wall Street Journal)
- The Administration's Puerto Rico Jujitsu Threatens the States’ Ability to Borrow (Ike Brannon / Alt-M)
- PENSION PULSE: Leo Kolivakis Will Return Tomorrow
March 6th, 2016
March 4th, 2016
- More Companies Freezing Corporate Pension Plans (Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal)
- Concerned Union Members Hold Meeting With Future of Pensions in the Air (Chuck Samples / KVOE Radio)
- The Suddenly Poor Life: Millions Will Lose Their Pensions (column - David Morley / the Trumpet.com)
March 3rd, 2016
March 2nd, 2016
- US Senate Hearing Examines Rare Retirement Topic: Cuts to Pension Checks (Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal)
- Don't Price the Private Sector Out of Pensions (Stephen R. Fussell / The Hill)
March 1st, 2016
February 29th, 2016
- Puerto Rico Round-Up: Pensions Before Bonds? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / Stump)
- Unfair Entitlement Reform? (commentary - Paul Jacob / Common Sense)
- PENSION PULSE: Going Nuts Over London City Airport? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 28th, 2016
February 26th, 2016
- US Treasury Official Urges Solution for Puerto Rico (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- US Lawmakers Focus on Puerto Rico Board With Broad Restructuring Powers (Jack Casey and Lynn Hume / The Bond Buyer)
- Countries Don't Go Bankrupt? The 20th Century Proves Otherwise (Alex Pollock / Real Clear Markets)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Gains 9.1% in 2015 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 25th, 2016
- Treasury Department's Plan for Puerto Rico Favors Pensions Over Bondholders (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- US Treasury Pushed Plan to Protect Puerto Rico Pensioners Over Bondholders (Nick Brown and Megan Davies / Reuters)
- Puerto Rico Risks Dangerous Precedent by Protecting Public Employee Pensions (Brian Chappatta / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Cracks in Canada's Pension Safety Net? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 24th, 2016
- Report: Teamsters Pension Fund Cuts Would Affect 14,800 in Minnesota (Jim Spencer and Jennifer Bjorhus / Star Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers Dumping PE Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 23rd, 2016
February 22nd, 2016
- NFL Commissioner Goodell Earned $34 Million in 2014 (Barry Wilner / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2015 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 16th, 2016
- Nebrasks Union Retirees Say Prosperous Pension Fund Is Being Raided (Russell Hubbard / Omaha World-Herald)
- $1 Million Question: How Much Is Enough for Retirement? (Tim Grant / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Canada Adopt Negative Rates? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 15th, 2016
- Strike Three for the Congressional Budget Office? Social Security Retirement Income Projections (Center for Economic and Policy Research)
- PENSION PULSE: More on Bridgewater's Radical Transparency? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 12th, 2016
- A Huge Coal Miners’ Pension Plan Is on the Brink of Failure (Joby Warrick and Lydia DePillis / Washington Post)
- January Bad for Corporate Pensions' Funded Status (Marlene Y. Satter / Benefits Pro)
- Brazil Governor Wants Environmental Fund to Pay Public Employee Pensions (News & Observer)
- PENSION PULSE: Ottawa Courts Pensions on Infrastructure? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 11th, 2016
- NFL Facing Pension Woes (column - Jordan Kobritz / Daily Courier)
- PENSION PULSE: OTPP Steps on a German Land Mine? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 10th, 2016
- Riled Teamsters at Minneapolis Meeting Voice Opposition to Pension Cuts (Jennifer Bjorhus / Star Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: What's Behind The Market Turmoil? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 9th, 2016
- 3 Multiemployer Pension Plans Seek to Cut Benefits (Nick Thornton / BenefitsPro)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Getting Crushed? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 8th, 2016
- Former President Bill Clinton and the Chilean Model of Social Security (Jose Pinera / Cato Policy Report)
- NFL Pension a Headache? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Shrinking Pension Riles Retired Union Trucker in Modena, New York (James Walsh / Times Herald-Record)
- Audit Finds USAID Workers Improperly Flying First Class (Kellan Howell / Washington Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Cooling on Infrastructure? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 5th, 2016
- 3 Multiemployer Pension Plans Seek to Cut Benefits; Coal Miners Pension Plan Could Be Next to File for Reductions (Nick Thornton / Benefits Pro)
- Defined Benefit Pension Plans at Health Systems All Over the Country Are Floundering (Gregory A. Freeman / Health Leaders Media)
- Small Businesses Plan to Increase Retirement Offerings (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- 40,000 Protest Pension Reform as General Strike Grips Greece (Laconia Citizen)
- Why Pensions Are the New Flashpoint in Greece's Crisis (Nicholas Paphitis / ABC News)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Banks The Next Big Short? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 4th, 2016
- Large Protest Against Greek Pension Reform Ends in Violence (Nicholas Paphitis and Elena Becatoros / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Time To Dismantle Costly Canada Pension Plan? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 3rd, 2016
February 2nd, 2016
- Guyana Sees Steep Rise in Pension Population and Costs (Stabroek News)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB's Focus on Gender Diversity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 1st, 2016
- Unions Object to Tennessee Valley Authority's Effort to Cut Pension Benefits (Dave Flessner / Times Free Press)
- FASB Proposes Pension Accounting Changes (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Ohio Teamsters Meet at Union Hall to Discuss Pension Cuts (Christina Mullen / WKBN-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: The New Negative Normal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 29th, 2016
- Another US Senator Suggests National Retirement Savings Plan (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- Employers Haven’t Caught on to New Vision of Retirement (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Too Poor to Retire and Too Young to Die (John M. Glionna / Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Europe's Pension Time Bomb? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 28th, 2016
- America's Debt Bomb: Social Security and Medicare Are Unsustainable (video 03:46 - Wall Street Journal)
- Portability Is Key in President’s Retirement Initiatives (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Puerto Rico: The Greece of the Caribbean (Andrés Velasco / Project Syndicate)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario's 'Wynning' Pension Strategy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 27th, 2016
- The Future of Social Security (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs / Star Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: The Only Game in Town? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 26th, 2016
January 25th, 2016
- Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy: A Test Case for States (Son of Spengler / Ricochet)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Escape Market Carnage? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 22nd, 2016
- Connecticut Lawmakers Start Lining Up Support for Government-Run Private Retirement Push (Christine Stuart / CT News Junkie)
- Congress Should Not Bail Out Liberal Governance in Puerto Rico (Brian McNicoll / The Hill)
- PENSION PULSE: The Long Term Imperative? (blg - Leo Kolivakis)
January 21st, 2016
January 20th, 2016
- Puerto Rico: Dawning Reality Update ... and a Touch of Chicago (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Commenters Express Concern About State-Run Retirement Plans (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Oil's Nightmare Dominates Davos? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 19th, 2016
- US Treasury Secretary Demands Action on Puerto Rico's Crisis (Danica Coto / Associated Press)
- Sanders 'Irresponsible and Delusional' on Social Security, Says Expert (Jason Russell / Washington Examiner)
- What the New York Times Isn’t Telling You About Social Security (Charles Blahous / Economics 21)
- Teamsters Outraged by Possible Cuts in Their Pension Checks (Mike Koziatek / Belleville News-Democrat)
- Reasons Behind Defined Benefit Plan Cost-Cutting Trends (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- All open UK FTSE 250 Defined Befined Plans Could Be Extinct by Next Year (Actuarial Post)
- OFF TOPIC: Toronto Choir Performs Stunning Tribute to David Bowie (Huffington Post Canada)
January 18th, 2016
- State Plan for Automatic IRA for California Business Employees May Surface Soon (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- Why Aren't GOP Presidential Candidates Talking About Debt & Deficits? (blog - Nick Gillespie / Reason Magazine)
- Teamsters' Union Retirees Fearing Pension Cuts (Jeff Fox / Examiner)
- Greek Labor Unions to Strike Against Pension Reform on Feb. 4 (Renee Maltezou / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Is The Bloodbath in Stocks Over? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 15th, 2016
- Is the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Worth Propping Up? (Frances Denmark / Institutional Investor)
- PENSION PULSE: The Brutally Cold Chill of Deflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 14th, 2016
- Second Multi-Employer Pension Plan Seeks to Reduce Core Benefits (National Law Review)
- Iron Workers – Another Model for America (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Call for Urgent Reform of Post-Retirement Pension Plans as Malaysian Society Ages (Malaysiakini)
- PENSION PULSE: GPIF's CIO Sick of Outsourcing Investments? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 13th, 2016
- The End of Social Security Loopholes: What Now? (Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times)
- S&P 500 Pension Deficit Increased in 2015 (PlanSponsor)
- Is Your State Facing a Retirement Crisis? (Aimee Picchi / MoneyWatch)
- UK Local Government Pension Plan 'Must Be Replaced’ With Sustainable Model (Cintia Cheong / The Actuary)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' New CIO? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 12th, 2016
- New TV Ad Urges Voters to Ask the Candidates for a Plan to Address the National Debt (video - AskForAPlan.org)
- PENSION PULSE: The Best And Worst Hedge Funds Of 2015? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 11th, 2016
- Puerto Rico: After the Default (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / Stump)
- PENSION PULSE: Mind The Wage Gap? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 9th, 2016
January 8th, 2016
January 7th, 2016
- Pennsylvania Legislature Continues to Kick Pension Fix Down the Road (editorial - Reading Eagle)$$
- Congress Must Act to Avert Teamsters' Pension Fund Crisis (op-ed - James Hoffa / Detroit News)
- Greece's Proposed Pension Reforms Get No Backing From Opposition (George Georgiopoulos and Lefteris Papadimas / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions' Solvency Dips in 2015? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 6th, 2016
- Puerto Rico Defaults on Part of $1 Billion Debt Payment (Bob Adelmann / New American)
- Fixing Puerto Rico's Debt Mess (David Skeel / Wall Street Journal)$$
- Keeping Standard Retirement Ages the Same Could Spell Economic Ruin for World Economies (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Many Can Retire Later But Money Plays a Part (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: One Up On Soros? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 5th, 2016
- CBO Study Shows That Social Security Benefits Are Far From Meager, Despite Progressive Claims (Andrew Biggs / Wall Street Journal)
- Obama’s Gun-Control Plan Includes Gun-Ban for Some Social Security Beneficiaries (Awr Hawkins / Breitbart)
- PENSION PULSE: Outlook 2016: The Deflation Tsunami Cometh? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 4th, 2016
- California's Labor Relations Board Rules Against San Diego's Pension Reforms (David Garrick / Los Angeles Times)
- Will State-Run Pension Plans for Businesses Edge Out the Private Sector? (PlanSponsor)
- End in Sight in UK for Corporate Defined Benefit Pensions (Martin Flanagan / The Scotsman)
- PENSION PULSE: 2015's Best of Pension Pulse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 23rd, 2015
December 21st, 2015
- Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico's Future (Jonathan Mahler and Nicholas Confessore / New York Times)
- Pelosi Tries to Push Puerto Rico Aid Bill (Cristina Marcos / The Hill)
December 18th, 2015
December 15th, 2015
- Despite Poor Record, States Eye Sponsorship of Private Pension Plans (op-ed - Steven Malanga / Investor's Business Daily)
- Are State-Run Pension Plans for Private Businesses the Answer? (Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
December 14th, 2015
- Financial Woes of Teamsters' Pension Fund Hurt Employers, Too (Rick Romell / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel )
- UK Public Sector Workers on Track for a 55% Pay Rise When They Retire (Katie Morley / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Greek Pension Disease Spreading? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 8th, 2015
December 5th, 2015
December 1st, 2015
- Moment of Truth as Puerto Rico Faces Crucial Debt Payment (Nick Brown and Megan Davies / Reuters)
- Puerto Rico Poised to Miss Another Debt Deadline as Financial Crisis Rages on (Sam Thielman / The Guardian)
- Obama’s New Public Pension Option (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- Moody’s Predicts PBGC Premiums Will Become Unaffordable (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
November 30th, 2015
November 24th, 2015
November 23rd, 2015
November 21st, 2015
November 20th, 2015
November 19th, 2015
- PBGC Posts Record $76.4 Billion Deficit for FY2015 (Marcy Gordon / Associated Press)
- PBGC Programs’ Deficits Continue to Climb; Multiemployer Deficit Is $52 Billion, Single-Employer Deficit Is $24 Billion (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Private Pension Industry Questions Wisdom of Latest PBGC Rate Hikes (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
November 18th, 2015
November 16th, 2015
- Freedom Communications’ Pension Plan Is Underfunded by $155 Million (Stephanie Gleason / Wall Street Journal)
- Can MyRA Bring Retirement Planning to the Masses? (Mark Miller / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- PENSION PULSE: A Prayer For Paris (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 13th, 2015
November 11th, 2015
- Private Sector Americans Misjudge Savings Needed for Retirement (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Retire in EU Style? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 6th, 2015
November 5th, 2015
November 4th, 2015
November 2nd, 2015
October 30th, 2015
October 29th, 2015
October 28th, 2015
- Why 8,737 UPS Retirees Are Bracing for Pension Cuts (Katie Lobosco / KGET-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: Which Bond Bubble Worries Her? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 27th, 2015
- Virgin Islands Governor Signs Pension Reform Bill (St. Croix Source)
- PENSION PULSE: 2015 Global Ranking of Top Pensions (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 26th, 2015
- A Troubling Future Part One: Teamsters’ Pension Rescue Plan (Matthew Miklave / J D Supra)
- Pensioners Prosper, the Young Suffer; Britain’s Social Contract Is Breaking (David Willetts / The Guardian)
- S. Korean Pension Fund Struggling to Generate Higher Returns (Rakyat Post)
- Greeks Rally Against Tax Hikes and Pension Cutbacks (CCTV)
- PENSION PULSE: Four Views on DB vs DC Plans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 24th, 2015
October 23rd, 2015
October 22nd, 2015
- Is Your Pension Safe? These Are the Next Funds to Fail (Katie Lobosco / KSPR-TV)
- Giant Furry Monster Used By UK Government to Raise Awareness of Pensions (Lana Clements / Express)
- PENSION PULSE: Real Change to Canada's Pension Plan? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 21st, 2015
- Decision to Freeze Social Security Benefits Angers California Seniors (Riverside Press-Enterprise)
- Brazil Pension Crisis Mounts as More Retire Earlier, Then Pass Benefits On (Simon Romero / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Subprime Unicorn Boom in Tech? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 20th, 2015
- Teamsters Central States Pension Fund Puts PBGC in Jeopardy (Carl Horowitz / National Legal and Policy Center)
- PENSION PULSE:The Theranos Edge? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 19th, 2015
- Major Teamsters Pension Fund to Slash Recipients' Benefits (Rick Romell / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- Teamster Pensions Go Off Road (column - Len Boselovic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Corporate Pensions Will Need Massive Market Rally to Meet Numbers (Nick Thornton / BenefitsPro)
- Why Private Sector Retirees Are Feeling Pinched -- and It's Getting Worse (Aimee Picchi / CBS MoneyWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Where Are the Pension Fund Heroes? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 16th, 2015
- 273,000 Retired Truck Drivers Could See Their Pension Checks Cut in Half (Katie Lobosco / CNN Money)
October 14th, 2015
- Why You Should Care About the Retirement Crisis, Even if You're in Your 20s (Kristin Wong / Gawker Media)
- Boomers in Poor Shape for Retirement (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
- Social Security Trustees Warn of 'Urgent Threat of Reserve Depletion' (editorial - Deseret News)
- Flawed Metrics Means No COLA Increase for Social Security (letter - Post Standard)
- Greek Rubbish Collectors Protest Over Pension Reforms (euronews)
- PENSION PULSE: Can Central Banks Save The World? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 13th, 2015
- Devastating 50% Pension Cuts Hit Northland Retired Teamsters (WDIO-TV)
- Teamsters' Pension Fund Restructuring Could Reduce Benefits by $11 Billion (Matt Dunning / Business Insurance)
October 12th, 2015
- The Real Pay Gap Is Between the Public and Private Sectors (editorial - Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Generational Swindle: How DC Is Screwing Over Millennials (Reason TV)
- Lower Gas Prices Means No Social Security Increase Next Year (Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press)
- Social Security: Who Receives It? (Associated Press)
- Central States, the Teamsters, and MEPs: Pension Cuts to Begin (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Pimco Accused of Misusing Staff Pensions (Stephen Foley / Financial Times)
- Democrats Against ObamaSave: Bipartisan Opposition Builds to Labor's New Fiduciary Rule (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Hungarian Government Spent Private Pension Funds on State Debt (Christian Keszthelyi / Budapest Business Journal)
October 9th, 2015
- Baby Boomers Waking Up to Pension Crisis Looming Large as They Hit Retirement Age (column - Lewis Diuguid / Kansas City Star)
- Greece's Pension Bomb Threatens to Blow (Roula Salourou / Kathimerini)
- New EU Report Calls for People to Work Until They Reach Pension Age (Portugal News)
October 8th, 2015
- Health Care in Retirement Will Cost How Much? (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- Pension Checks to Be Cut in Half for Teamsters Retirees (Susan Tompor / Detroit Free Press)
- Central States Model for America (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Wither Teamsters' Pension Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- US Corporate Pension Funded Status Falls Again (Marlene Y. Satter / BenefitsPro)
- Russia Considering Pension System Alternatives as Deficit Widens (Elena Popina and Ksenia Galouchko / Bloomberg)
- Brazil Group Sees Couple of Tough Years Ahead for Pension Funds (Aluísio Alves / Reuters)
October 7th, 2015
- Teamsters’ Pension Fund Warns 400,000 Retirees of Cuts (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Retirees Soon to Learn How Much Pensions May Be Cut; Central State Pension Fund Has Mailed Info to Participants (Mark Williams / Columbus Dispatch)
- Central States Teamsters Pension Fund Seeks Permission to Cut Benefits (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Former Governor Luis Fortuño: Puerto Rico Has a Spending Problem (Luis Fortuño / Fox News Latino)
October 6th, 2015
- Teamsters Pension Plan Asks for Benefit Reductions Under MPRA (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Don't Break Faith With Workers on Multiemployer Pension Plans (op-ed - Marcy Kaptur and James P. Hoffa / Plain Dealer)
- GAO Report: Give States States Flexibility in Designing Private-Sector Plans (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- EU Report: Pension System Is OK if People Work (Czech News Agency / Prague Post)
- PENSION PULSE: The Courage To Act? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 5th, 2015
- In His Latest Role, Mediator-In-The-Spotlight Ken Feinberg Sets Sights on Troubled Pension Plans (Mike Sacks / National Law Journal)
- S&P 500 Pension Funding Levels Lost Ground in September (John Manganaro / Plan Sponsor)
- Philips Electronics to Cut $1.1 Billion in Pension Obligations With Annuity Buyouts (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Sandwich Casualties of the Pensions Time-Bomb (Sophia Grene / Financial Times)
- US Steel Canada Issues Ultimatum to End Pension Payments and Health Benefits (Carl Bronski / World Socialist Web Site)
- PENSION PULSE: The October Surprise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 2nd, 2015
- J.C. Penney Cuts Its Pension Obligation With Lump-Sums and Prudential Annuities (Maria Halkias / Dallas Morning News)
- Huge Pension Shortfall Facing UK's Young Adults (Patrick Collinson / The Guardian)
- PENSION PULSE: Why Is PSP Suing a Hedge Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 1st, 2015
September 30th, 2015
- Munnell, Center for Retirement Research Change Tune on 401(k)s (Nick Thornton / BenefitsPro)
- NEW BRIEF: 'How Has Shift to Defined Contribution Plans Affected Saving?' (Center for Retirement Research)
- Tontine Pensions (Jonathan Barry Forman & Michael J. Sabin / University of Pennsylvania Law Review)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers’ Eyes London Expansion? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 29th, 2015
- PBGC Issues New Solvency Projections for Multi-Employer Pension Plans (Judy Faust Hartnett / Plan Sponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: A Looming Catastrophe Ahead? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 28th, 2015
- Woodworking Machinists Union Lobbies Congress for Pension Protections (Bill Esler / Woodworking Network)
- PENSION PULSE: The End Of The Deflation Supercycle? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 25th, 2015
- Former VW CEO's Pension $32 Million (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
- St. Croix Senate Passes Modest Pension Reform (Bill Kossler / St. Croix Source)
- PENSION PULSE: Sea Change At The Fed? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 24th, 2015
September 23rd, 2015
September 22nd, 2015
- Russian Finance Minister Says Pension Money Could Help to Fund Deficit (Denis Dyomkin / The Fiscal Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Taking Less Real Estate Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 21st, 2015
- Retirees Brace for Hardship as Multi-Employer Pension Cuts Loom (Janet Kidd Stewart / Chicago Tribune)
- Longer Lives, Falling Rates Put Pressure on Hospital Pension Plans ( Melanie Evans, Modern Healthcare (melanie Evans / Modern Healthcare)
- Why the 70% Income Target No Longer Makes Sense (Fred Vettese / Financial Post)
- It’s Ohio Versus Iran as Republicans Use Pensions to Oppose Deal (Mark Niquette / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: It’s All Up to Tsipras Now? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 18th, 2015
- Retirees Lash Out at Law Passed by Congress That Allows Cuts in Some Pensions (blog - Eileen Ambrose / AARP)
- PENSION PULSE: Why Is Ray Dalio Worried? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 17th, 2015
- Alabama Company Energen Terminates Pension Plan (column - Stewart Welch / Birmingham News)
- Former Australian Prime Minister Abbott Just Misses Out on $500,000 Pension (Tim Howard / Daily Examiner)
- PENSION PULSE: The Fed's Big Decision? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 15th, 2015
September 14th, 2015
- Retirees Call on DC Policymakers to Stop the Clock on Cuts to Their Pensions (press release - Pension Rights Center)
- PENSION PULSE: Another Tepper Tantrum? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 11th, 2015
September 10th, 2015
September 9th, 2015
September 8th, 2015
- Pension Pioneer US Steel Joins Corporate Wave; It's Freezing DB Plan, Enhancing DC (Barry B. Burr / Pensions & Investments)$$
- Tax Policies Spur Companies to Offer Pension Buyouts (Mily Chasan and Kristin Lin / Wall Street Journal)$$
- The Disability Insurance Fund Is Going Broke, But a Democratic Plan Papers Over the Problem (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs / Wall Street Journal)$$
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity Doubling Down on Energy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 4th, 2015
- Virgin Islands' Pension Fund Will Run Out of Money by 2025 Without Reform and an Infusion of at Least $600 Million (Lynda Lohr / St. Croix Source)
- Corporate Pension Funding Slides in August Despite Declining Liabilities, Say 2 Reports (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
- AIG to Freeze Traditional Defined-Benefit Pension Plan, Enhance Its 401(k) Program (Leslie Scism & Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal)
- Russia’s $100 Billion Pension System Is a Dangerous Zombie. Part 2 (Ezekiel Pfeifer / Institute of Modern Russia)
September 3rd, 2015
- IRS Lack of Action on Mortality Rates Helps Company Pension Plans in 2016, Moody’s Investors Service Says (Michael Rapoport / Wall Street Journal)
- Pension Reform in the Netherlands: A Continuing Soap Opera (Mariska Van Der Westen / Investment & Pensions Europe)
- Russia’s $100 Billion Pension System Is a Dangerous Zombie. Part 1 (Ezekiel Pfeifer / Institute of Modern Russia)
- Hong Kong Pension Fund Investments Lose 5.61% in Worst Month in Three Years (Enoch Yiu / South China Morning Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Questioning Harper's Retirement Policies? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 2nd, 2015
- PBGC to Pay Pensions for Standard Register Retirees (Thomas Gnau / Dayton Daily News)
- Tesco to Freeze Pension Fund, Offer New, Enhanced Defined Contribution Plan (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Mercer Report Says Equity Market Turmoil Pushed Corporate Pension Funding Levels Down in August (Meaghan Kilroy / Pensions & Investments)
- Interest Rate Hike Could Help Pensions, Says Verizon CFO (Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Stoking Fears of Deflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 1st, 2015
- Analysis: Why Reforms Don’t Work So Well in Italy (Gavin Jones / Reuters)
- Cost of Pensions Threatens Ireland's Blood Transfusion Service (Dan Griffin / The Irish Times)
August 31st, 2015
- Pension Funds Ride Out Wild Stock Market Swings (Jerry Geisel / Business Insurance)
- Millions Facing a Hefty Increase in Medicare Premiums in 2016 (Eric Pianin / The Fiscal Times)
- China to Open Stock Markets to Pension Funds (Joyce Huang / Voice of America)
- PENSION PULSE: Betting Big on a Global Recovery? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 28th, 2015
- Portuguese Police Demand a Shorter Work Week and Earlier Retirement Age (Associated Press / KTVL-TV)
August 25th, 2015
- GOLDEN OLDIE: What Destroyed Rome Was Its Unfunded Government Employee Pensions (pdf - Martin A. Armstrong / Armstrong Economics)
- PENSION PULSE: The (Flash) Crash of 2015? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 22nd, 2015
August 21st, 2015
- Social Security: Bankrupt in Less Than 10 Years (Geoffrey Pike / Wealth Daily)
- PENSION PULSE: Time To Load Up on Biotechs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 20th, 2015
August 19th, 2015
August 14th, 2015
August 13th, 2015
August 12th, 2015
August 11th, 2015
- The Danger of Government Debt: Puerto Rico, Pension Obligation Bonds, and the Political Math of Bankruptcy (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / Stump)
- Pain of Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Is Weighing on the Little Guy, Too (Michael Corkery / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Going Dutch on Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 10th, 2015
August 7th, 2015
- Public Finance Quick Takes: Puerto Rico, Chicago, and Cigarette Taxes (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Puerto Rico Has Another Debt Worry on Horizon (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
August 6th, 2015
August 5th, 2015
August 4th, 2015
- Puerto Rico Defaults on Bond Payment (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Puerto Rico Finally Defaults -- Now What? (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Red Light For Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 31st, 2015
- The World of Pension Assets (blog - Barry Ritholtz / The Big Picture)
- Why Puerto Rico Could Cost You More Than Greece (Martin Hutchinson / Trefis)
- Private Sector Retirement Problem Spans Coast to Coast (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
July 30th, 2015
July 29th, 2015
- The Puerto Rico Debt Crisis, Explained (blog - Robert Rosenkranz / Huffington Post)
- Time Is Running Out to Fix Social Security (Charles Blahous / e21)
- PENSION PULSE: The Return Of Deflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 28th, 2015
- Hedge Funds Tell Puerto Rico: Lay Off Teachers and Close Schools to Pay Us Back (Rupert Neate / The Guardian)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Investments Gains 14.5% in Fiscal 2015 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 27th, 2015
- Pensions Not an Ageing Crisis, But a Policy Crisis for European Governments (column - Colm McCarthy / Irish Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: An Ominous Sign From Commodities? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 24th, 2015
- Where Will the Retirement Paycheck Come From? (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- A Step to Give Pensions to Ones Left Behind (editorial - Sacramento Bee)$$
- Employers Say Multi-Employer Pension Reform Act Is Helpful (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
- Social Security Gains a Year of Solvency; Won't Become Depleted Until 2034 (editorial - PlanSponsor)
- DOWNLOAD OR READ: The 2015 Social Security Trustees Annual Report (Social Security)
- PENSION PULSE: Bridgewater Turns Bearish on China? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 23rd, 2015
July 22nd, 2015
- Americans on the Move: Driven Out by Costs (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: bcIMC Gains 14.2% in Fiscal 2015 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 21st, 2015
- A&P Grocery Chain Files Bankruptcy Again; Pension Debt a Problem (Nathan Bomey / USA Today)
- PENSION PULSE: A Tale Of Two Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 20th, 2015
- Proposed California State-Run Pivate Retirement Savings Plan Gets a Boost (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Saving Greece, Saving Europe? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 17th, 2015
- How a Harvard Economist Screwed Up—and Then Saved—Her Retirement (Suzanne Woolley / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: The Bank of Canada Stumped? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 15th, 2015
July 14th, 2015
- Bastille Day Roundup: Greece and Hints of History (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- PENSION PULSE: Closing Lump Sum Pension Payouts? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 13th, 2015
- Europe Is Blowing Itself Apart Over Greece - and Nobody Seems Able to Stop It (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / TheRealNews.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Enfin! An Agreekment! (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 9th, 2015
- Puerto Rico: The 'Mini Greece’ of the United States (Mike Gonzalez / The Daily Signal)
- Allowing Puerto Rico to Declare Bankruptcy Is Giving It a Bailout (Rachel Greszler / The Daily Signal)
- Boomers Overly Optimistic About Work in Retirement (Lee Barney / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Did Greece Just Cave To Creditors? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 8th, 2015
- The $4 Trillion Money Printing Press (Martin D. Weiss / Money and Markets)
- PENSION PULSE: The Plight of Greek Pensioners? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 6th, 2015
- Walt Disney Co. Offers Pension Buyouts to Some 5000 Workers (Sandra Pedicini and Caitlin Dineen / Orlando Sentinel)
- PENSION PULSE: Return To Ithaca? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 2nd, 2015
- Study Says True Size of Federal Government Debt Is $210 Trillion (column - Jason Russell / Washington Examiner)
- Puerto Rico Is $70 Billion in the Hole and Looking for a Bailout (Emily Zanotti / The American Spectator)
- How Greece Went Bust (Renee Maltezou, Elizabeth Pineau and Andreas Rinke / Live Mint)
- Debt Casts a Pall Over Greece, Puerto Rico (editorial - Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: A Somber Canada Day? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 1st, 2015
- Corporations Face Looming Pension Bills (Barry B. Burr / Pensions & Investments)
- Lessons for Solving the Retirement Crisis: Demographics Study, More Saving Urged by Speakers (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Things in Puerto Rico Are Getting Really Bad: What You Need to Know (blog - Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post)
- Is Puerto Rico the Next Greece? (video - Wall Street Journal)
- UPDATED: Averting a Greek Collapse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 30th, 2015
- Averting a Greek Collapse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis / Pension Pulse)
- Public Finance Disaster Watch: Greece and Puerto Rico Lunchtime Roundup (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- DEVELOPING STORY: Puerto Rico Governor Says Debts 'Not Payable' (Michael Kitchen / Fox Business)
June 29th, 2015
- BREAKING: Greeks Queuing Outside Banks to Draw Pensions (China Radio International - English)
- BREAKING: Markets Tumble Around the World as Greece Closes Banks for a Week (Ian Traynor, Jennifer Rankin, John Hooper, Helena Smith / The Guardian)
- Puerto Rico Says It Cannot Pay Its Debt, Setting Off Potential Crisis in the US (Michael Fletcher / Washington Post)
- Puerto Rico's $70 Billion Default Set to Hit Bond Markets (Michael Fletcher / Australian Financial Review)
- New York City's Public Advocate Pitches Fix for Private Workers' Retirement Crisis (Andrew J. Hawkins & Erik Engquist / Crain's New York Business)
June 28th, 2015
June 25th, 2015
- US Seniors Prosper, Finding 'Sweet Spot’ in Middle Class (Dionne Searcey and Robert Gebeloff / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: OECD's Dire Warning on Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 24th, 2015
June 23rd, 2015
- Pension Costs Vex as Ranks of Retired Law Firm Partners Grow (Ellen Rosen / Bloomberg)
- The Huge Numbers at the Heart of the Greek Economic Crisis (British Telecommunications)
- PENSION PULSE: Managing A Greek Default? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 22nd, 2015
June 19th, 2015
- Federal Government Paves Way for Multi-Employer Pension Plan Cuts (Andrew Taylor / Associated Press)
- Two Lessons From the Central States Pension Plan Collapse (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece’s Pension Paradox? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 18th, 2015
- Government Debt Threatens to Send the US Economy Into a Death Spiral, Congressional Budget Office Warns (Stephen Dinan / Washington Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Endgame For Greece And Europe? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 17th, 2015
- See How Big the Federal Credit Card Balance Really Is (Jason Russell / Washington Examiner)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity Stealing From Clients? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 16th, 2015
- Deflecting the Global Wave of Retirement Unreadiness (Karen Wittwer / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Who Will Blink First in the Greek Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 15th, 2015
- Unsustainable Futures? The Greek Pensions Dilemma Explained (Alberto Nardelli / The Guardian)
- PENSION PULSE: A Greek Suicide? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- MAGNA CARTA 800th Anniversary Links:
- MAGNA CARTA: It's Legacy Lives on 800 Years Later (Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today)
- MAGNA CARTA: 800 Years of Reining in Power and Why It Still Matters (Linda Mottram / ABC Sydney)
- MAGNA CARTA: How a Failed Treaty Between Medieval Combatants Came to Be Seen as the Foundation of Liberty in the Anglo-Saxon World (The Economist)
- MAGNA CARTA: The 588-Year Path to Limited Government (column - George F. Will / Washington Post)
- MAGNA CARTA: The Official 800th Anniversary Website
June 11th, 2015
June 10th, 2015
June 8th, 2015
- Feds Sent $17 Billion in Disability Payments to Unqualified, Prisoners and the Dead (Derek Hunter / Daily Caller)
- PENSION PULSE: The Liquidity Time Bomb? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 5th, 2015
June 4th, 2015
- Why Chicago Bonds Are Junk, in 7 Charts (Michael Johnston / Fixed Income Database)
- PENSION PULSE: The Canadian Retirement Dream? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 2nd, 2015
- Will Pension Obligations Bankrupt the New York Times? (Eric Englund / LewRockwell.com)
- Three Texas Counties Are Proof That Substantial Social Security Reform Is Possible (Lou Ann Anderson / Texas Watchdog)
- PENSION PULSE: For Whom The Bell Tolls? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 1st, 2015
May 29th, 2015
May 28th, 2015
- Boomers, Gen X Call Retirement Passe (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- Deflation: Global Bank HSBC to Charge for Holding Deposits (Martin Arnold and Richard Milne / Financial Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Tories Backtracking on Enhanced CPP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 27th, 2015
May 26th, 2015
- $25,887,000,000,000 (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Loony Left on Social Security (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Greece Warns It Is Set to Default on Debt Repayment; Can't Satisfy Creditors and Also Pay Wages and Pensions (Phillip Inman / The Guardian)
- Proposal: Finnish Public Sector Employees to Retire at 65 – Pension Indexed to Longer Life Expectancy (Yle)
- It's Official -- Britain Is in Deflation (Szu Ping Chan / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Warren Buffet's Big Bets For 2015? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 23rd, 2015
May 22nd, 2015
May 21st, 2015
May 20th, 2015
May 18th, 2015
- The Economist Explains: Why the World Is Addicted to Debt (The Economist)
- PENSION PULSE: Social Security On The Fritz? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 14th, 2015
- How Government Got So Big (video - Charles Murray / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Get Ready For Global Reflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 13th, 2015
May 12th, 2015
May 11th, 2015
- Britain's Banks Are Ticking Pension Timebombs (Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider)
- Korea's Presidential Office Urges Swift Passage of Pension Reform Bill (Yonhap News Agency)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Prepare For War? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 8th, 2015
- With $13.4 Trillion in Unfunded Liabilities, Could Personally Owned Retirement Programs Replace Social Security? (National Center for Policy Analysis)
- PENSION PULSE: And Now, The End Is Near? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 7th, 2015
May 6th, 2015
May 5th, 2015
May 4th, 2015
May 1st, 2015
- New Rules Will Protect Retirement Funds From Risky Alternative Investments (Eileen Appelbaum / The Hill)
- California Nurses' Union to Strike Against Sutter Hospitals; Nurses Average $136,000/yr Plus Pension, Benefits (Heather Caspi / Healthcare Dive)
- In Brazil, Police Violently Crack Down on 20,000 Teachers Protesting Against Pension Reform (Global Voices)
- PENSION PULSE: Ron Mock Sounds Alarm on Alternatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 29th, 2015
- Younger Voters Don’t Trust Social Security (Alex Boyer / Rasmussen Reports)
- PENSION PULSE: A New Deal For Greece? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 27th, 2015
- Costs of Merging Social Security Retirement and Disability Funds (Charles Blahous / Economics 21)
- Russia Ponders Raising Retirement Age in Budget Crunch (Maria Antonova and Olga Rotenberg / AFP)
- PENSION PULSE: Big Pensions Against Big Payouts? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 24th, 2015
- Gulf Airlines Get It Wrong: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Doesn't Subsidize -- It Insures ( Ted Reed / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway Set to Invest More in Private Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 23rd, 2015
- Vietnam to Bolster Ailing Pension System After Worker Strike (Bloomberg / Thanh Nien)
- PENSION PULSE:Time to Short the Mighty Greenback? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 22nd, 2015
- The Incredible Shrinking Federal Deficit Is No More (Joseph Lawler / Washingon Examiner)
- PENSION PULSE: Shift Toward Smaller Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 21st, 2015
April 20th, 2015
April 17th, 2015
- Why It's Proving Hard to Save Greece (Derek Gatopoulos / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Fully Funded CAAT Gains 11.5% in 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 16th, 2015
- New Jersey Gov. Christie Proposes Overhaul of Social Security Benefits (Jill Colvin / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway Set to Invest More in Private Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 15th, 2015
April 14th, 2015
April 13th, 2015
- Korea's Snowballing State Debt Calls for Pension Reform (Yoon Ja-young / Korean Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Resurrecting Global Bubbles? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 8th, 2015
- California Sides With Unions, Against Charity Hospitals (column - Adam B. Summers / Orange County Register)
- Millennials Expect to Work Past Retirement Age (Noel Couch / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Fully Funded OTPP Gains 11.8% in 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 6th, 2015
April 3rd, 2015
- Milliman Study: Discount Rates Deepen Funding Deficit for 100 Largest US Corporate Pension Plans (Insurance News Net)
- Greece Tells Creditors It Will Run Out of Cash on April 9 (Reuters / Daily Sabah)
- China's Pension Funds Likely to Have Funding Gap (Koh Gui Qing / Reuters)
- $1.5 Trillion Pension System Failing as Australians Tick Bucket List (Jason Scott / Bloomberg)
- Battle Over Pension Reform Flares as Russia Hunts for Investment (Howard Amos / the Moscow Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Stick a Fork in Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 2nd, 2015
April 1st, 2015
- More Than 111,000 of Ontario, Canada's Public Employees Made $100,000 and Up (Robert Benzie, Richard J. Brennan & Rob Ferguson / The Star)
- Vietnam Labor Unrest Over Pension Change Spreads to Second Plant (John Boudreau / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Transforming Hedge Fund Fees? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 30th, 2015
- Russia Seen Favoring Longer Pension Freeze Over $52 Billion Grab (Olga Tanas & Andre Tartar / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: The China Bubble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 27th, 2015
- Near Retirees Can Expect $400,000 in Health Care Costs (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- State-Owned Assets to Make Up for China's Pension Shortfall (China Times)
March 26th, 2015
March 25th, 2015
March 24th, 2015
- US Government Debt Is Now at a Once-Unimaginable Level (blog - Robert Higgs / Independent Institute)
- PENSION PULSE: The UK Pension Raid? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 23rd, 2015
March 20th, 2015
- Boston Priest Pension Crisis: $74 Million Gap in Retirement Fund (Erin Smith / Boston Herald)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Japan's Pensions Save Abenomics? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 19th, 2015
March 18th, 2015
March 17th, 2015
- OFF-TOPIC: How St. Patrick’s Day Became the Most Global National Holiday (Rachel Janik / Time)
- She Wants to Kill Your 401(k) (Emily Cadei / USA Today)
- PENSION PULSE: How Scary Is the Bond Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 16th, 2015
- OFF-TOPIC: Americans Name Government as No. 1 US Problem (Justin McCarthy / Gallup)
- Further Relaxation of China's One Child Policy Expected as Pension Fund Wears Thin (Margaux Schreurs / The Beijinger)
March 13th, 2015
- Nation's Retirement Income Gap Projected at $7.7 Trillion (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- New Leadership in Congress Will Address the Retirement Policy Debate (Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
March 12th, 2015
- Failing Multiemployer Pension Plans Face More Reduced Benefits (PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Focusing Capital on the Long Term? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 11th, 2015
- New Federal Law Allows Reductions in Certain Retiree Pensions (Joe Taschler / Milwakee Journal Sentinel)
- Zombie Apocalypse Strikes the Social Security Administration (Brianna Ehley / The Fiscal Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Chunnels Into Europe? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 10th, 2015
- China to Raise Retirement Age as Pressure on Pension Fund Rises (Koh Gui Qing / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Gains 10% in 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 9th, 2015
- Can They Grab Your Pension? Clawbacks Become More Common as Plans Discover They Overpaid Recipients (Carole Fleck / AARP Bulletin)
- PENSION PULSE: Fully Funded HOOPP Surges 17.7% in 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 4th, 2015
- Largest Pension Funds Troubled by Longer Lifespans (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 3rd, 2015
- Who Will Take Care of All the Old People? (Megan McArdle / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Longevity Risk Doom Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 2nd, 2015
February 27th, 2015
February 26th, 2015
February 25th, 2015
February 24th, 2015
- Beggar Thy Taxpayer: Currency Wars, QE Strain Life Insurers and Pension Plans; Negative Returns With 4-7% Promises (Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- Updated Mortality Tables Increased Corporate Pension Liabilities by $100 Billion (PlanSponsor)
- Averting the Disability-Insurance Meltdown (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs / Wall Street Journal) $$
- PENSION PULSE: And The Oscar Goes To? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 23rd, 2015
- New York City's Public Advocate Wants Panel to Study New Private Sector Pension (Michael Howard Saul / Wall Street Journal)
- State-Run Private Retirement Programs Get Help From President (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
February 20th, 2015
- Screwed by Seniors: The People Expected to Pay for Social Security and Medicare Can't Afford It (Veronique de Rugy / Reason Magazine)
- Pension Costs Force 191-Year-Old Massachusetts Silversmith Into Bankruptcy (Charles Winokoor / Taunton Daily Gazette)
February 12th, 2015
- Food Stamp Beneficiaries Exceed 46,000,000 for 39 Straight Months (Ali Meyer / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: List of Highest-Paid Pension Fund CEOs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 11th, 2015
February 9th, 2015
February 7th, 2015
February 6th, 2015
February 5th, 2015
February 4th, 2015
- How a Teacher’s Pension Fund Became a Real Estate Giant (Tobias Salinger / Financial Observer)
- Germany and Greece: Great Expectations (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Pension Reforms Help Promote Social Equality (Zheng Bingwen / China Daily)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Snapping Up Real Estate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 3rd, 2015
February 2nd, 2015
- Feds Place 150 Union Pension Funds in 'Critical' Status (Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece’s Do-Or-Die Moment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 29th, 2015
January 25th, 2015
January 19th, 2015
January 18th, 2015
January 12th, 2015
- Major Retirement Systems and Public Policy Proposals Graded by Actuaries (press release - American Academy of Actuaries)
- Britain's Bill for EU Membership Will Be Higher Than Expected Because of the Cost of Pensions for Brussels Officials (Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: On the Verge of Another Euro Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 9th, 2015
January 7th, 2015
- Funding of S&P 1500 Pensions Plans Slipped 9% in 2014 (PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Outlook 2015: A Rough and Tumble Year? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 5th, 2015
December 30th, 2014
December 28th, 2014
- A FEW HOLIDAY HEADLINES FOR PENSION REFORM FANATICS:
- Study Sought on Privatizing Kansas Public Pensions (John Hanna / Sedgwick County Post)
December 27th, 2014
- A FEW HOLIDAY HEADLINES FOR PENSION REFORM FANATICS:
- Before Retiring, US Rep. George Miller Breaks Ranks to Help Save Troubled Multi-Employer Pension Plans (column - Dan Borenstein / Contra Costa Times)
December 26th, 2014
- A FEW HOLIDAY HEADLINES FOR PENSION REFORM FANATICS:
- China to Reform Pensions by Asking Government Employees to Pay (Xin Zhou / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: China to Overhaul Its Pension System? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 24th, 2014
December 23rd, 2014
December 22nd, 2014
December 19th, 2014
- Corporate Pension Changes Passed as Part of Controversial Spending Bill (Frances Denmark / Institutional Investor)
- New Pension Reforms Could Help Prevent the Next Taxpayer Bailout—So Why Are Some Unions Up in Arms? (Rachel Greszler / Daily Signal)
- Pension Deal in $1.1 Trillion Budget Bill Hits Retired Women Hard (Joel Himelfarb / Newsmax)
- PENSION PULSE: Mass Looting of U.S. Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 17th, 2014
- Some Pension Checks Are Vulnerable Under New Law (column - Terry Savage / Huffington Post)
- 4 Ways Congress Just Screwed Up Pensions (Ann Brenoff / Huffington Post)
- Federal Law Is Altered to Allow Reducing Multi-Employer Pension Payouts (J. D. Heyes / Global Research)
- PENSION PULSE: 1998 All Over Again? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 16th, 2014
December 15th, 2014
- Congress's Pension Bill Seen as Model for Cuts in Other Troubled Retirement Programs (John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal)$$
- Zambia: Increased Retirement Age Meant to Secure the Welfare of Public Service Workers (Lusaka Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Did Congress Just Nuke Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 14th, 2014
- Multi-Employer Pension Reform Could Cut Benefits for Many Current Retirees (Jim Gallagher / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Multi-Employer Pension Plans: Why Participant Benefit Cuts Over a PBGC Bailout? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
December 13th, 2014
December 12th, 2014
- Washington’s Pension Non-Bailout: A Fix for Multi-Employer Plans That Doesn’t Hit Taxpayers. Really. (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Congress Says It Has to Cut Pensions to Save Them (Peter Coy / Bloomberg)
- Congress' Backroom Pension-Cutting Deal Is Even Worse Than Expected (column - Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times)
- Barnes & Noble Continues Efforts to Close Defined-Benefit Pension Plan (Benjamin VanMetre / Illinois Policy)
- PENSION PULSE: Is This Time Really Different? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 11th, 2014
- US House Spending Bill Would Allow Pension Benefit Cuts (Rebecca Moore / Plan Sponsor)
- Congress Eyes Move to Cut Pension Benefits (John W. Schoen / CNBC)
December 10th, 2014
- $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill Includes a Reduction in Benefits for Retirees in Distressed Multiemployer Pension Plans (David Espo & Andrew Taylor / AP)
- PENSION PULSE: OPA! Another Greek Black Swan? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 9th, 2014
- Corporate Pension Liabilities Consume Asset Gains (Michael Giardina / Employee Benefit News)
- Public Pensions Are at Risk Worldwide, Says OECD Report (John W. Schoen / CNBC)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada Finds Key to Pension Fund Investing? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 8th, 2014
- Congress Sends President Bill to Cut Former Nazis' Social Security Benefits (Richard Lardner / Associated Press)
- Federal Debt Has Soared Above $18 Trillion (blog - J.D. Tuccille / Reason)
- Congress Could Soon Allow Pension Plans to Cut Benefits for Current Retirees (Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post)
- Immediate Multiemployer Pension Reforms Urged (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Taxpayer Bailout of Underfunded Pension Plans (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- Multiemployer Pensions, Social Security, and Public Pensions: Choices Have Consequences (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Machinists' Union Slams Congress Over Sneak Attack on US Pension Law (press release - International Association of Machinists)
- Quebec Passes Pension Reform Bill (Benefits Canada)
- PENSION PULSE: Hurdles For Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 5th, 2014
- Social Security to Become Insolvent Far Earlier Than Expected (Monica Sanchez / Media Research Center)
- A Strategy for Pensions at Risk of Extinction (Floyd Norris / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Biggest Risks For Stocks in 2015? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 4th, 2014
- Lame-Duck Congress Nears Last-Minute Vote on Sweeping Pension Reform (Cole Stangler / In These Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Fall of the Bond King? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 3rd, 2014
- Congress Wants to Strip Nazis of Their Social Security Benefits (Betsy Woodruff / Slate)
- PENSION PULSE: The Royal Airline Pension Shaft? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 2nd, 2014
December 1st, 2014
- The PBGC: A Federal Guarantee Is Sure to Go Broke (op-ed -: Alex J. Pollock / Wall Street Journal)$$
November 30th, 2014
November 29th, 2014
November 28th, 2014
November 27th, 2014
November 26th, 2014
November 25th, 2014
- GRAPHIC: Three Reasons to Reform Social Security (Manhattan Institute)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Sours on Debt? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 21st, 2014
- Will Retirees Bankrupt Brazil? (Mac Margolis / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Central Banks Panicking? (blog - Leo Kolvakis)
November 20th, 2014
November 18th, 2014
- PBGC Had a Record $62 Billion Deficit in 2014 (Marcy Gordon and Tom Raum / Associated Press)
- Sad Truth: Pension Funds Need Some of Us to Die Young (column - Richard Evans / The Telegraph)
- Nearly 99% of South Korea's Civil Servants Vote Against Pension Reform (Yonhap News)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q3 2014 (blg - Leo Kolivakis)
November 17th, 2014
November 14th, 2014
November 12th, 2014
- Pension Crisis Looms for Multi-Employer Plans (Marianne Levine / Politico)
- Companies With Defined-Benefit Pensions Are Going to Have to Pay the Price for Increasing Life Expectancy (Chris Matthews / Fortune)
- How Long Will You Live? Longer Than You Think, Study Finds (Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News)
- PENSION PULSE: Beware of Buyout Bullies? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 11th, 2014
- FOR VETERAN'S DAY VISITORS:
- Supreme Court Weighs Case Over Cuts to Retirees’ Health Benefits (Adam Liptak / New York Times)
November 10th, 2014
November 7th, 2014
November 6th, 2014
November 3rd, 2014
November 2nd, 2014
November 1st, 2014
October 30th, 2014
- How Can Corporate Plan Sponsors Handle PBGC Premiums for Underfunding? (Will Clark-Shim / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB's Risky Bet on Brazil? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 28th, 2014
- Hartford Financial Services Group Offers to Pay Ex-Employees to Give Up Pensions (Zachary Tracer / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Surge in Confidence Among Global Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 27th, 2014
- Ruling Party Pushes Drastic Reform to Reduce Demand on Korea's Debt-Ridden Pension Fund (Kang Seung-Woo / Korea Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Don't Fight The Fed? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 24th, 2014
- Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund -- the World’s Largest Pension Fund -- Needs a Boost (editorial - Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: A New Pan-European Pension Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 23rd, 2014
- Northrop Grumman's Profit Hurt by Pension Costs (Chelsey Dulaney / MarketWatch)
- Status Quo Defined Benefit Pension Plans for Public Sector Employees Are Akin to a Blank Check (op-ed - Mark Milke / Financial Post)
- PENSION PULSE: No More Irish Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 22nd, 2014
October 21st, 2014
- 'Pension Holiday' to Provide Defense Contractors With Billions in Cash on Hand (Jill R. Aitoro / Washington Business Journal)
- America Has Paid Alleged Nazi War Criminals Millions in Social Security to Go Away (Peter Weber / The Week)
- PENSION PULSE: Time to Plunge Into Stocks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 20th, 2014
- Federal Bankruptcy Judge Says Trump Can Stop Paying for Healthcare, Pensions at Taj Mahal Casino (Derek Harper / Press of Atlantic City)
- Bankruptcy Judge Voids Union Contract of Trump Taj Mahal Employees (James Guill / Poker Update)
- Expelled Nazis Paid Millions in Social Security (David Rising, Randy Herschaft and Richard Lardner / Associated Press)
- O Beholden Canada: America's Northern Neighbor is Beset by Familiar Pension-Funding Problems (Steven Malanga / City Journal)
October 17th, 2014
October 16th, 2014
- Bad Pension Math Is Bad News for Taxpayers (Steven Malanga / Real Clear Markets)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Europe's Deflation Demons Spreading? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 15th, 2014
October 14th, 2014
- FOR MONDAY'S HOLIDAY VISITORS:
- No Smoke, No Mirrors:The Dutch Pension Plan (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: What's Up With This Crazy Stock Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 10th, 2014
October 9th, 2014
- Americans Living Longer as Fewer Die From Heart Disease, Cancer (Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: America's New Retirement Reality? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 8th, 2014
October 7th, 2014
October 6th, 2014
October 3rd, 2014
- Consol Energy Cutting Retiree Health Benefits, Phasing Out Pension Plan (David Conti / Tribune-Review)
- Canadian Pension Plan Solvency Declines in Third Quarter (Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew / The Star)
- PENSION PULSE: Trouble Brewing at Canada's Private DB Plans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 30th, 2014
- The Imaginary Retirement-Income Crisis (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs and Sylvester J. Schieber / Wall Street Journal)$$
- Motorola Solutions Cuts Pension Burden by $4.2 Billion (Laura Davison / Bloomberg)
- Scotland's Referendum Showed Pension Worries Can’t Be Ignored (Jeff Salway / The Scotsman)
- Above All, We Must Build a Sustainable Pension Scheme for Hong Kong (op-ed - Shirley Yuen / South China Morning Post)
September 25th, 2014
- New San Jose Firefighters to See Pensions Cut After Long Union Battle With City (Mike Rosenberg / Mercury News)
- PBGC to Cover $44.6 Million Pension Shortfall of Bankrupt Virginia-Based Mining Company (Nick Thornton / Benefits Pro)
- Newell Rubbermaid to Offer Lump-Sum Pension Benefits to 5,700 Employees (Jerry Geisel / Plastics News)
- South Korea's Public Employee Unions Fight Pension Reform (Claire Lee / The Korea Herald)
September 23rd, 2014
- Shift of Private Retirement Accounts Into Government Controlled Hands Under Way (Kenneth Schortgen Jr / Washington Examiner)
- Congressional Committee Hears Suggestions for Defined Benefit Plans (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- US Senators Introduce Closed Defined Benefit Nondiscrimination Legislation (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- UBS Pension Forum: 80 Is the New 60 (Bobs Guide)
September 19th, 2014
September 11th, 2014
September 8th, 2014
September 5th, 2014
September 4th, 2014
- Three Ways That Politicians Are Storing Up Disaster for Pensioners (David Cay Johnston / Al Jazeera America)
- PENSION PULSE: A Tough Year For Stock Pickers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 3rd, 2014
- A Landmark Law at 40: How Well Is It Protecting Workers' Retirements? (Mark Miller / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Staying Mum on Corporate Expats? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 2nd, 2014
- Montreal Workers Face Charges in Violent City Hall Pension Protest (CBC News Montreal)
- Pension Reform Tops Morocco Parliament's Agenda (Siham Ali / Zawya)
- PENSION PULSE: Avoid the Hottest Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 29th, 2014
- Quebec Unions Bash Government Over Proposed Pension Reforms (The Prince George Citizen)
- PENSION PULSE: The Real Risk in the Stock Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 28th, 2014
August 27th, 2014
August 26th, 2014
August 25th, 2014
August 22nd, 2014
- Fundamental Changes Are Needed to Canada's Municipal Pensions (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Montreal Gazette)
- Spain Robs the Pension System to Pay Its Bills (Mike Shedlock / Townhall)
August 21st, 2014
August 20th, 2014
August 19th, 2014
August 18th, 2014
- Social Security Crisis Closer Than You Think (Jason J. Fichtner and Frederick W. Kilbourne / Mercatus Center)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 15th, 2014
- Canada Pension Plan Returns 1.6% in 2nd Quarter (Rick Baert / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Reviewing PSP's Funding Policy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 14th, 2014
- Kodak Moves All Employees to Single Cash Balance Plan Benefit Formula (James Comtois / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: More Leverage to Combat Pension Shortfalls? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 13th, 2014
August 11th, 2014
August 8th, 2014
August 7th, 2014
August 6th, 2014
August 5th, 2014
August 4th, 2014
- Why the Government Backstop of Corporate Pensions Is Failing (video - Bob Rice and Adam Shapiro / Fox Business Network)
- PENSION PULSE: U.S. Fracking EU Sovereignty? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 1st, 2014
July 31st, 2014
July 30th, 2014
- HSAs Offer a Good Boost to Retirement Savings (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: A Revolt Against Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 28th, 2014
July 25th, 2014
July 24th, 2014
July 23rd, 2014
July 22nd, 2014
- Congress Has a Plan to Fund the Bankrupt Highway Trust Fund, and It May Be Bad News for Corporate Pensions (Ted Ballantine / Pension360)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Investments Gains 16.3% in FY 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 21st, 2014
- Congress’ Pension Smoothing Fails to Impress (column - Len Boselovic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: On the Brink of Another World War? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 18th, 2014
July 17th, 2014
July 16th, 2014
- When Did Benefits Become a Burden? (Trent A. Grinkmeyer, Jamie Kertis and Valerie R. Leonard / PlanSponsor)
- The Hard Numbers on Social Security (op-ed - William A. Galston - Wall Street Journal)$$
- PENSION PULSE: Japan's Private Pensions Eying More Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 15th, 2014
- This Road Work Made Possible by Underfunding Pensions (Josh Barro / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Bribing Pension Fund Managers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 14th, 2014
- PBGC Director Josh Gotbaum Resigns (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Quebec Cannot Afford Its Public Sector Pension Plans (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Global Mail)
- PENSION PULSE: Prepare for Another Stock Market Crash? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 11th, 2014
- Congress Looks at Loosening Corporate Pension Funding Rules to Bolster Highway Trust Fund (Janet Weinstein / Aljazeera America
- PENSION PULSE: When Interest Rates Rise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 10th, 2014
- House GOP Floats Its Own Pension Gimmick (Steve Malanga / Public Sector Inc.)
- PENSION PULSE: 2014’s Hedge Fund Winners and Losers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 8th, 2014
- Wall Street Waits While Statehood Debate Handcuffs Puerto Rico Decision Makers (Maryellen Tighe and Ellie Ismailidou / Forbes)
- PBGC: Single and Multiemployer Pension Plan Deficits Moving in Opposite Directions (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
July 7th, 2014
- Washington's Next Big Bailout: Politicians and Unions Refuse to Fix Multi-Employer Pension Plans (editorial - Wall Street Journal)$$
- Public Sector Employees Are More Confident About Retirement Than Those in the Private Sector (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- 'Jersey Boys' and Working at 80 (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity's Trillion Dollar Hole? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 3rd, 2014
July 2nd, 2014
- PBGC Says Pension Plans for 1.5 Million Private Sector Workers Are at Risk (Tom Raum / Associated Press)
- READ THE REPORT About the PBGC's Dire Financial Condition (Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
- PENSION PULSE: Blackstone's New Big Swinging Hedge Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 1st, 2014
- PBGC Warns Some Pooled Pension Funds Are Beyond Recovery; Could Cause Collapse of the Federal insurance Program (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PBGC Estimates It Could Collapse Within 10 Years (John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal)
- PBGC Foresees Increased Risks to Multiemployer Pension Plans (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- Australia Tackles Pension Time Bomb (Jason Scott / Business Report)
- PENSION PULSE: A Hedge Fund Love Affair? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 30th, 2014
June 27th, 2014
- Longevity Risk 'Hugely Underestimated' Says BofA; Global Pension Liabilities Could Reach $25 Trillion by 2050 (Nick Reeve / Chief Investment Officer
- A More Complete Picture of Corporate Defined Benefit Plan Liabilites (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- How PBGC Premium Increases Would Impact Defined Benefit System (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: A Hedge Fund Love Affair? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 25th, 2014
June 24th, 2014
- 11,004,507: Disability Beneficiaries Top 11 Million for First Time (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- Muni Bond Experts Sound Short-Term Warnings on Puerto Rico, Long-Term on Local Munis (James J. Green / ThinkAdvisor)
- Japan's Lumbering Public Pension Fund to Be Recast as Agent of Reform (Chikafumi Hodo / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Gordon Fyfe Leaves PSP to Head bcIMC (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 23rd, 2014
- Russia's Pension Systems Will Have to Be Adjusted to Deal With Shrinking Work Force (Mark Adomanis / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: The Soul of a Hedge Fund Machine? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 20th, 2014
June 19th, 2014
June 18th, 2014
- Bill Would Increase Certain Social Security Benefits (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Annuity Awareness or Bust (blog - Steve Morelli / InsuranceNewsNet)
- PENSION PULSE: Quebec's Declaration of Pension War? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 17th, 2014
June 16th, 2014
June 13th, 2014
- Report: Social Security Judges Rubber-Stamp Billions in Disability Claims (Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: The Secret Club That Runs The World? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 11th, 2014
- Surprise Pension Costs for California's School Districts: Governor's Proposal Will Hit Budgets Hard in July (Kevin Forestieri / Mountain View Voice)
- PENSION PULSE: Is a Stock Market Correction Overdue? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 9th, 2014
- States Reaching Out Too Far in Implementing Public-Private Programs (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: States Over-Reaching on Public-Private Pension Plans (Roger Schillerstrom / Pensions & Investments)
- How Exotic Financial Strategies Created the Perfect Storm for the 2008 Recession (Chuck Epstein / MutualFundReform.com)
- Buying a Guaranteed Retirement Income, for Some Peace of Mind (Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times)
June 6th, 2014
- German Parliament Extends Holocaust Survivor Pensions (David Rising / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Looming Pension Wars? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 5th, 2014
- Bashing 401(k)s (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: One-Man Wealth Machine? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 4th, 2014
- Protecting Retirement Plan Returns From the March of Progress (Canover Watson / PlanSponsor)
- Job Hopping Has Lost Its Stigma (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: CEO Pay Spinning Out of Control? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 3rd, 2014
June 2nd, 2014
May 30th, 2014
- Social Security Changes on the Horizon? (Alex Wiederspiel / WDTV-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: AIMCo Scores Huge on Timberland? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 29th, 2014
- New Model for Retirement Needs New Benefits Structure (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- Church Pensions (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- PENSION PULSE: The Euro Deflation Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 28th, 2014
- Is the NEA Looking to Dodge Its Pension Obligations? (blog - Mike Antonucci / Intercepts)
- Reforming Social Security to Increase Worker’s Retirement Income (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- More States Plan to Force Private Sector Workers to Save for Retirement (Hal M. Bundrick / Main Street)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Gains 16.5% Gross in FY 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 27th, 2014
- Disney: Big Media and the Pension Albatross (Jesse Bellet / Seeking Alpha)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity Returns to Australia and Europe? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 22nd, 2014
- As City’s Elderly Population Swells, Concerns Rise Over Lack of Access to Retirement Plans (Kate Taylor / New York Times)
- Anger Deepens at Unemployment Impasse (commentary - Steve Morelli / Insurance News Net)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Won't Make You Rich? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 20th, 2014
- US Senator Rubio Unveils Proposal to Reform Retirement Policy (Gabriel Debenedetti / Reuters)
- Senator Rubio's Surprisingly Bipartisan Retirement Saving Idea (column - Mark Miller / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: The Rise of David Tepper? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 16th, 2014
- 3 Reasons Why Retirees May Not Be Doomed After All (Mandi Woodruff / Yahoo Finance)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2014 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 15th, 2014
- US Chamber of Commerce Offers Recommendations to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- READ the US Chamber's Position Paper on the PBGC (pdf - US Chamber of Commerce)
- Employers Urge House to Halt PBGC Premium Increases (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
May 14th, 2014
May 13th, 2014
May 9th, 2014
May 8th, 2014
May 7th, 2014
- US Government Loss on GM Bailout Deeper Than First Thought, Report Finds (Nathan Bomey / Detroit Free Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Hires Star to Head Up PE and Infrastructure (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 6th, 2014
May 5th, 2014
May 1st, 2014
April 30th, 2014
April 29th, 2014
April 28th, 2014
April 25th, 2014
April 24th, 2014
- Initiative Launched by Think Tank to Examine Retirement Savings Policy (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Michael Castor on Investing in Healthcare (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 23rd, 2014
April 22nd, 2014
- Judge Says American Airlines Can’t Cut Retiree Benefits (blog - Melanie Cohen / Wall Street Journal)
- Employers Scale Back Medical Plans Due to Taxes Related to the Affordable Care Act (Kevin McGuiness / PlanSponsor)
April 21st, 2014
- Are Benefits Wages? (column - Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
- Increasing Health Care Costs Are Predicted to Exceed Social Security Benefits of Retirees (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
April 17th, 2014
April 16th, 2014
- Illinois Senate Passes Retirement Savings Act for Private-Sector Employees (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: The Big Unwind? (blog - Leo Kolvakis)
April 15th, 2014
- Thought Secure, Pooled Pension Plans Teeter and Fall (DealBook blog - Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Governments Are Desperate for Cold Hard Cash; Medicare and Social Security Face Large Deficits (blog - Mary Pat Campbelll / STUMP)
- The Fast-Fading Days of Retiree Health Coverage (Dan Cook / BenefitsPro)
- READ THE REPORT: Retiree Health Benefits at the Crossroads (Frank McArdle, Tricia Neuman and Jennifer Huang / Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Should We Force People to Save for Retirement? (Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View)
- Russian Government Seizes Private Pensions; Can It Happen Here? (Thomé Review)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadians Heading for a Retirement Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 14th, 2014
- Puerto Rico Court Strikes Down New Pension Law (Danica Coto / KTVN-TV)
- Violence as Thousands March in Rome and Paris Against Austerity, Pension Cuts (RT News)
- PENSION PULSE: A Tribute to Jim Flaherty (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 11th, 2014
- Social Security Targets Taxpayers for Their Parents’ Decades-Old Debts (Marc Fisher / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers To Acquire Telesat from PSP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 10th, 2014
April 8th, 2014
- More Boomers in Private Sector Plan to Work Till 70 or Older, Study Finds (Think Advisor)
- Russia Isn't Alone: All of Eastern Europe Has a Demographic Problem (column - Mark Adomanis / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Beware of Dark Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 7th, 2014
April 4th, 2014
April 3rd, 2014
- Despite Pension Plan Changes, Report Says Canadian Federal Employees Are Still Overpaid (Julian Beltrame / The Globe and Mail)
- Evaluating Canada's Public-Sector Pensions: Are Federal Public Servants Overpaid? (Malcolm Hamilton / C.D. Howe Institute)
- Pensions, Health Care Will Push Canadian Governments $2.2-Trillion Further Into Debt, Says Fraser Institute Report (Jen Gerson / National Post)
April 2nd, 2014
April 1st, 2014
March 31st, 2014
March 28th, 2014
March 26th, 2014
March 25th, 2014
- Politicized Climate May See Private Retirement Programs Under Attack (Andy Stonehouse / Employee Benefit News)
- PENSION PULSE: Wynne Harpoons Harper on Pension Reforms? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 24th, 2014
March 21st, 2014
March 20th, 2014
March 17th, 2014
- Ireland's Pensions: Nobody in the Room Takes Any Account of the Elephant (Adrian Daly / The Irish Independent)
- Defined Contribution Plans Outperformed Defined Benefit Plans in 2013 (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- Crimea: All Roads Lead Back to the Pension Issue (blog - Jack Dean / PensionTsunami.com)
March 14th, 2014
March 13th, 2014
- The Aftereffects of the Increase in PBGC Premiums (column - Michael Barry / Plan Sponsor)
- The Gray Jobs Enigma (Steven Greenhouse / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Reversion to Mediocrity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 12th, 2014
- New York Diocese Replaces Pensions With 401(k)-Style Plan (Bart Jones / Newsday)
- America Needs to Rethink 'Retirement' (Nicholas Eberstadt and Michael W. Hodin / Wall Street Journal) $$
- Boeing Pension Plan Part of a Changing Retirement Landscape (Louis Navellier / InvestorPlace)
- PENSION PULSE: Tiger Fund Burning Bright? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 11th, 2014
March 10th, 2014
- Boeing Freezing Nonunion Workers' Pensions in 2016 (Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Overfunded HOOPP Gains 8.6% in 2013 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 7th, 2014
March 6th, 2014
- Another Way to Do the Math for Social Security Reform (Phillip Swagel / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS Gains a Mere 6.5% in 2013 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 5th, 2014
- Too Many Retirement Plans, Too Little Savings (editorial - Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse de Depot Returns 13% in 2013 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 3rd, 2014
- How the American People Would Fix Social Security (op-ed - Steven Kull / Christian Science Monitor)
- Rome Is Days Away From Bankruptcy (AFP / The Telegraph)
- Dutch Pension Design (Mariska van der Westen / Investment & Pensions Europe)
February 26th, 2014
- Twinkies Bankruptcy Exposes Peril to Some US Corporate Pension Plans (Lorraine Woellert / Bloomberg)
February 24th, 2014
February 21st, 2014
February 19th, 2014
- How Scary Is an Older America? Americans Aren't Sweating It (column - Mark Miller / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds Activity During Q4 2013 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 18th, 2014
February 17th, 2014
- Companies Bracing for 1-2 Retirement Punch (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: The Economics of Love and Inequality? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 14th, 2014
February 13th, 2014
February 12th, 2014
- Tennessee Health Care Provider Freezes Defined Benefit Plan; Will Switch Employees to Defined Contribution Plan (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Defined Contribution Plans Are an Important Part of the US Retirement System, Report Says (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Cheers to Poorer UK State Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 11th, 2014
- Puerto Rico 'Strongly Disagrees’ With Moody’s Junk Downgrade (Michael Aneiro /barron'S)
- Aging America Heading for Disaster (Kyle Smith / New York Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Fund Kings of 2013? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 10th, 2014
February 7th, 2014
February 6th, 2014
- New PBGC Premium Date Could Help Funding (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- S&P Lowers Puerto Rico Debt to Junk Status (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Blowing Another $500 Million in the Wind? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 5th, 2014
- Hungary's Pension Fund Almost Drained (MTI/ Politics.hu)
- Polish Government Seizes $51 Billion of Privately Run Pension Funds (Norma Cohen and Jan Cienski / Financial Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Wynne Hedging Her Bets on New Pension? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 4th, 2014
February 3rd, 2014
January 31st, 2014
- California Pension Reform Measure Likely Off for 2014 Ballot (Jon Ortiz / Sacramento Bee)
- Universal Retirement Legislation Submitted by US Senator Harkin (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Obama's MyRA Nest Egg? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 30th, 2014
- Obama Hopes myRA Will Be First Step on Retirement (Associated Press)
- A Guide to Obama's Plan for Retirement Savings (Paul Wiseman / Associated Press)
- US Senator Harkin Pitches Private Pension Retirement Fix (Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register)
- Americans View Defined Contribution Retirement Accounts Favorably, Survey Finds (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- Sweeping Pension Reform at the Heart of German Chancellor Merkel's Plans (Europe Online Magazine)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario's Technical Advisory Group? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 29th, 2014
January 28th, 2014
January 24th, 2014
January 23rd, 2014
January 22nd, 2014
January 21st, 2014
January 20th, 2014
January 19th, 2014
January 18th, 2014
January 16th, 2014
- Puerto Rico Moves Closer to Default (Henry Sender / CCNBC)
- Puerto Rico's Supreme Court Halts Teacher Pension Reform (Business News Americas)
January 15th, 2014
- Germany Eyes Tax Revenues to Fund Pension Reforms (Ulrika Lomas / Tax-News.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Dumping Structured Crap in Your Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 14th, 2014
January 13th, 2014
- The Woman That President Obama Hired to Avert the US Private Sector Pensions Crisis (Emile Hallez / Financial Times)
- Alcoa Has $3.7 Billion Pension Shortfall (Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business)
- BP May Close Its Defined Benefit Pension Plan to New Hires (Steve Johnson / Financial Times)
- Ryanair Freezes Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Jack Jones / Professional Pensions)
January 10th, 2014
- Communist Party Defends China's 'Dual-Track Pension' Plan Skewed Towards Public Employees (Chris Luo / South China Morning Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Ramping Up PE Exposure in 2014? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 8th, 2014
- About 100 Retired Cops and Firefighters Accused in New York City Disability Scam (with video - Jeff Pohlman / CNBC)
- Charges for 106 Retired Cops and Firefighters in Huge Fraud Over Disability (William K. Rashbaum and James C. McKinley Jr. / New York Times)
- FDNY, NYPD Retirees Who 'Faked 9/11 Illnesses in Scam' Not Too Sick to Have Fun (Rebecca Rosenberg and Jamie Schram / New York Post)
- Police and Firefighters Caught in Disability Scam (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- Boeing Puts Public Employee Pensions at Risk (column - Danny Westneat / Seattle Times)
- Retirement Crisis Hitting Country (editorial - Greenville News)
January 7th, 2014
- Boeing Workers Give Up Pension, But Gain Job Security (column - David Nicklaus / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Boeing's Union Bows to Reality on Pension Issue (video - Paul Gigot / Wall Street Journal)
- Retirement Trade-Off, Not Crisis (editorial - Fisher Investments)
- Baby Boomers: Poorer in Old Age Than Their Parents (Carol Hymowitz / Bloomberg Businessweek)
- Nigeria: The Looming Pension Crises (All Africa)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario's New Pension Plan Raising Questions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 6th, 2014
- California Pension Reform Activists Back Democrat in Yolo County Assembly Race (Christopher Cadelago / Sacramento Bee)
- Boeing Machinists OK Contract and Concede Pension Benefits to Keep Production of 777x in Washington State (Manuel Valdes / Associated Press)
- Union Votes to Accept Boeing 777x Plan, Freeze Defined Benefit Pensions Starting in 2016 (video - Bloomberg)
- Thailand's Social Security Plan at Risk of Collapse (The Nation)
- Debate Over Pension Reform Begins in Finland (Uutiset)
January 3rd, 2014
January 2nd, 2014
- Entitlements Gobbling Up Federal Government’s Revenue (Jack Torry / Columbus Dispatch)
- Boeing Union Chief Drops Stance on Pension to Save Workers’ Jobs (Mike Baker / News & Observer)
- Vote on New Boeing Contract Highlights a Rift in the Machinists’ Union Over Pension Issue (Steven Greenhouse / New York Times)
- Retirement Unlikely for Some Blue-Collar Americans in Private Sector (Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press)
- Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation Doles Out Pension Advice to Alberta (Matt Dyksra / Sun News)
- Ireland's Government Must Act to Prevent a Serious Pension Crisis (Niall O'Callaghan / Irish Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Hot Stocks of 2013 and 2014? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
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December 31st, 2013
- Puerto Rico Governor Signs Pension Reform Into Law (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- Is Social Security Contributing to the Deficit? (Larry Kotlikoff / PBS NewsHour)
December 30th, 2013
- The World Braces for a Retirement Crisis (Paul Wiseman, David McHugh and Elaine Kurtenbach / Associated Press)
- American Private Retirement Funds at Risk? Rumors of Nationalizing US Pension Funds (Heide Malhotra / Epoch Times)
- Canada Pension Plan in Desperate Need of Reform (Medicine Hat News)
- Russia's President Putin Signs Pension Reform Laws (Voice of Russia)
- Poland's President Signs Pension Reform (Warsaw Business Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Hot Stocks of 2013 and 2014? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 27th, 2013
December 26th, 2013
December 25th, 2013
December 24th, 2013
December 23rd, 2013
December 19th, 2013
- Employer Groups Oppose Increased Pension Fees to PBGC in Budget Deal (Sam Hananel / Associated Press)
- France Adopts Reform of Debt-Ridden Pension System (Expatica)
- Prostitutes in the Netherlands Lobby for Same Pension Rights as Footballers (BBC)
- PENSION PULSE: The Dectaper Surprise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 18th, 2013
- Should the US Force Citizens to Save? (commentary - Allison Schrager / Reuters)
- Social Security to Run 12% Deficit for Next Decade, Says Report from the Congressional Budget Office (Stephen Dinan / Washington Times)
- Social Security Disability Recipients Soar; Fund Will Be Depleted By 2016, Report Says (Jennifer G. Hickey / Newsmax)
- Why Middle Class Private Sector Workers Are Not Are NOT 'Ripping Off the Next Generation' (Ed Ring / UnionWatch)
- Moroccans Worried About Pension Reform (Siham Ali / All Africa)
December 17th, 2013
December 16th, 2013
- Croatia Raises Retirement Age to 67 (Macedonian International News Agency)
- PENSION PULSE: Tackling Quebec's Pension Deficits? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 13th, 2013
- Canada Postman Won’t Even Ring Once as Home Delivery Ends (Andrew Mayeda and Angela Greiling Keane / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Public Pension Problem? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 12th, 2013
December 11th, 2013
December 10th, 2013
December 5th, 2013
December 4th, 2013
- Killing the 'We Paid Our Taxes; We Earned Our Benefits' Social Security Ponzi Meme (blog - Gary Galles / Zero Hedge)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Global Buyout Kings? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 3rd, 2013
- Is Puerto Rico America’s Greece? (Daniel DiSalvo / Public Sector Inc.)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Canada on the Right Path? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 2nd, 2013
November 28th, 2013
November 27th, 2013
November 26th, 2013
November 25th, 2013
- More on the Deceit and Dishonesty About Social Security and Medicare (op-ed - Walter Williams / Sun Herald)
- More Pension Liability Offloading by Corporate Plans Expected (Pensions & Investments) $$
- PENSION PULSE: Bubble Anxiety On the Rise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 22nd, 2013
November 21st, 2013
November 20th, 2013
- PBGC Takes Over Journal Register Pension Fund; Will Cover $86.2 Million Shortfall (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- New Brunswick Government Introduces Pension Reform Legislation (Canadian Press)
- PENSION PULSE: No Pension Plan, No Problem? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 19th, 2013
- Student-Loan Debt Passes $1 Trillion in US (with video - Rick Romero / KABC-TV)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Betting Big on Emerging Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 18th, 2013
- PBGC Deficit Rises to Nearly $36 Billion (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- PBGC’s Deficit Increases to $36 Billion as Multiemployer Risks Grow (press release - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation)
- Medicare Meltdown Excerpts (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds Activity During Q3 2013 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 15th, 2013
- Retired Union Workers Facing 'Unprecedented' Pension Cuts (Melanie Hicken / CNN Money)
- Philadelphia Archdiocese Freezes Defined Benefit Pension Plan; Will Switch to Defined Contribution ( James Comtois / Pensions & Investments)
- Colombian Minister Proposes Integrated Pension System for Latin America (Business News Americas)
- PENSION PULSE: Media Covering Up Caisse's ABCP Scandal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 14th, 2013
- UK: Defined Benefit Plans and the Death of Pensions the World Envied (Richard Dyson / The Telegraph)
- Punishing the Young: German Pension Reforms a Gift for the Elderly (Markus Dettmer, Kristiana Ludwig, Michael Sauga and Cornelia Schmergal / Spiegel)
- Armenian Parliament to Hold Special Meeting on Controversial Pension Reform (Armenia Now)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Huge Pension Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 13th, 2013
- Congress to Weigh Letting Union Pension Plans Cut Benefits to Remain Solvent (Don McIntosh / Oregon Labor Press)
- US Unfunded Liabilities Really More Than $200 Trillion (John Seiler / CalWatchdog)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Muscling Into Munis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 12th, 2013
- Stroh Brewing Says Pension Plan Running Dry, Asks for PBGC Take-Over (Brian J. O’Connor / Detroit News )
- Corporate Pension Plan Terminations May Spike in the Near-Term (blog - James Willhite / Wall Street Journal)
- More US Companies Formalizing Plans to De-Risk Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Towers Watson Survey Finds (press release - Business Wire)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Hits an Investment Impasse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 11th, 2013
- IRS Paid $3.6 Billion in Fraudulent Tax Refunds (Gregory Wallace / CNN Money)
- Can We Save Social Security? (Penelope Wang / CNN Money)
- Do the Dutch Have the Pension Problem Solved? (video with transcript - PBS Newshour)
- PENSION PULSE: Further Restructuring at Canadian Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 8th, 2013
November 7th, 2013
- College Debt Could Delay Retirement for Young Grads (Via Meadia blog - Walter Rusell Mead / The American Interest)
- Fresh Data on Aging in the UK Fuels Calls for Further Retirement Age Increases (Donia O'Loughlin / Financial Times)
November 6th, 2013
- Pension Reform to Be Key Subject at China's Third Plenary Session (with video - China Network Television)
- PENSION PULSE: The New Improved SAC Capital? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 5th, 2013
- Polish Pension Reform May Be Unconstitutional (Dagmara Leszkowicz / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Can Pensions Afford Recovery? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 4th, 2013
- Massachusetts Fishermen's Pension Fund Can't Tread Water (column - Steve Urbon / South Coast Today)
- New Puerto Rico Priority: Allaying Investor Fears of Default (Robert Slavin / The Bond Buyer)
- Puerto Rico’s Bond Market and Its Ratings: How Bad It Is? (MuniLand blog - Cate Long / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway's Big Reversal Bet? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 1st, 2013
- Public Pension Plans Across Canada in Dire Straits (Bruce Stewart / Beacon News)
- PENSION PULSE: Jim Leech on The Third Rail (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 31st, 2013
- Social Security Benefits to Increase by Paltry 1.5% (Al Jazeera)
- Canada Pensions Need Reform or Face Crisis, Teachers’ Leech Says (Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE Update: GPFG's third quarter performance (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 30th, 2013
- Union and Retiree Pressure Mounting Against Multiemployer Pension Fund Reform (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- 'Critical Failures' Lead to Social Security Overpayments (Blake Ellis / CNN Money)
- PENSION PULSE: Are U.S. Pension Funds Going Canadian? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 29th, 2013
- Head of One of the Canada's Biggest Pension Funds Calls for Immediate Pension Reform in New Book (Romina Maurino / Brandon Sun)
- Poland's Pension Reform Is Akin to Expropriation, Says State Solicitors' Office (Karolina Slowikowska / Reuters)
October 28th, 2013
- Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Now Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers, Says Census Bureau (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- Pension System Debate Early Next Year on Isle of Man in UK (with audio - Energy FM)
- PENSION PULSE: On the Verge of Expanding the CPP? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 25th, 2013
- 'Huge’ Montreal Public Pension Problem Draws Little Debate (Lynn Moore / The Gazette)
- Italy’s Government Looks to Tap Pensions Funds (blog - Giovanni Legorano / Wall Street Journal)
October 24th, 2013
- Most of Today’s College Grads Won’t Be Able to Retire Until Age 73 Due to High Debt, Says Study (John Manganaro / PlanSponsor)
- Prince Charles Urges UK Pension Reform in Video (Fiona Nicolson / FT Advisor)
- PENSION PULSE: The UK's Largest Infrastructure Deal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 23rd, 2013
- Congress Considers Letting Pension Trustees Slash Benefits for Retirees, Says Report (Dave Jamieson / Huffington Post)
- New Report Says Social Security's Real Retirement Age Is 70 (Alicia H. Munnell / Center for Retirement Research)
- America Is Really $205 Trillion in Debt (column - James Freeman / Wall Street Journal) $$
- Higher Retirement Age May Help Solve China's Pension Problem (He Dan / People's Daily)
- PENSION PULSE: New Study on the Benefits of DB Pensions (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 22nd, 2013
- More Older Americans in Work Force (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Fresh Signs of a Private Equity Bubble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 21st, 2013
- How Entitlements Are Helping the Baby Boomers Rip Off Future Generations (James Freeman / Wall Street Journal)
- Polish President to Review Constitutionality of Pension Reform (Karolina Slowikowska / Reuters)
- States of Guernsey to Debate Pension Reform in February (BBC)
October 18th, 2013
- Private Sector Retirement at Age 70: Longer Periods of Lower Returns May Force This Issue (column - Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
- AARP's Fuzzy Math on Social Security (op-ed - Andrew Biggs/ Wall Street Journal) $$
- PENSION PULSE: Will Ontario Start its Own Pension Plan? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 17th, 2013
- Poll: Two Thirds of Czechs Want Further Pension Reform (Prague Daily Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions' Massive Bet on Rising Rates? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 16th, 2013
October 11th, 2013
October 10th, 2013
October 9th, 2013
- Worsening Debt Crisis Threatens Puerto Rico (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- $3.15 Trillion Automatic Federal Government Spending Goes on in Spite of 'Shutdown' (Robert Romano / Netrightdaily)
- Tough Opposition to Dutch Government's Pension Reforms, Ahead of Vote (Dutch News)
- Spanish Pensioners Rally Against Pension Reforms (with video - Ian Diez / Press TV)
- PENSION PULSE: Pull Closet Indexing Out of the Closet? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 8th, 2013
- The Perils of Putting One’s Faith in Defined Benefit Pensions (blog - Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest)
- PENSION PULSE: More Pension Lessons From Down Under? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 7th, 2013
- Federal Judge Says Sacramento County Retired Public Employees Aren’t Entitled to Permanent Health Care Subsidies (Denny Walsh / Sacramento Bee)
- Public Sector Pensions Fully Funded by Canadian Taxpayers (Mark Milke / Vancouver Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: The Lost Retirement Generation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 4th, 2013
- Ireland's Current Baby Boom Will 'Help to Ease' Future Pension Crisis (Shane Phelan / Irish Independent)
- Swiss Retirees Traverse $47 Billion Pension Fund Deficit by Dog Walking (Carolyn Bandel & Corinne Gretler / Bloomberg)
- Russia to Grab $7.6 Billion of Private Pension Money, Temporarily (blog - Andrey Ostroukh / Wall Street Journal)
- New Russian Pension Reform Fuels Nationalization Fears (Darya Korsunskaya and Maya Dyakina / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Lessons From Down Under? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 3rd, 2013
- Corporate Pension Funding Breaks 90% According to 2 Reports (Kevin Olsen / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Canada Auditing Public Pension Plans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 2nd, 2013
October 1st, 2013
- British Columbia: How Not to Reform Government Pensions (op-ed - Marke Milke / Vancouver Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Blackstone Sees Epic Credit Bubble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 27th, 2013
- Yes, Chile's Private Pension Model Works, Big Time (editorial - Investor's Business Daily)
- PENSION PULSE: Grayken's Big Bet On European Real Estate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 26th, 2013
September 25th, 2013
September 24th, 2013
- Seeking Answers for China’s Pension Problem (Lin Yunshi and Chang Hongxiao / MarketWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers Cautious on China? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 23rd, 2013
September 20th, 2013
- Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador Face Pension Risk, Says Moody’s (Financial Press)
- PENSION PULSE: The Septaper Surprise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 19th, 2013
- Corporate Pension Funding Relief Is Tempting but the Price May Be Too High in the Long Run (Peter S. Austin / Pensions & Investments)
- French Government Approves Measures to Narrow Pension Deficit (Gregory Viscusi & Mark Deen / Bloomberg)
- India Moves to Transform Its Pension System (blog - Pamposh Raina / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Three Fed Tapering Scenarios? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 18th, 2013
- Poland Is Seizing Half of the Polish People’s Private Retirement Funds (column - Steve Forbes / Forbes Magazine)
- The Global Quest to Save Retirement (Ben Steverman / Bloomberg)
- Russia to Save $11 Billion by Canceling Most Funded Pensions (RIA Novosti)
- Spain Is Moving Forward With Tough Pension Reform, Government Document Says (Julien Toyer / Reuters)
- Detroit Scenario Unlikely in Canada, But for How Long? (Dan Ovsey / Vancouver Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Wither Small Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 17th, 2013
September 16th, 2013
- Feds Played a Role in Decision to Reduce Delphi Pensions (Joe Olenick / Niagara Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: Don’t Bet Against Boring Canada? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 15th, 2013
September 13th, 2013
- Pension Cuts Loom Large in Portugal (TPN/ Lusa / Portugal News)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Two-Tier Retirement System? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 12th, 2013
- Unions Protest in Poland Over Job Insecurity and Pension Reform (EuroNews)
- PENSION PULSE: Japan's PAL Turns to Emerging Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 11th, 2013
- Honda Eliminates Defined Benefit Pensions for New Employees, Switches Current Employees to Defines Contribution Plan (Dan Gearino / Columbus Dispatch)
- Study Says US Could Default as Early as Oct. 18 (Andrew Taylor / Associated Press)
- Strike Against French Pension Reform Fizzles (Las Vegas Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Nasty Surprises Lurk Ahead? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 10th, 2013
- Our Sinking Retirement System (Bruce Bialosky / Townhall)
- Time Warner to Move US Retirees to Healthcare Exchanges (Ryan Vlastelica / Reuters)
- Retirement Lessons to Learn From Abroad? (editorial - BenefitsPro)
- France's Trade Unions Take to Streets to Fight Pension Reform (France 24)
- Germany's Lufthansa to Drop Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Barbara Ottawa / Investments & Pensions Europe)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pension Plans Flying Solo? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 9th, 2013
September 5th, 2013
- Gov. Brown Blinks on California Transit Worker Pensions -- For Now (Ben Adler / Capital Public Radio)
- How Fed Policy Has Devastated Three Generations of Retirees in the Private Sector (Dennis Miller / Investors Insight)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Investing Gangnam Style? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 4th, 2013
September 3rd, 2013
- Pension Reform Lessons From Canada (Dan Berman / Benefits Pro)
- Spain Pushes for Pension Reform Plan Tied to Life Expectancy (Blanca Rodriguez, Reuters / MSN Money)
- Cyprus: The Greed of Our Ruling Elite Knows No Bounds (editorial - Cyprus Mail)
September 2nd, 2013
August 31st, 2013
August 30th, 2013
August 29th, 2013
August 28th, 2013
- France Avoids Radical Overhaul in Pension Reforms (Hugh Carnegy / Financial Times)
- Unions Pledge to Fight French Government's Pension Reform (Tony Cross / RFI)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions Inflating an Infrastructure Bubble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 27th, 2013
August 26th, 2013
- China Mulls Pension Reform to Ease Financial Burden of an Aging Population (China Central Television)
- PENSION PULSE: How OTPP Got in Bed With Saks? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 20th, 2013
August 19th, 2013
- Warren Buffett on Pensions in 1975: Has Anything Changed? (Elizabeth Pfeuti / aiCIO)
- PENSION PULSE: Investing in a Debt-Fuelled World? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 14th, 2013
August 13th, 2013
August 12th, 2013
August 9th, 2013
- Weighty Public Pension Liabilities Are Sinking Cities in Canada (video - Anthony Furey interviews Bill Tufts / Sun News Network)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Toll Roads Too Risky For Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 8th, 2013
August 7th, 2013
August 5th, 2013
- Reforming Greece's Public Sector: New Face Takes on Old Problem (Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Death of a Private Equity Luminary? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 2nd, 2013
- No More Social Security at 62? (Jennie L. Phipps / Bankrate.com)
- How to Fix China's Pension System (Michael Barris / China Daily)
- Report Finds Record Pension Underfunding of S&P 500 Companies (Dan Radovsky / The Motley Fool)
- DOWNLOAD THE REPORT: 'S&P 500 2012 Pensions and Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB): The Final Frontier' (pdf)
- PENSION PULSE: U.S. Company Pensions in Peril? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 31st, 2013
July 30th, 2013
July 29th, 2013
July 26th, 2013
July 25th, 2013
July 23rd, 2013
- City of San Jose and Its Public Employee Unions Set for Court Battle Over Pensions (Jim Christie / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Hefty Payouts For PSP's Executives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 22nd, 2013
July 19th, 2013
July 17th, 2013
July 16th, 2013
- Kazakhstan’s President Signs Pension Reform Bill Amid Popular Opposition (Adam Soroka / World Socialist Web Site)
- PENSION PULSE: The Risks of a Greek Collapse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 15th, 2013
July 12th, 2013
July 8th, 2013
- Sheet Metal Workers Latest to Go to Variable Benefits (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- UK Pension Industry Calls on EU to Scrap Plan for Mandatory Capital Requirements (Sarah Mortimer / Reuters)
- Political Threats Overhang Czech, Polish Pension Systems (Krystyna Krzyzak / Investment & Pensions Europe)
July 5th, 2013
July 4th, 2013
July 3rd, 2013
July 1st, 2013
June 27th, 2013
- Pension Crisis Combined With Rocketing Health Care Costs Could Sink Bermuda (Raymond Hainey / Bermuda Sun)
- Poland Pulls Punches as It Unveils Pension Reform Proposals (Business News Europe)
June 26th, 2013
- Never-Ending Climax of Russian Pension Reform (op-ed - Daniil Khavronyuk / Moscow Times)
- Japan's Rapidly Growing Pool of Senior Citizens a Problem (editorial - Bloomberg)
June 25th, 2013
June 24th, 2013
June 21st, 2013
- French President Fires Opening Salvo in Campaign to Reform Country’s Pension System (Oman Daily Observer)
- France's Socialist President Who Has No Alternative But to Cut Pension and Welfare Spending Faces an Awkward Test (The Economist)
June 20th, 2013
June 19th, 2013
- Chrysler Freezes Pension Plan for 8,000 Employees, Will Move Them to Defined Contribution Plan (Sarah Skidmore / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Visibility And The Clearer Trade? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 18th, 2013
June 17th, 2013
- Suddenly, Retiree Nest Eggs Look More Fragile (column - Jeff Sommer / New York Times)
- European Governments under Fire for Damaging Workplace Pensions (Charlie Thomas / aiCIO)
- PENSION PULSE: BT Pension Prepares For Inflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 14th, 2013
- Multiemployer Pension Plans Are Going Off the Rails (Michael Barry / PlanSponsor)
- Investment Returns Down for Educational Endowments (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- Retirement Will Kill You (Peter Orszag / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: When The Pension Crisis Hits Home? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 13th, 2013
June 12th, 2013
June 11th, 2013
- Disability Explosion Puts Social Security in Danger (op-ed - Howard Rich / Investors Business Daily)
- Minister Sacked as Kazakhstan Rethinks Pensions Reforms (Business News Europe)
- PENSION PULSE: Fallout From GPIF's New Asset Allocation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 10th, 2013
- With $35 Billion in Unfunded Pension Obligations, Puerto Rico Faces Uphill Budget Rush as 'Junk' Rating Looms (Michael Connor / Reuters)
- Japan's $1 Trillion Public Pension Fund Cuts Government Bond Weighting, Lifts Stocks (Chikafumi Hodo / Reuters)
- All of France Must Prepare for Pension Reform, Says Social Affairs Minister (Sophie Louet / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Benefits of Canada's Top Ten? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 7th, 2013
June 6th, 2013
June 5th, 2013
- French Pension Panel Proposes Higher Employer Burden (Catherine Bremer / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Abenomics Targets Japan's Pension Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 4th, 2013
- Nigeria House Okays Pension Reforms Act Amendment Bill (Codewit World News)
- PENSION PULSE: Japan's GPIF Mulls Shift Into Equities? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 3rd, 2013
- Pension Gaps at Not-For-Profit US Hospitals Growing, Says Moody's (Reuters)
- Medicare Will Be Exhausted in 2026, Social Security in 2033 (CNBC)
- Medicare Has 13 Years; Social Security Has 20 (Lynn Hume / The Bond Buyer)
- Social Security and Medicare: Time Running Out to Fix Them, Trustees Say (David T. Cook / Christian Science Monitor)
- READ: The 2013 Medicare and Social Security Trustees’ Report (blog - Sarah Kliff / Washington Post)
- How Secure Is Social Security? (Mike Patton / Forbes)
- Trustees Say Long-Run Medicare, Social Security Deficit Is $66 Trillion (Philip Klein / Washington Examiner)
- Eyelid Lifts Skyrocket Among Medicare Patients, Costing Taxpayers Millions (Joe Eaton and David Donald / The Center for Public Integrity)
- Even More Retirees Coming After Baby Boomers (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
May 31st, 2013
May 30th, 2013
- European Union Urges France to Revamp Pensions, Rein in Spending (Reuters)
- European Union Asks Spain to Speed Up Tax and Pension Reforms (Expatica.com)
- European Union Recommends Excessive Deficit Procedure for Malta -- Seeks Pension, Healthcare Reforms (Times of Malta)
- PENSION PULSE: The Decline of Dutch Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 29th, 2013
- Federal Bill Offers Pension Relief for Nonprofits (Kevin McGuinness / PlanSponsor)
- More Defined Benefit Pension Plans Going Bankrupt (Mike Shedlock / Townhall)
- Yawning Deficits Force Dutch Pension Funds to Cut Payouts (Norma Cohen and Matthew Steinglass / Financial Times)
- Evolution of Spanish Public Debt and Pension Promises (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Unloading European Properties? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 28th, 2013
- PBGC Bares Fangs in Deals That Could End in Defined Benefit Plan Terminations (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Church Pension Plan Status Being Tested by IRS, Class-Action Lawsuits (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- How to Combat the 401(k) Loan Problem (Corie Russell / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: OMERS To Reduce Pension Payouts? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 24th, 2013
May 23rd, 2013
May 21st, 2013
- Marianas House Panel OKs $300 Million Pension Obligation Bond Measure (Emmanuel T. Erediano / Marianas Variety)
- PENSION PULSE: Japanese Pensions Moving Into Alternatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 17th, 2013
May 16th, 2013
May 15th, 2013
- Half of Centenarians Have No Regrets, Survey Finds (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' New Alpha Chief? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 14th, 2013
- Teamsters' Multiemployer Pensions on Brink of Collapse: Department of Labor Asked to Investigate (column - Edward 'Ted' Siedle / Forbes)
- Pray for the PBGC (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Pension Reform Seen as Crucial for Ailing Portugal (MSN Money)
May 13th, 2013
- Accounting Changes Are Pushing Japanese Companies to Defined Contribution Plans (Douglas Appell / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Bonds Hear Bubble Echoes? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 10th, 2013
- Panasonic to Transition From Defined Benefit Pension Plan to Defined Contribution (Douglas Appell / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Return of Private Equity Giants? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 9th, 2013
May 8th, 2013
- Just Over Half of Americans Say They Are Financially Prepared to Live to the Age of 75, Study Finds (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- 10,962,532: US Disability Beneficiaries Now Exceed the Population of Greece (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Brazilian Pension Funds Go Global? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 7th, 2013
May 6th, 2013
- New Federal Rule Signals Kiss of Death for Nongovernment Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Mark Koba / CNBC)
- Voters Don't Like Political Class Bossing Them Around (Scott Rasmussen / Rasmussen Reports)
- Greece to Cut 15,000 Public Employees to Secure Bailout (UPI)
- PENSION PULSE: CPP Expansion Bad News For Canadians?
May 3rd, 2013
May 2nd, 2013
- Michigan Company Billed $465,774 for Teamsters Pension After Laying Off Its Last Unionized Trucker (Jack Spencer / Michigan Capitol Confidential)
- Retirement Cliff Ahead? (op-ed - Gene Moynihan / The Sand Paper)
- PENSION PULSE: Dog Days For Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 1st, 2013
- Retirement Plan Advisers Stung by PBS 'Frontline' Hatchet Job on 401(k)s (Darla Mercado / Investment News)
- PENSION PULSE: The CAAT and OPTrust Edge? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 30th, 2013
- Moving Ahead With 'Pension Progress' (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Economic Trends)
- Bankrupt Patriot Coal Asks Court to Slash Union Pensions (Nick Brown / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse's 2012 Annual Report (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 29th, 2013
- Loans Borrowed Against Pensions Squeeze Retirees (Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times)
- Most Gen Xers Own 401(k) Plans, MetLife Finds (PlanSponsor)
- US Corporate Pension Crisis a Huge Obstacle for the Economy (Sasha Cekerevac / Investment Contrarians)
- Spain Ups Taxes, Punts on Pension Reform. Will Europe Be Satisfied? (Andrés Cala / Christian Science Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Squeezing Retirees Into Pension Poverty? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 26th, 2013
- Q&A: Josh Gotbaum of the PBGC on Bankruptcy, Saving Pensions and Singing (Billy Cheung and Tom Hals / Reuters)
- Lump-Sum Buyouts Gain Traction Among US Corporate Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Sara Kelly / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Teachers Put Hedge Funds in Detention? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 25th, 2013
- Obama Wants to Make Sure You Don’t Retire Rich (Caroline Baum / Bloomberg)
- European Union Pension Proposals Alarm Local Retirement Plans (Steve Johnson / Financial Times)
- PENSION PULSE: How Australia Fixed a Retirement Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 24th, 2013
- Funding Status of 100 Largest US Corporate Pensions Fell for Second Consecutive Year, Study Finds (Tristan Lejeune / Employee Benefit News)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Betting on Multi-Family Real Estate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 23rd, 2013
- S&P Sees Pension Funding Burden on US Nonprofit Hospitals (Lisa Lambert and Caryn Trokie / Reuters)
- Sorry About Your Pension: Scotch? Cheese? Or Golf? (column - Steve Denning / Forbes)
- Pension Information Session Draws Hundreds in Moncton, New Brunswick; 'Something Needs to Change,' Says Finance Minister (Laura Brown / Global News)
- Czech State Pension Likely to Decrease, Reform Was Necessary (Prague Daily Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Leo de Bever on Imagining a Better Future (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 22nd, 2013
April 19th, 2013
- Teamsters' Pension Crisis Sapping Hoffa’s Support, Power (Patrick Howley / Daily Caller)
- Freedom 75? Quebec’s Pension Plans Are Falling Far Short (CTV Montreal )
- Quebec's Pension Structure Must Be Changed, Not Fixed, Says Committee Chair (Kevin Dougherty / Montreal Gazette)
- Acting Now on Ireland's Pensions Will Help to Avoid a Crisis (editorial - Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: China's State Funds Set to Grow? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 18th, 2013
- IMF Says US Public Pension Funds Are Increasing Risk to Dangerous Levels in Search of Yield (Kevin Olsen / Pensions & Investments)
- Cheddar Cheese Stocks Boost Irish Firm's Pension Fund (Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: IMF Warns of Pension Fund Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 17th, 2013
- Retirement Failures Will Be Costly, Fidelity President Warns (Eric Schulzke / Deseret News)
- A Defined Contribution Promise Is a More Solid Promise, Says President of Canada's Howe Institute (video - Benefits Canada)
- PENSION PULSE: Facade of Strength? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 16th, 2013
- How Congress Is Putting Corporate Pension Plans at Serious Risk (Josh Boak / The Financial Times)
- Report on Quebec’s Ailing Pension System Will Be Presented This Week (Kevin Dougherty / Montreal Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: The Great Pension Derisking? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- Union-Backed Pension Law Revision Would Allow Reduction of Retirees' Benefits to Shore Up Plans Headed for Insolvency (Kris Maher / MarketWatch)
April 15th, 2013
- Union-Employer Proposal Would Hit Some Retirees (Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal) $$
- PENSION PULSE: From Luxury Pensions to Marx's Revenge? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 12th, 2013
April 11th, 2013
- Multiemployer Unit of PBGC in Need of 'Comprehensive' Reform, Says GAO Report (Sarah Krouse / Financial News)
- PENSION PULSE: U.S. Pension Lifeboat Sinking? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 10th, 2013
April 9th, 2013
April 8th, 2013
- Obama Budget to Take Aim at Wealthy IRAs (Bernie Becker / The Hill)
- Portugal Court Strikes Down Cuts for State Workers and Pensioners (Anabela Reis & Joao Lima / Bloomberg)
April 5th, 2013
- Fears on Teamsters Pension Funding ( Michael Corkery / Wall Street Journal)
- Puerto Rico Senators Approve Public Pension System Overhaul (Reuters)
- Who’s the Master of Puerto Rico? Governor Garcia-Padilla or the Credit Rating Agencies? (blog - Cate Long / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions' Man in the Mirror? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 4th, 2013
April 3rd, 2013
April 2nd, 2013
April 1st, 2013
March 28th, 2013
- Teamsters Vote to Leave Failing Central States Pension Fund (press release - Taxpayers Protection Alliance)
- Forget Cyprus -- the EU Is About to Go Broke (Elizabeth Pfeuti / aiCIO)
- PENSION PULSE: Does Blame Predict Performance? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 26th, 2013
March 25th, 2013
- Corporate Pension Plans Evolve Into Quasi-Insurers (Charles E.F. Millard / CFO)
- Boeing to Close Defined Benefit Plan to Technical Workers (Barry B. Burr / Pensions & Investments)
- War Costs Ever Mount (commentary - Paul Jacob / Common Sense)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Retirement History? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 22nd, 2013
March 21st, 2013
- CalSTRS Underfunding Is Only the Latest Example of the Massive Pension Funding Crisis the Nation Faces (Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner)
- Puerto Rico Slides Toward Insolvency (blog - Cate Long / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP Does it Again, Gains 17.1% in 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 20th, 2013
March 19th, 2013
March 18th, 2013
- Scotland Is Facing a Pensions Timebomb That Will Cost the Next Generation Nearly €2 Billion a Year (Mark Aitken / Daily Record)
- Iraq War Could Cost $6 Trillion; Current Price Tag Is Already at $2 Trillion (John Glaser / Antiwar.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Treacherous Times For Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 17th, 2013
- Liabilities at Bank of Ireland Pension Fund Increase by €1.3 Billion (Jonathan Williams / Investment & Pensions Europe)
- 140 Bailed-Out Irish Bank Executives Claiming €100,000-Plus Pensions (John Drennan / Independent)
March 15th, 2013
- John Williams to Conduct Baltimore Symphony in Musicians' Pension Fund Benefit (Tim Smith / Baltimore Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Does Air Canada Deserve a Pension Lifeline? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 14th, 2013
- Underfunding Drives Corporate Pension Investment Strategies (PlanSponsor)
- Pension Time Bomb Ticking for Australia's Federal Government (op-ed - Daryl Dixon / The Australian)
- PENSION PULSE: Standard Private Equity Losing Its Luster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 13th, 2013
March 12th, 2013
March 7th, 2013
March 6th, 2013
- Funded Status of US Corporate Pension Plans Declines to 80.7% (Kevin Mcguinness / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Small Hedge Funds Outdoing Elite Rivals? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 5th, 2013
March 4th, 2013
- In Hunt for Revenue, Washington Eyes 401(k) Tax Breaks (Employee Benefit News)
- Corporate Pension Funded Status Not Rising Despite Contributions (Barry B. Burr / Pensions & Investments) $$
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Caisse Gains 9.6% in 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 2nd, 2013
March 1st, 2013
February 28th, 2013
- Puerto Rico Proposes Overhaul of Shaky Public Pensions; Faces Unfunded Liabilities of $37.3 Billion (Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Gains 9.6% in 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 27th, 2013
February 26th, 2013
- Message to Washington: Stop Scaring America (column - Terry Savage / Chicago Sun-Times)
- The Math Doesn't Work With US Sen. Harkin's Proposed Mandatory Retirement Plan (op-ed - Stephen J. Butler / Contra Costa Times)
- Website Helps You Tell Congress: Save My 401(k)
- DOCUMENTARY: Pension Plan Evolution – A New Financial Reality (Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' to Absorb More Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 25th, 2013
- Many Aging Boomers Balk at Retirement (Anita Creamer / Sacramento Bee)
- The True National Debt (column - Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post)
- Pope Benedict to Receive a Pension (blog - Matthew Heimer / MarketWatch)
February 22nd, 2013
February 21st, 2013
- A Credit Card Company as Inept as Medicare Would Have Been Bankrupt Long Ago (op-ed - Jane M. Orient / UT San Diego)
- PENSION PULSE: Worst Trade of the Year? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 20th, 2013
- Unions Demand Special Exemptions From Obamacare (Mike Shedlock / UnionWatch)
- Universal Private Retirement System Within Two Years, Harkin Pledges (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Taiwan's Civil Servant Pension Plan Still Better Than Laborers', Official Says (Lauly Li / the China Post)
February 19th, 2013
- Union Leaders Want Tax Increase For Illinois' Pension Debt (Benjamin Yount / The Telegraph)
- PBGC Should Investigate Causes of Pension Fund Failures (column - Edward Siedle / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Top Funds Activity: Q4 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 15th, 2013
- How the Fed Is Destroying Private Sector Retirement Plans (column - Terry Savage / Chicago Sun-Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Greek Pension Fund Best Hedge Fund of 2012? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 14th, 2013
February 13th, 2013
- IRS Announces New Rates for Defined Benefit Funding Calculations (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Americans Borrowing From the Future? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 11th, 2013
February 8th, 2013
February 6th, 2013
February 5th, 2013
- Antiquated Defined-Benefit Pension Plans Weigh Down US Companies (editorial - Washington Examiner)
- Pension Crisis Has Puerto Ricans Singing the Caribbean Blues (blog - Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest)
- PENSION PULSE: Global Pension Assets Hit All-Time High? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 4th, 2013
February 3rd, 2013
February 2nd, 2013
February 1st, 2013
January 31st, 2013
January 30th, 2013
January 29th, 2013
- PIMCO to Corporate Pension Funds: Get Real on Liabilities (Paula Vasan / aiCIO)
- Average Baby Boomer Is a Half-Million Dollars Short on Retirement Savings, Survey Finds (Rodney Brooks / USA Today)
- PENSION PULSE: Five Reasons to Go Slow on C/QPP Expansion? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 28th, 2013
- Finnish Pension Reform a Lesson for All (Amanda White / Top1000Funds)
- PENSION PULSE: Dangers of Fighting the Last Investment War? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 25th, 2013
- Yes, Mr. President, We Are a Nation of Takers (op-ed - Nicholas Eberstadt / Wall Street Journal)
- Politicians Need to Catch Up When It Comes to the People's Money (commentary - Scott Rasmussen / Rasmussen Reports)
- Kazakhstan's Pension System Thrown Into Turmoil (Krystyna Krzyzak / Investment & Pensions Europe)
- PENSION PULSE: World's Biggest Hedge Fund in Deep Trouble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 24th, 2013
- The Last Private Industry Pension Plans: A Visual Essay (William J. Wiatrowski / Monthly Labor Review)
- PENSION PULSE: This Bull Market Gets No Respect? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 23rd, 2013
January 22nd, 2013
- GAO Report Tells Americans: Buy More Annuities! (Jim Fink / Investing Daily)
- A Business-Friendly Way to Make Social Security Actuarially Sound (Mike Shedlock / Union Watch)
- Only 5% Approve of Congress’ Job Performance, According to Rassmussen Poll (video - Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Funds Betting on Global Trade? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 18th, 2013
January 17th, 2013
- Middle Class Could Face Inadequate Resources in Retirement, AARP Study Finds (Jill Cornfield / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Prepare For a Global Currency War? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 16th, 2013
January 15th, 2013
- A Look at Social Security Trends and Data (Mike Shedlock / Union Watch)
- History Suggests That America's Entitlement Era Is Winding Down (column - Michael Barone / Townhall)
- For Annuity.com, DRTV Is a Safe Bet (Al Urbanski / Direct Marketing News)
- PENSION PULSE: Wall Street Pay Gets Tougher Look? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 14th, 2013
January 10th, 2013
- Moroccco Faces Pension Fund Reforms (Ventures Africa)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Blowing $500M in the Wind? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 9th, 2013
January 8th, 2013
- Social Security Disability Insurance Will Be Insolvent in Three Years if Nothing Is Done (editorial - Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Corporate Plans Still Reeling After 2012? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 7th, 2013
- Time to Expand Audits of Pension Funds (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Speaking of Cliffs . . . (Steve Breen / UT San Diego)
- Federal Budget Fantasies (Muniland blog - Cate Long / Reuters)
- 2013 New Year’s Resolutions for the US Government (Mike Kubinec / Economic Freedom)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Perfect Storm? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 3rd, 2013
- Corporate Pension Funding Levels Slightly Declined in 2012 (Jay Polansky / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: The New Depression? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 2nd, 2013
- China's Pension Shortfall Is Expected to Reach $2.87 Trillion by 2013 China Radio International)
- The Great Pension Shift: Goodbye Safe, Dull Government Bonds (Sean Silcoff, Barrie McKenna and Bill Curry / Globe and Mail)
- Pension Pulse: Buh Bye Bonds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 31st, 2012
- Interest in Annuities Is Growing (Jay Polansky / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: The End Is Here? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 27th, 2012
- Social Security Ran $47.8 Billion Deficit in Fy 2012 (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- A Record 8.8 Million Now Receive Disability Benefits (Wynton Hall / Big Govenment)
- French Voters Get Bankruptcy for Social Security (editorial - Investor's Business Daily)
- Canada's Public Pension Shortfall Worse Than Ottawa Admits (Don Cayo / Vancouver Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Lump of Coal For Christmas? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 26th, 2012
- Pension Experts Hope PBGC 'Creativity' Doesn't Go Too Far (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- EU Economies Tap Pension Funds as Financing Source (Thao Hua / Pensions & Investments)
- Ex-UK Officials Get Millions in Pensions as Rest of Brits Feel Pinch (Tom Newton Dunn/ The Sun)
December 24th, 2012
December 21st, 2012
December 20th, 2012
- Medicare as We Know It Is No Longer an Option (Caroline Baum / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Supreme Court of Canada Rules on $28 Billion Surplus (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 19th, 2012
December 18th, 2012
December 17th, 2012
- The Defined Benefit Plan System: What Does the Future Hold? (David M. Certner / Bureau of National Affairs)
- Was Jimmy Hoffa Murdered Over a Pension Fund? Maybe. (blog - Kip McDaniel / aiCIO)
December 14th, 2012
December 12th, 2012
December 10th, 2012
- Court Approves Verizon Pension Buyout (Kristen Heinzinger / PlanSponsor)
- Fiscal Talks Could Result in Corporate Pension Funding Relief (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Argentina's Last Tango With Bondholders? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 7th, 2012
- Medicare Is Unsustainable in Current Form (Diana Furchtgott-Roth / MarketWatch)
- Verizon, Prudential: Annuities 'At Least' as Safe as Defined Benefit Pensions (Leanna Orr / aiCIO)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Fund Darwinism? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 6th, 2012
December 5th, 2012
- The Budget Baseline Con: How Washington Fools the Public About Spending 'Cuts' (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- Slovenia Passes Pension Reform (Europe Online Magazine)
- PENSION PULSE: Crusade Against External Fees? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 3rd, 2012
- Fiscal Cliff Idea: How About We Tax Your 401k? (Katie Pavlich / Townhall)
- CAMPAIGN WEBSITE: 'Save My 401k' With Online Petition to Congress (American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries)
- The Birth Rate Just Hit a Record Low; That's Bad News for Medicare (blog - Jess Jiang / NPR)
- Spain Puts Pension Payments on Austerity (Jonathan House and Ilan Brat / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Greece the Future of Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 30th, 2012
- American Benefits Council Urges Legislative Action to Save Defined Benefit Plans (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Denying Pension Benefits to Gay Couples? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 29th, 2012
- The Real Reason Unions Are Targeting Wal-Mart: Their Pension Funds Are Failing and Need Cash (column - Diana Furchtgott-Roth / Washington Examiner)
- America Needs a New Howard Jarvis (column - Cal Thomas / Washington Examiner)
- Yes, Social Security Drives the Deficit (column - Philip Klein / Washington Examiner)
- 165 Million Americans Are Now Dependents of Government (Bill Wilson / Forbes)
- US Growth in Spending Is in Entitlements: Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security (Caroline Baum / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: When CalPERS Meets Greece? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 28th, 2012
- The Books Are Cooked: True US National Debt Is Over $71 Trillion (Kevin Palmer / WatchdogWire)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Thinks Bond Party Is Over? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 27th, 2012
- Why $16 Trillion Only Hints at the True US Debt (op-ed - Chris Cox and Bill Archer / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Clinching a Lasting Greek Deal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 26th, 2012
- No Need for Sen. Harkin's Proposed New Mandatory Defined Contribution Plan for Private Sector (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Sen. Harkin Proposes Adding Fourth Leg to Proverbial Three-Legged Stool of Retirement (Pensions & Investments)
- Digging Out From Hole of Pension Underfunding (Drew Carter / Pensions & Investments)
- Russian Government Ducks Tough Choices on Pensions (Business News Europe)
- PENSION PULSE: Asia's Alternatives Paradise? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 25th, 2012
- PBGC Posts $34 Billion Deficit -- Will Insurance Premiums Go Up? (Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- American Airlines Says Too Many Pilots Will Retire if They Can Take Their Pensions as a Lump Sum (blog - Terry Maxon / Dallas News)
November 22nd, 2012
November 21st, 2012
November 20th, 2012
- With the Election Over, We Learn That the Federal Housing Administration Is Insolvent (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Pooled Pensions Remain a Dream? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 19th, 2012
- PBGC Deficit Hits Record at $34 Billion (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Is Running a $34 Billion Deficit (Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post)
- Hostess Brands to Terminate Pension Plan as Part of Liquidation (Kevin Olsen / Pensions & Investments)
- Ding Dong – This Pension Is Dead (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Hostess Brands Shutdown Highlights Looming Pension Crisis (Jeff Uscher / Money Morning)
- Twinkies Likely to Survive Sale of Hostess (Tom Krisher / Sacramento Bee)
- Opaque Dutch Pension System Shifting Towards Dcefined Contribtions (Jonathan Williams / Investments & Pensions Europe)
- Police Officers From Across Spain Protest Government Austerity Measures, Including Frozen Pensions (Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Ultimate 13F Guide: Q3 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 16th, 2012
November 15th, 2012
November 14th, 2012
November 13th, 2012
- Record 70.4 Million Enrolled in Medicaid in 2011 -- 1 Out of Every 5 Americans (Matt Cover / CNS News)
- First Step in Reforming Welfare State Is to Acknowledge It (op-ed - Robert J. Samuelson / Oange County Register)
- Puerto Rico's Slow Pension Reforms Risk Downgrades by S&P (Reuters)
- Pensions Conundrum Lies in a Legal Minefield (Kyran Fitzgerald / Irish Examiner)
- London's Pension Funds Are Failing, and Taxpayers Are on the Hook for the Bill, Research Claims (Elizabeth Pfeuti / aiCIO)
- Pension Reform Approved in Czech Parliament (Actuarial Post)
- Kazakhstan Develops Pension System Regulatory Reform (Kazakh TV)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Protectionism Stifle CPPIB's Expansion? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 8th, 2012
November 7th, 2012
- Young Workers’ Retirement Hopes Grow Bleaker Amid Economic Downturn (Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post)
- Kodak Gets Go-Ahead From Bankruptcy Judge to End Retiree Benefits (Maria Chutchian / Law360 $)
November 6th, 2012
- Harvard University Says Employee Health Care Costs Are Growing at an 'Unsupportable' Rate (Beth Healy and Robert Weisman / Boston Globe)
- Harvard University's Soaring Retirement Benefit Costs (blog - Steve Eide / PublicSectorInc.)
- The FHA's November Surprise: Will the Federal Housing Agency Soon Seek a Taxpayer Rescue? (editorial - Wall Street Journal $)
- US Corporate Pension Plan Funding Decreased in October, Erasing September Gains (Kristen Heinzinger / PlanSponsor)
- Northern Mariana Islands' Voters to Decide on Pension Obligation Bond Proposal (Alexie Villegas Zotomayor / Marianas Variety)
November 5th, 2012
November 2nd, 2012
- Taxpayer Deluge: National Flood Insurance May Be the Next Bailout (editorial - Wall Street Journal $)
- Low Interest Rates May Be 'Devastating’ to Annuities, Group Says (Zachary Tracer / Bloomberg)
- Taiwan Needs Pension Reform to Save the Country From Collapsing (editorial - The China Post)
- Greek Court Rules Pension Reform Might Be Unconstitutional (RIA Novosti)
- Jamaica Will Not Achieve Fiscal Sustainability Without Pension Reform, Says Finance Minister (Go-Jamaica)
- France's Baby-Boom Pensioners Head Back to Job Market (Nicholas Vinocur / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Hyping Up hedge Fund Hipsters? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 31st, 2012
- Higher Education Endowments Lose Net 0.3% on Investments (Kevin Olsen / Pensions & Investments)
- UK Pensions Minister Proposes Defined Benefit With 'No Liability Beyond Employment' (Jonathan Williams / Investment & Pensions Europe)
October 30th, 2012
- Most of NEA's Largest Affiliates Are Awash in Red Ink, Mostly Due to Pension Liabilities (Education Intelligence Agency)
- PENSION PULSE: Preparing For The Ultimate Disaster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 29th, 2012
- Mugging Our Descendants (column - George F. Will / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: The Paulson Disadvantge Minus Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 26th, 2012
- Russian Funds Band Together to Repel Government Pension Grab (Scott Rose / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Belt Few Home Runs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 25th, 2012
October 23rd, 2012
- A World of Debt (Congressman John Campbell / FlashReport)
- PENSION PULSE: Looking Past October's Market Jitters? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 22nd, 2012
- Verizon to Close Defined Benefit Pension Plan to New Union Employees Along With Buyout (Kevin Olsen / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Have Hedge Funds Lost the Magic? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 19th, 2012
- Who Has a Better Pension: Romney or Obama? (Jeff Cox / NBC News)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Risk Transfers: A Boon For Insurers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 18th, 2012
- PBGC Should Have Control Over Distressed Pensions’ Investing, According to One Financial Economist (Leanna Orr / aiCIO)
- Lawyers Writing About Pensions and Actuarial Topics — Badly (blog - R Timothy Muth / Actuary Law)
- Pension Rights Center Keeping a List of Corporate Pension Freezes and Lump Sum Offerings (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Your Pension as Big as Theirs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 17th, 2012
October 16th, 2012
October 15th, 2012
October 12th, 2012
- Kodak to End OPEB Benefits (Kristen Heinzinger / PlanSponsor)
- We Need a Better Debate on Our Nation's Debt (op-ed - Michael Tanner / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Corporate Canada's Pension Hole? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 11th, 2012
- Ageing Population May Overwhelm Thailand's Pension System (The Nation)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Pension Funds Adding More Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 10th, 2012
October 9th, 2012
- Aer Lingus Says Future Retirees Could Receive as Little as 4% of Their Pensions (RTÉ)
- PENSION PULSE: Has Europe's Moment Arrived? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 8th, 2012
October 5th, 2012
- Some Canadian Municipalities Could Be Headed for Bankruptcy, Report Says (Kevin Connor / Toronto Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Japan's GPIF Diversifying Into Alternatives? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 4th, 2012
- Greek-Spanish Pension Split Illustrates Europe’s Dilemma (Landon Thomas Jr. / New York Times)
- VIDEO: Violent Anti-Austerity Protests in Spain (Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: 'Enormous Unraveling' of Hedge Funds Near? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 3rd, 2012
- Life-Span Gap Skews Entitlements Toward the Well-Off (Peter Orszag / Bloomberg)
- ISSUE BRIEF: Are Aging Baby Boomers Squeezing Young Workers Out of Jobs? (Alicia H. Munnell & April Yanyuan Wu / Center for Retirement Research)
- PENSION PULSE: China Slides Into Pension Black Hole? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 2nd, 2012
- Los Angeles Takes Baby Steps on Pension Reform (editorial - Orange County Register)
- World Faces Ageing Population Time Bomb Says UN (Alex Spillius and Julian Ryall / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Yield Hunt Pushing Funds Back Into CLOs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 1st, 2012
- Obama’s Social Security Disability Policy Busting California's Budget (Wayne Lusvardi / CalWatchdog)
- PENSION PULSE: Landmark Settlement for Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 28th, 2012
- It's Up, It's Good! NFL-Referee Deal Includes Defined-Benefit Pension Plan Freeze (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: A Hobson’s Choice for Europe? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 27th, 2012
- Global Pension Assets: Another Tough Year (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- US Postal Service to Default — Again (Bernie Becker / The Hill)
September 26th, 2012
September 25th, 2012
- Public Employee Unions Need to Learn That Government Doesn't Have Infinite Resources (op-ed - Tom Patterson / East Valley Tribune)
- MAP: Notable US Cities, Counties and States at or Near Fiscal Insolvency (Deseret News)
- Public Pension Crisis and 'The Pain Ahead' (Shock Exchange / Seeking Alpha)
- State Public Pension Gap: Shrinking But Still Huge (Michael Aneiro / Barron's)
- PENSION PULSE: The Oracle of Ontario? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 24th, 2012
September 20th, 2012
September 19th, 2012
- Death of Zombie Pensions Will Be Worse Than 2008 (Edward Siedle / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Janet Tavakoli on the New Robber Barons (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 18th, 2012
September 17th, 2012
- Boeing Looks to Close Defined Benefit Pension Plan for New Engineers on West Coast (Kevin Olsen / Pensions & Investments)
- Social Security and Disability Payments Hit Annual Records—with Month Left in Fiscal Year (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Thy Glory of Collateral Transformation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 14th, 2012
September 11th, 2012
- This Changes Everything: General Motors and the End of the Defined Benefit Pension as We Know It (Benjamin Ruffel / aiCIO Magazine)
- Employer Health Care Costs Expected to Increase Despite Health Care Reform Legislation (PlanSponsor)
September 10th, 2012
September 7th, 2012
- Unilateral Benefits Modification Allowed When Vesting Not Apparent, Court Rules (Richard Siegel / Employee Benefit News)
- PENSION PULSE: Big Buyout Funds a Drag on Pension Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 6th, 2012
- NFL Proposes Freezing Game Officials' Defined Benefit Pension Plan (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Pensions Gambling On Hunger? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 4th, 2012
- Why Does Social Security Need 174,000 Bullets? (Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece And The End Of The European Dream? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 3rd, 2012
- Japan Plans to Cut State Spending, Could Run Out of Money in a Month (The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Go Ahead, Make Our Pensions Disappear? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 31st, 2012
- Dutch Get Ready to Cut Current Public Employee Retirement Benefits to Save Their Pension System (Frank Keegan / State Budget Solutions)
- Census Bureau Reports There Are 89,004 Local Governments in the United States (Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Defusing Japan's Pension Time Bomb? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 30th, 2012
August 29th, 2012
August 28th, 2012
- Social Security’s Woes Are Worse Than You Think (Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg)
- Social Security a Train Wreck (letter - The Ledger)
- Both Parties Pander on Medicare (op-ed - Michael D. Tanner / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Split in Private Equity Funding? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 27th, 2012
- Why Traditional Defined-Benefit Pension Plans Are Disappearing (op-ed - Susan Hoffman / Philadelphia Inquirer)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Hedge Funds Playing a Loser's Game? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 24th, 2012
- Big Income Losses for Those Near Retirement (blog - Catherine Rampell / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: In Defense Of The Hedge Fund Industry? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 23rd, 2012
- Treasury Department Sets Rates for Corporate Pension Stabilization (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: The Canadian Pensioners Who Own Britain? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 21st, 2012
- Why ZIRP May Mean Zip (David Cay Johnston / Reuters)
- Caterpillar and Its Illinois Union Will Transition Workers From a Defined-Benefit Pension to a 401(k) Plan (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Tracking Top Funds Activity: Q2 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 20th, 2012
- GM Blazes New Trail (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Tracking Top Funds Activity: Q2 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 17th, 2012
August 15th, 2012
August 14th, 2012
August 13th, 2012
- Social Security’s Long-Term Funding Gap Exceeds $30 Trillion, Dwarfing Short-Term Surplus (AP / Washington Post)
- Social Security Propaganda (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Social Security is Cheap Compared With Europe’s Retirement Systems, and Some Are Facing Worse Financial Problems (AP / Washington Post)
August 10th, 2012
August 9th, 2012
August 8th, 2012
- Why California and the US Are Going Bankrupt (CalWatchdog)
- PENSION PULSE: Investors Bolting Out Of Equities? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 7th, 2012
August 6th, 2012
- Social Security Not the Deal It Once Was for Workers (Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press)
- Social Security: How Much I Pay vs. How Much I Get (Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Stocks Soar to New Highs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 3rd, 2012
- GM Pension Underfunding Up 15.4% in 12 Months (Barry B. Burr / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Macro Funds Bringing Home the Bacon? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 2nd, 2012
August 1st, 2012
July 30th, 2012
- TARP Bailout Was Even Worse Than You Think: "An Abysmal Failure," Barofsky Says (Aaron Task / Daily Ticker)
- PENSION PULSE: A Market-Friendly Debt Buyback? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 27th, 2012
July 26th, 2012
- What’s Keeping the Euro Zone Together? Public Sector Pensions (Patrick Allen / CNBC)
- World’s Biggest Pension Fund in Japan Begins Selling Government Bonds to Cover Payouts (Monami Yui and Yumi Ikeda / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Can Japan's GPIF Solve its Funding Problems? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 25th, 2012
July 23rd, 2012
- Federal Highway Bill Saves GE $2.5 Billion in Pension Contributions (Timothy Pollard / Pensions & Investments)
- Retirees Wrestle With Pension Buyout From General Motors (Mary M. Chapman / New York Times)
- Pension Plans Increasingly Underfunded at Largest Companies (Floyd Norris / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: America's 401(k) Nightmare? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 19th, 2012
July 16th, 2012
- The Real Class Warfare Is Baby Boomers vs. Younger Americans (Nick Gillespie / Reason Magazine)
- LIBOR: The Worst Banking Scandal Yet? (editorial - Bloomberg)
- Britain's Pay and Pension Apartheid (column - Matthew Elliott / Daily Mail)
July 13th, 2012
July 12th, 2012
- Moody’s Changes Publlic Pension Solvency Assumption Rate to 5.5% (editorial - UnionWatch)
- Rough Skies Ahead for American Airlines Pilots and Retirees (Employee Benefit News)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Hedge Funds Burning Investors? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 10th, 2012
- Could the Federal Government Now Mandate That Companies and Individuals Have Pension Plans? (editorial - Pensions & Investments)
- Federal and State Governments Overpaid an Estimated $14 Billion in Unemployment Benefits (Annalyn Censky / CNN Money)
- New Law Giving US Corporations a Break on Pensions Causes Concern (Alan Fram / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: US Pension Law Causes New Worries? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 9th, 2012
- Corporate Pension Legislation Winner: Uncle Sam (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments / $)
- Corporate Pension Relief Bill Presents Risks (Jay Polansky / Plan Sponsor)
- A Government Mandate for Private Pensions? (editorial - Pensions & Investments /$)
- Former Auto Czar to Testify at Congressional Hearing on GM's Union Pensions (David Shepardson / Detroit News)
- A Small Percentage of Cases Make Up the Great Bulk of Medicare Spending on Hospital Care (Janet Adamy & Tom McGinty / Wall Street Journal / $)
- PENSION PULSE: A Hedge Fund's Lesson in Volatility? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 6th, 2012
- Local, State Pensions Fall Another $1.5 Trillion Short So Far This Year (Frank Keegan / State Budget Solutions)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Companies Offload Pension Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 3rd, 2012
- Federal Highway Bill Contains CalPERS-Style 'Smoothing' Pension Gimmick for Corporate Pension Plans (Angelica Malik / The Daily Caller)
- Every Public Employee Deserves Social Security (editorial - UnionWatch)
- 8,733,461: Workers on Federal 'Disability' Exceed Population of New York City (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Who Was The Real Victor in Brussels? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 2nd, 2012
- Looking for Cash, Congress Finds About $20 Billion in an Unlikely Place: Company Pension Funds (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Congress Passes Corporate Pension Changes in Highway Package (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Highway Bill Passes Congress, WSJ Blasts 'Fiscal Accounting Hocus Pocus' (Marc Scribner / OpenMarkets.org)
- Highway Bill Allows Corporations to Contribute Less Over the Next Several Years to Their Defined-Benefit Pensions (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- The Troubling News on the Corporate Pension Front (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Metters)
- Federal Employees' Retirement Benefits Spared in Highway Bill (Jolie Lee / Federal News Radio)
- PENSION PULSE: The Rise and Fall of Hedge Fund Titans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 29th, 2012
- Pension Funding Relief, PBGC Premium Hikes Part of Bill Negotiations (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Why General Motors Is a Pension Plan Leader (Charles Millard / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Leo de Bever Warns of Storm Clouds Ahead? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 28th, 2012
- An Estimate for Needed Retirement Savings for Those in the Private Sector (blog - Ann Carrns / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: What Will Germany Do? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 27th, 2012
June 25th, 2012
- Our Brewing Federal Fiscal Calamity (Mark Funkhouser / Governing Magazine)
- With $2 Billion in Pension Libilities, Air Canada Is Running Out of Fuel (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Canada Free Press)
- Canada's Federal Government Looks to Scrap Benefit Cushion for Retiring Public Employees (Jason Fekete / Calgary Herald)
- PENSION PULSE: Time to Get Exotic in These Rigged Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 22nd, 2012
- Bolivian Police Mutiny Over Pay and Pensions (Carlos Valdez / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Funds Flight to Safety Skews Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 21st, 2012
- 'GASB Won't Let Me' — A False Objection to Public Pension Reform (Robert M. Costrell / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Back to Basics at ATP and APG? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 19th, 2012
June 18th, 2012
June 15th, 2012
- General Motors Says It May Propose Pension Buyouts to Union (Bill Vlasic / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Should Pension Plans Introduce PenPIRR? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 14th, 2012
June 13th, 2012
- Social Security Is Not Your Money (op-ed - Walter Williams / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: The Myth of Spanish Fly? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 12th, 2012
- Demand Soaring for Pension Transfers to Insurers (Ben Berkowitz, Aaron Pressman, Cezary Podkul / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Smaller Hedge Funds Buckling? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 11th, 2012
- The Real Lesson From the Wisconsin Recall: When the Issues Were Clear, Voters Were Rational (Steven Greenhut / Reason Magazine)
- Delphi Salaried Retirees Get Documents From the PBGC for Their Pension Termination Case (David Shepardson / Detroit News)
June 10th, 2012
June 8th, 2012
- Funded Status of US Corporate Pensions Declines to Lowest Recorded Level, According to BNY Mellon (press release)
- PENSION PULSE: The End of Germany's Illusions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 7th, 2012
- France's New Socialist President Cuts Retirement Age (Emma Rowley / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Top Court Reviewing Pension Case? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 6th, 2012
June 5th, 2012
- Poll: Are You Going to Work Until You’re 80? (column - Mary Ann Milbourn / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: GM and Ford's Pensions Jubilee? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 4th, 2012
June 1st, 2012
May 31st, 2012
- California Bill to Create State-Run Retirement Program for Private Workers Passes in Senate (Judy Lin / Mercury News)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece 10 Years Ahead? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 30th, 2012
- America's Top 50 Annuities (Karen Hube / Barron's)
- PENSION PULSE: Tracking Top Funds' Activity: Q1 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 29th, 2012
May 28th, 2012
May 27th, 2012
- Longboat Key, Florida Descends Into the First Level of Pension Hell (Steve Reid / Longboat Key News)
May 25th, 2012
May 24th, 2012
May 23rd, 2012
- American Academy of Actuaries Makes Suggestions for Stabilizing Pension Funding (PlanSponsor)
- Mercer Asks Congress for Pension Funding Reforms (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Returns 6.6% in Fiscal 2012 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 22nd, 2012
May 21st, 2012
- Ottawa Keeps 2007 Pension Report Under Wraps (Mark Kennedy / Windsor Star)
- PENSION PULSE: The Endgame for Greece and Europe? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 16th, 2012
May 15th, 2012
- PBGC: Protector or Predator? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- The Union Pension Bomb: Multi-Employer Plans Look to Be in Big Trouble (editorial - Wall Street Journal $)
- Retirement Income Planning in Private Sector Is More Complex Now (editorial - Investment News)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Centrists Save Greece and Eurozone? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 14th, 2012
- Union’s Pension Plan Targeted for Criminal Probe by Federal Authorities (Judy Thomas / McClatchy Newspapers)
- As Europe’s Economic Outlook Darkens, US Risks Grow (Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Newspapers)
- Greece Will Run Out of Money Soon, Warns Deputy Prime Minister (Andrew Gilligan / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Mother of All Risks in 2012? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 11th, 2012
- Putnam Investments' Chief Executive Aims to Put Retirement Security on Election Agenda (Mark Schoeff Jr / Pensions & Investments)
- Political Inaction on Social Security Is Our Fault (op-ed - David W. Dickey / Orange County Register)
May 10th, 2012
- Health Care Costs in Retirement Rise: Medical Bills Could Cost a Retired Couple $240,000 (Mark Jewell / Huffington Post)
- Ford’s Risky Pension Gambit (David McCann / CFO)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Secret Pension Plan? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 9th, 2012
May 8th, 2012
- Firefighters in Santa Ana, California Will Collect Both Pensions and Paychecks (Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO Offers 'Dose of Reality' (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Financial Post)
- PENSION PULSE: The Bear Paradox of 2012? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 7th, 2012
- Yolo County, California Wants Its Employees to Contribute to Their Own Pensions (Loretta Kalb / Modesto Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Has Europe's Golden Dawn Arrived? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 4th, 2012
May 3rd, 2012
- Social Security: Old Daddy Benefits (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / The Conservatory)
- PENSION PULSE: Simon Lack's Hedge Fund Mirage? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 1st, 2012
April 30th, 2012
- How Public Employees' Retirement Benefits May Sink the States (Steven Malanga / Wall Street Journal)
- Social Security and Medicare: 'First, Let’s Kill All the Actuaries' (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: A Global Game Changer? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 27th, 2012
- 401(k) Plunder: Feds Eye Taxing Private Sector Retirement Funds to Cut $16 Trillion-Plus Deficit (Gregory Bresiger / New York Post)
- Ford Will Offer Retirees Lump Sum to Buy Out Pensions (Fred Meier / USA Today)
- Social Security Needs Fixing Now (editorial - San Francisco Chronicle)
- The Shrinking Social Security Trust Fund: Are We Really Surprised? (James Moore / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Social Security Slated to Run Dry in 2033? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 26th, 2012
April 25th, 2012
- Trustees Warn of Looming Insolvency for Social Security, Medicare (Noam N. Levey / Chicago Tribune)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Social Security's Insolvency Coming Sooner Than We Thought (Scott Stantis / Chicago Tribune)
- Grim News on Social Security and Medicare -- But Who's Listening in Washington? (editorial - Chicago Tribune)
- The Trustees' Report: Things Aren't Looking Up for Social Security and Medicare (Veronique de Rugy / National Review)
- READ THE REPORT: The 2012 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of Social Security and Medicare (Social Security Administration)
- PENSION PULSE: Beaten Down Hedge Funds Fight Back? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 24th, 2012
- Will Social Security Be There for Your Retirement? (Janet Novack / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teacher’s CEO Offers Dose of Reality? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 23rd, 2012
- American Airlines Wants to Freeze or Terminate Pension Plans, Curb Health Benefits (David Koenig / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: The Stay-Liquid-And-Wait Strategy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 20th, 2012
- The Surprisingly Large US Welfare State (analysis - The Globalist)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity Funding an Economic Revival? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 19th, 2012
April 18th, 2012
- House Committee Hears Testimony on Tax-Favored Retirement Accounts (Tara Cantore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: HOOPP Leads its Peers, Up 12.2% in 2011 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 17th, 2012
April 16th, 2012
April 12th, 2012
April 9th, 2012
- Debt on Student Loans May Be the Next Fiscal Crisis (editorial - Ventura County Star)
- PENSION PULSE: March Madness in Job Reports? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 6th, 2012
April 5th, 2012
April 4th, 2012
April 3rd, 2012
- Obamacare's Assault on States' Budgets (editorial - Gerri Willis / Fox Business)
- The Coming Showdown Over Public Sector Pensions in Canada (column - Gordon Pape / Moneyville)
April 2nd, 2012
- 2012 New York Times, Heed 1980 New York Times on Social Security (editorial - Union-Tribune)
- Ontario Province's Public Sector Pension Reforms Are Inadequate (op-ed - Bill Tufts / The Record)
- World Bank Team Proposes New Way for Jamaica to Determine Public Pensions (Sabrina Gordon / The Gleaner)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Budget 2012: Where's the Pension Beef? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 30th, 2012
- Poland's Ruling Parties Agree on Pension Reform (Vanessa Gera / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Smaller Hedge Funds Best Larger Rivals? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 29th, 2012
- Austerity: When It’s Time to Face the Music, Ideology Doesn’t Matter; All That Matters Is the Math (column - Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail)
- Battle Lines Being Drawn in Canada Over Public Pensions (Tasha Kheiriddin / National Post)
March 28th, 2012
- Stockton, California Gets Ratings Cut by Moody’s as Bankruptcy Option Looms (Alison Vekshin / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Booking Profits After Stellar Q1? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 27th, 2012
March 26th, 2012
- Student-Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion (Josh Mitchell and Maya Jackson-Randall / Wall Street Journal)
- Part 1: Canada’s Police Among the Best Paid in the World (editorial - Globe and Mail)
- Part 2: Canadian Law Enforcement Must Adapt to New Era of Fiscal Restraint (editorial - Globe and Mail)
- Part 3: The Case for Early Retirement of Canada's Police Is Unproven (editorial - Globe and Mail)
- The Real Culprit in Winnipeg's Budget? Spending on Police Pay and Benefits (column - Gordon Sinclair Jr. / Winnipeg Free Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Next Pensions Prime Minister? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 23rd, 2012
March 22nd, 2012
March 21st, 2012
March 20th, 2012
March 19th, 2012
- Public Pensions for All! (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / The Conservatory)
- University of California/Davis Pepper-Spray Assault: 'Social Justice' vs. Public Employee Rights (blog - Chris Reed / Calwhine)
- Pension Funding Legislation Could Offer Corporations Some Relief, But Some See Risky Possibilities (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Is Congress Setting Itself Up for a Pension Crisis? (blog - Brad Plumer / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Waiting for the Market to Correct? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 16th, 2012
- 'New Normal' Budgeting for 2013: Tax Revenues Are Up, But Deferred Costs Are Waiting to Be Paid (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- PENSION PULSE: Lose-Lose for Pensions as Deficit Swells? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 13th, 2012
March 12th, 2012
- GAO Report Buries the Ugly Truth About Doomed Public Pension Plans (Frank Keegan / State Budget Solutions)
- Structural Factors of the Municipal Pension Crisis (blog - Ivan Osorio / Open Market)
- Ford to Offer Lump-Sum Pension Payments to 25,000 Salaried Workers (Alisa Priddle / Detroit Free Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Where is Pericles Today? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 9th, 2012
- Stop Billing the Grandkids: Intergenerational Equity in Pension Plans Is Long Overdue (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- Delphi Retirees Are Among the Human Victims of the Auto Bailout (Shikha Dalmia / Reason Magazine)
March 8th, 2012
- American Airlines’ Parent Says It Will Freeze Three of Its Four Pension Plans (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- The Perilous State of Pensions (column - Jonathan D. Miller / GlobeSt.com)
- PBGC Outlines Impact of Ending Corporate Pension Plans (Associated Press)
- Greek Debt Write-Down: The Era of Risk-Free Government Bonds Nears Its End (Howard Schneider / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: US Pension Woes Worsening? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 7th, 2012
- Allen Stanford Found Guilty of Bilking Investors of Billions (Anna Driver, Eileen O'Grady and Chris Baltimore / HedgeWorld)
- PENSION PULSE: Rally Running on PSI Fumes? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 5th, 2012
- The Pension Hole Grows Deeper in Both Public and Private Sectors (column - Joe Clark / Herald Bulletin)
- PENSION PULSE: Footing the Bill for Pensions in Private Law Firms? (blog - Leo Kolivakas)
March 2nd, 2012
March 1st, 2012
February 29th, 2012
- Canadian City of Saint John Would Need a 40% Tax Hike to Pay Current Pension Debt (Robert Jones / CBC News)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece Swallows a Bitter Pension Pill? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 28th, 2012
- Workers Fear More Cuts in Retirement Benefits (Christine Dugas / USA Today)
- PENSION PULE: OMERS Posts 3.2% Return in 2011 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 27th, 2012
February 26th, 2012
- The $500 Billion Question: Do California's Democratic Legislators Want Pension Reform? (Joel Fox / Fox & Hounds)
- Bank of America Freezes Defined Benefit Pension Plans for Current Employees (Los Angeles Business)
- 'Japanese Madoff' Lost Most Of the $2.3 Billion in Pension Assets It Managed (Kana Inagaki, Atsuko Fukase & Phred Dvorak / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Returning to Old European Rivalries? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 24th, 2012
- Retirement Policy Leaders Meet in Washington to Discuss Solutions (Lisa Gillespie / Employee Benefit News)
- Corporate Pension Plans Ready to Seek More Relief From Congress (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Bank of America to Freeze Its Defined Benefit Plans (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- SLIDE SHOW: Major Corporate Pension Plan Freezes (Pensions & Investments)
February 23rd, 2012
February 21st, 2012
- For Boomers in the Private Sector, It's a New Era of 'Work Til You Drop' (John Rogers / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Post Greek Bailout Melt-Up or Meltdown? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 20th, 2012
- Popular Payroll Tax Cut Creating Future Generation Warfare Over Social Security (column - Terry Savage / Chicago Sun-Times)
- PENSION PULSE: The Greek Experiment? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 19th, 2012
February 17th, 2012
- $3.2-Billion Pension Crunch Looming at Canadian Universities (Barry Critchley / Financial Post)
- In Many EU Countries, Public Pensions Have Become the Largest Single Budget Item (Stanley Pignal / Financial Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Drummond Report Goes After Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 16th, 2012
- It’s Math, Not Politics: Vast National Debt Is a Killer (editorial - Union-Tribune)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Leaving Debt for Our Children (Steve Breen / Union-Tribune)
- General Motors to End Traditional Pensions for US Salaried Employees and Replace Them With Defined-Contribution Plan (Bryce G. Hoffman / Detroit News)
- General Motors Moves to 401(k)-Style Pensions (Greg Gardner / Detroit Free Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Portugal’s Debt Efforts a Warning for Greece? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 14th, 2012
- American Airlines' Attempt to Ditch $9 Billion of Pension Obligations Riles PBGC, Labor Unions (Steven Mufson / Seattle Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Refining Canada's CPI Before Bubble Bursts? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 13th, 2012
February 12th, 2012
February 10th, 2012
February 8th, 2012
February 6th, 2012
February 3rd, 2012
- American Airlines Went Bankrupt in November; Should Taxpayers Be on the Hook for Pension Benefits? (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- PENSION PULSE: World's Best Hedge Fund a Pension Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 1st, 2012
- Already $23 Billion Underfunded, PBGC Pressures American Airlines to Aviod Add'l $9 Billlion Loss (Mary Williams Walsh & Jad Mouawad / NY Times)
- Italy Spends Nearly a Third of Its Annual Budget on Pensions (FinFacts)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada’s Subprime Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 31st, 2012
- 54% of Defined-Contribution Plan Participants Think They Can Retire Comfortably (Rob Kozlowski / Pensions & Investments)
- Canadian Prime Minister Hints at Raising Age of Eligibility for Retirement to 67 From 65 (Steven Chase & Bill Curry / Globe and Mail)
- Italy on the Verge of a Full Revolt (Alexander Jousse / Dollar Vigilante)
January 30th, 2012
January 27th, 2012
January 26th, 2012
January 25th, 2012
January 24th, 2012
- VIDEO: Can Canadians Afford Public Employee Unions Any More? (43 minutes - Gord Martineau / CityNews)
- PENSION PULSE: Teaching Hedge Funds a Lesson? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 23rd, 2012
January 20th, 2012
- PBGC Says American Airlines Has Paid Only $6.5 Million of the $100 Million It Was Supposed to Pay Into Employee Pension Plans (Sacramento Bee)
- Pension Plan for Canada's Members of Parliament Faces $1 Billion Shortfall, Report Says (with video - CTV)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian MPs' Snouts in the Pension Trough? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 19th, 2012
January 18th, 2012
- Analysis: Higher Pension Burden Makes Developed Market Countries Decreasingly Creditworthy (Peter Apps / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's Housing Bubble About to Burst? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 17th, 2012
- Federal Debt Climbs Past Annual GDP (blog - Emily Skarbek / MyGovCost.org)
- The American Economy, as Seen in a Twinkie (editorial - St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Are European Pensions Causing Financial Crisis? (Denisova Olga / The Voice of Russia)
- PENSION PULSE: Chopping Down Hedge Fund Fees? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 16th, 2012
- Determined to Be Free (commentary - Paul Jacob / Common Sense)
- GM Could Launch Retiree Pension 'Buyout' to Reduce Its $22 Billion in Unfunded Liabilities (David Shepardson / Detroit News)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece Faces Crucial Week? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 15th, 2012
January 13th, 2012
January 12th, 2012
- BREAKING: Europe's $39 Trillion Pension Risk Grows as Economy Falters (Rebecca Christie and Peter Woodifield / Bloomberg)
- High Pension and Healthcare Costs Contribute to Hostesss Brands' Bankruptcy Filing (Mae Anderson / Associated Press)
- Even the Swiss May Have to Take Pensions Cuts (Mark Cobley / eFinancialNews)
- PENSION PULSE: Europe’s $39 Trillion Pension Risk? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 11th, 2012
- What Do Newt Gingrich and Public Pension Accountants Have in Common? A Belief in a Free Lunch (Jeffrey Brown / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Wither Canadian and US Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 10th, 2012
- Welfare State Redistributes Wealth From Workers to Nonworkers in Form of Pensions and Medical Care for Retirees (op-ed - George Will / OC Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds On Track For Another Poor Year? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 9th, 2012
- Bad Year for Pensions Ends Badly: Deficit for 100 Largest Corporate Pensions Reaches a Record $464 Billion, Says Milliman (Sacramento Bee)
- More Retirees But Fewer Doctors, Thanks to Government (Patrick W. Hisel, MD / KevinMD.com)
- Courage Is Needed to Tackle Montreal's Far-Too-Generous Pensions (Bill Tufts and Lee Fairbanks / The Gazette)
- Fears of Chaos in Ireland's Public Sector as 6,500 Staff Prepare to Retire (Anne-Marie Walsh, Tom Brady and Edel O'Connell / Independent)
- Japan Says It Needs Consumption Tax Rate of 17% to Cover Social Security Costs (Hideo Kamata / The Yomiuri Shimbun)
January 7th, 2012
January 6th, 2012
- Shell Is Last of UK's Big Companies to Scrap Gold-Plated Defined Benefit Plan for New Hires (Phillip Inman / The Guardian)
- Canadian Public Pensions a Fat Target for Conservatives (op-ed - John Ivison / National Post)
January 4th, 2012
January 3rd, 2012
January 2nd, 2012
December 31st, 2011
December 30th, 2011
- VIDEO: Congress’ Growing Disconnect With American Families (Gerri Willis / Fox Business)
- Jobless Tap Social Security Disability Benefits as Unemployment Runs Out (Damian Paletta and Dionne Searcey / Wall Street Journal)
- British Government Reveals 'Alarming' Shortfall in Private Sector Pensions (James Hall / The Telegraph)
December 28th, 2011
- Pensions Remain a Contentious Issue for Automakers (Joseph Szczesny / Oakland Press)
- PENSION PULSE: Differential Accumulation and Threat of War? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 27th, 2011
- 2009 Medicare Trustees' Report Put the Unfunded Medicare Liability at $89 Trillion (Walter E. Williams / LewRockwell.com)
- The Differences Between Private Sector Greed and Public Sector Greed (Michael Bargo Jr. / American Thinker)
- As Kodak Struggles, Eastman Chemical Thrives (Ernest Scheyder and Liana B. Baker / Reuters)
- China's Pension Funds Wrestle With Large Deficits (Caixin Online / Market Watch)
- Bengal Mulls Social Security Net for Hooch Traders (IBN)
- VIDEO: Belgian Firemen Hose Ministry Building in Protest Over Pension Reforms (EuroNews)
- PENSION PULSE: Dangers Of Machine Readable News? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 25th, 2011
December 24th, 2011
December 23rd, 2011
- Stop Cheating Social Security With Payroll Tax Cut (editorial - Chicago Tribune)
- Social Security Payroll Tax Cut to Cost Homebuyers $5,000 (blog - Mary Ann Milbourn / Orange County Register)
- Why Not Abolish Social Security Payroll Taxes Altogether? (blog - Nick Gillespie / Reason)
- Low-Income Workers Benefit From 401(k) Plans (Andrea Davis / Employee Benefit News)
- Screen Actors Guild Members Push for Independent Investigation Into Charges of Pension Plan Embezzlement (Brent Lang / Reuters)
- British Pension Deal Eases Fears of Public Employee Strike (Reuters / New York Times)
- Russia's Bureaucrats Costly and Too Numerous, Says Report (Vedomosti / Moscow Times)
December 22nd, 2011
- Report Finds Canada's Unfunded Liability for its Public Pension Plans Totals $227 Billion -- $80 Billion More Than Reported (C.D. Howe Institute)
- READ OR DOWNLOAD THE REPORT: 'Ottawa’s Pension Gap: The Growing and Under-reported Cost of Federal Employee Pensions' (pdf - C.D. Howe Institute)
- 24-Hour Public Sector Strike to Protest Pension Reform Hits Belgium Trains, Traffic (Washington Post)
- Hungary's Top Court May Rule on Pension Fund Nationalization Case (Zoltan Simon / BusinessWeek)
December 21st, 2011
December 20th, 2011
- California Legislators Need to Bring Escalating State Retirement Costs Under Control (editorial - Riverside Press-Enterprise)
- Congress Ends 2011 With Record-Low 11% Approval (Gallup)
- American Airlines Pensions Stir Debate (Susan Carey / Wall Street Journal)
- Canada in a Public Pension Danger Zone (Diane Francis / Financial Post)
- Russian President Medvedev May Raid Pension Fund to Build Roads (Roland Oliphant / The Moscow Times)
December 19th, 2011
- Torrent of Bad Financial News Flows Out of Europe (Shawn Pogatchnik / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds On The Ropes? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 17th, 2011
December 16th, 2011
- Canada's Great Pension Divide: Public Servants Have Good Ones, The Rest of Us . . . (column - Kelly Egan / Ottawa Citizen)
- VIDEO: Interview With Canadian Pension Reformer Bill Tufts on Ottawa's $80 Billion Understatement of Its Pension Debt (Anita Sharma / Sun News)
- Finance Committee for Canada Calls for a Review of Public Pensions (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Exchange Magazine)
- PENSION PULSE: The Norwegian Butter Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 15th, 2011
- Greek Public Employees Walk Off the Job to Protest Pension and Pay Cuts (Associated Press / CNBC)
- PENSION PULSE: Extreme Volatility Confounding Investors? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 13th, 2011
December 12th, 2011
December 11th, 2011
December 10th, 2011
December 9th, 2011
December 8th, 2011
- Social Security: Tax-Holiday Tricks Only Undermine Social Contract (column - Amity Shlaes / Bloomberg)
- VIDEO: 80 Is the New 65 for Retirement in the Private Sector (The Street / Yahoo Finance)
- Portugal to Use Pension Funds to Reduce Its Deficit (Retirement Income Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: A Tale of Two Funding Reports on the State of Corporate Pension Funding? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 7th, 2011
December 6th, 2011
- Ohio Congressman Seeks to Expand Probe Into Delphi Pensions (Thomas Gnau / Dayton Daily News)
- VIDEO HUMOR: Bloomberg Report Reveals the US Government Loaned Banks $7.7 Trillion in Secret Bailout Funds (Jon Stewart / The Daily Show)
- Many Americans Have Little to No Savings as Retirement Looms (Matt Krantz / USA Today)
- Canada's Students and Taxpayers Are on the Hook for Generous Pension Promises Made to Faculty, Staff (Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail)
- PENSION PULSE: Euro Unwinding Fast? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 5th, 2011
- American Airlines Pensions -- Underfunded by $10.2 Billion -- Are a Rich Target in Bankruptcy Proceedings (Mitchell Schnurman / Star-Telegram)
- VIDEO: Who Will Pay American Airlines' Pensions? (Gerri Willis / Fox Business)
December 3rd, 2011
December 2nd, 2011
December 1st, 2011
- American Airlines Bankruptcy May Cost Workers $1 Billion in Pension Benefits (Jim Snyder / Business Week)
- American Airlines Workers Face Pension Plight (Jilian Mincer / Reuters)
- The American Airlines Union Warning: Another Bankruptcy Due to Labor Costs (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- PBGC to Take Over Philadelphia Orchestra Pension Plans (Tara Cantore / PlanSponsor)
- 2010 Census Shows More Elderly Than Ever Before in the US (Sally Holland / CNN)
- PENSION PULSE: Money For Nothing and Risk For Free? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 30th, 2011
November 29th, 2011
- 2 Million Public Sector Workers to Strike in the UK (Economy Watch)
- PENSION PULSE: Banksters Take It All? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 28th, 2011
- PBGC Announces Maximum Insurance Benefit Increases for 2012 (PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Europe's Real 'Contagion' Threat? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 27th, 2011
November 26th, 2011
November 25th, 2011
November 24th, 2011
November 23rd, 2011
- 500 Romanian Retirees Protest Pension Freeze (BusinessWeek)
- PENSION PULSE: Wither German Bunds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 22nd, 2011
- Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? (op-ed - Amy Ridenour / Fresno Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Eurozone’s Self-Inflicted Killer? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 21st, 2011
- Taxpayer Losses on the GM Bailout Are Going to Be Massive (Shikha Dalmia / Reason)
- Driving a Bad Bargain on the GM Bailout (editorial - Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Parlez-Vous Français? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 20th, 2011
November 18th, 2011
- Wells Fargo Says 80 May Be the New 65 for Private Sector Retirees (Elizabeth Ody / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: A Worldly Mess? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 17th, 2011
- $15,033,607,255,920.32 (Zeke Miller / Business Insider)
- Corporate Pension Backstop PBGC Posts Record $26 Billion Shortfall -- Is a Bailout Next? (Dan Kadlec / Time)
- Audit Finds PBGC Has Made Errors in Calculating Pensions in Bankruptcies (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: A Bad Case of Euro Fatigue? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 16th, 2011
November 15th, 2011
- Jerry Sandusky and Gary Schultz Continue to Receive Generous Penn State Pensions (Jan Murphy / Patriot-News)
- PBGC's Proposed Rate Boost Plan Draws Flak (Len Boselovic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: Cunning Plan or Political Suicide? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 13th, 2011
November 12th, 2011
November 11th, 2011
November 10th, 2011
November 9th, 2011
- Europe's Entitlement Reckoning: From Greece to Italy to France, The Welfare State Is in Crisis (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Go Greek for a Week? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 8th, 2011
- Risks Seen in Rick Perry's Social Security Proposal (Michael Cooper and Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Democracy Incompatible with Debt Collection? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 6th, 2011
November 5th, 2011
November 4th, 2011
November 3rd, 2011
- Canada's Pension Ponzi Scheme (column - Jonathan Chevreau / National Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Papandreou's Gamble Pay Off? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 2nd, 2011
- Pension Red Alert: 70% of Nation's Pension Plans Are Never Audited (Edward Siedle / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Greece Holding the World Hostage? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 1st, 2011
October 31st, 2011
October 28th, 2011
October 27th, 2011
October 26th, 2011
- Pension Reform Could Make or Break Italy's Government (editorial - The Economist)
- Hungary Seeks to Cut Pensions of Former Communists Share (Pablo Gorondi / ABC News)
- PENSION PULSE: Violent 'Blow-Up' in the Periphery? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 25th, 2011
- Milwaukee Archdiocese Has an Unfunded Pension Liability of $41.8 Million, According to Bankruptcy Filing (Annysa Johnson / Journal Sentinel)
- PENSION PULSE: State of Injustice? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 24th, 2011
- If Nothing Is Done, Social Security Will Be in Deep Trouble (editorial - Springfield Republican)
- Pension Bonds 'Not a Good Idea' for Micronesia, Say Experts (Alexie Villegas Zotomayor / Marianas Variety)
- Italy's Prime Minister Calls Crisis Cabinet Meeting; May Consider Raising Pension Age to 67 (Guy Dinmore / Globe and Mail)
October 20th, 2011
- Social Security Announces First COLA Since 2009 (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Options for the Upcoming EU Council? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 19th, 2011
October 18th, 2011
October 14th, 2011
October 13th, 2011
- Who Exactly Is the Public Servant? (blog - Meep / The Conservatory)
- Prediction? More Pain for Pension Plans (James Moore / PIMCO)
October 12th, 2011
October 11th, 2011
October 10th, 2011
- Lying About Social Security With 'Facts' (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Reflections From Greek Gods? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 7th, 2011
- Corporate Pension Deficit Jumps Most Ever as Stocks, Yields Plunge (John Detrixhe / Businessweek)
- Corporate Pension Contributions to Jump, Actuary Group Says (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Canada Can Save Billions Via Public-Sector Pension Reform (op-ed - William Tufts & Lee Fairbanks / Financial Post)
October 6th, 2011
- Social Security Disaster (Walter E. Williams / Townhall.com)
- Obama Plan Makes Social Security Look Like Welfare (column - Debra J. Saunders / San Francisco Chronicle)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Pension Ignorance Bliss? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 5th, 2011
October 4th, 2011
October 3rd, 2011
October 1st, 2011
September 30th, 2011
- With Pension Fund Liabilities Looming, GM and UAW Agree to Buyouts; But What About the Workers? (Edward Niedermeyer / The Truth About Cars)
- Fed's Twist Moves Hurts Corporate Pension Plans (Aaron Pressman / Reuters)
September 29th, 2011
- Higher Retirement Ages for the French? NON! (blog - Meep / The Conservatory)
- PENSION PULSE: Off to the Races Once Again? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 28th, 2011
- A Texas-Sized Solution to Social Security (blog - Brian Calle / Orange County Register)
- How to Get Greeks to Pay Taxes? (blog - Meep / The Conservatory)
September 27th, 2011
September 26th, 2011
- Now Is the Time to Address Social Security, Says Actuary Group (press release - American Academy of Actuaries)
- Sodexo Abandons RICO Suit Against SEIU (Dave Bego / UnionWatch)
- Royal Bank of Canada Closes DB Plan to New Workers, Introduces 'Enhanced' DC Plan (Timothy Inklebarger / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Moment of Truth? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 23rd, 2011
September 22nd, 2011
September 21st, 2011
- Social Security: Ponzi, Yes -- But Is It a Lie? (op-ed - Walter Williams / Orange County Register)
- Europen Commission Calls on Greece to Slash the Size of Its Bloated Public Sector (Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Troika Flirting With Disaster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 20th, 2011
September 19th, 2011
September 16th, 2011
- Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme – and It Should Be Fixed (column - Charles Krauthammer / Sacramento Bee)
- Ponzi Scheme? Tax Rich? Social Security's White Hot Again (David Lightman / McClatchy Newspapers)
- PENSION PULSE: Beyond the European Debt Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 14th, 2011
- Is Social Security Sustainable, and Is It Worth Continuing? (debate - Pia Lopez vs. Ben Boychuck / Sacramento Bee)
- Social Security Has Been a Series of Ponzi-Type Schemes (op-ed - Gary Galles / Orange County Register)
- Number of Centenarians in Japan Tops 47,000 (Associated Press)
- Unions Plan General Strike in UK Over Pensions (Christopher Hope / Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Time for Greece to Play Hardball? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 13th, 2011
- Atlantic City Casinos Want Unions to Contribute for First Time Toward Cost of Their Pension, Health Benefits (Wayne Parry / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- With a Long-Run Shortfall of About $28 Trillion, Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme on Steroids (blog - Dan Mitchell / Cato Institute)
- Ponzi Scheme vs. Social Security (blog - Veronique de Rugy / National Review)
- Labor Department Data Says Only 1.75 Full-Time Private Sector Workers Per Social Security Recipient (Terence P. Jeffrey / CNS News)
- PENSION PULSE: A Big Fat Greek Divorce? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 12th, 2011
- Retirement Tax Proposal Could Endanger 401(k)s Brookings Plan Swaps Tax Breaks for Flat Tax Credit (Liz Skinner / Pensions & Investments)
- The Social Security 'Ponzi Scheme' May Be Wedge Issue With Young Voters (Chriss Street / Big Government)
- PENSION PULSE: The Final Chapter of This Greek Tragedy? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 11th, 2011
September 9th, 2011
September 8th, 2011
September 7th, 2011
- About FICA: Is Social Security an 'Entitlement' Program Deserving of Cuts? (column - Terry Savage / Chicago Sun-Times)
- Social Security Pays Out $40.3 Million to Dead People (Blake Ellis / CNN)
- Economy Forcing Public Sector Retirees to Re-Enter Workforce (Sherry Barkas / Desert Sun)
- Baby Boomer Fears Cast Another Pall Over Markets (Michael Dolan / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Global Pensions Facing New Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 5th, 2011
- Entitlements Strangling US Economy (op-ed - Michael Barone / Detroit News)
- Canadians Get Ready to Pay Billions for Hydro Pensions (Catherine Swift and Bill Tufts / Financial Post)
September 1st, 2011
August 31st, 2011
August 29th, 2011
August 26th, 2011
August 25th, 2011
- A Strike Too Far: Verizon Unions' Lost Leverage (op-ed - Megan McArdle / New York Post)
- For Many Seniors in the Private Sector, There May Be No Retirement (Rachel Louise Ensign / Wall Street Journal)
August 24th, 2011
August 22nd, 2011
- Social Security Disability Program on Verge of Insolvency (Stephen Ohlemacher / Newser)
- FACTS: A Look at Social Security's Disability Program (Associated Press)
- Social Security Disability Payments May Cease in 2017 (Douglas McIntyre / Daily Finance)
- Social Security Disability Program to Go Entirely Bankrupt in 2017 (blog - Meep / The Conservatory)
- PENSION PULSE: Never Say Never? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 18th, 2011
August 17th, 2011
August 16th, 2011
August 10th, 2011
- Corporate Pension Underfunding Jumps 38% to $351 Billion as Economy Slows (John Detrixhe / Bloomberg)
- Harry & David Gets OK to Terminate Company Pension Plan; Could Cost PBGC $32.8 Million (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Canada's Public-Sector Pensions Are Too Generous, Unsustainable, Says Business Group President (Elizabeth Bower / Peterborough Examiner)
August 8th, 2011
August 5th, 2011
- Canada’s Public Pension System Isn't Fair or Sustainable, Says Small Business Association (Sharon Singleton / Money)
- Canada's Unions Defend 'Unsustainable Public Sector Pensions' (Tammy Burns / Benefits Canada)
- Canada's Unions Attack Awareness Campaign on Public Sector Pensions (press release - Canadian Federation of Independent Business)
- PENSION PULSE: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 4th, 2011
August 3rd, 2011
- Irvine, California Council Debates Employee Pensions, Establishes Second Tier (Jeff Overley / Orange County Register)
- Funded Status of US Corporate Pensions Falls to 83.6% in June, According to Mellon (press release - BNY Mellon)
- PENSION PULSE: Post Debt Agreement Crash? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 1st, 2011
July 27th, 2011
July 26th, 2011
- UK Public Sector Pensions Liability Tops £1.13 Trillion; Costs 'Spiralling Out of Control' (Pension.uk)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP Investments Up 14.5% in FY 2011 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 25th, 2011
July 22nd, 2011
July 20th, 2011
July 19th, 2011
July 18th, 2011
July 17th, 2011
July 16th, 2011
July 14th, 2011
July 12th, 2011
July 11th, 2011
- UK Firefighters 'Will Quit Over Pension Reform' (Michael Holden / Reuters)
- US State Pension Funds Could Learn From Canada (Gillian Tett / Financial Times)
- Gap Between Private and Public Sector Pensions in UK Has Never Been Greater (Kevin O'Donnell / FT Adviser)
- PENSION PULSE: Rottenness of the World? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 8th, 2011
- Unsustainable Pension Gap Growing in Canada (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Montreal Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: Why The Fuss Over Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 7th, 2011
July 5th, 2011
- The Impossible Public Pensions Choices (blog - Ron Lieber / New York Times)
- Trouble Looms Over Pension Crisis (column - John Rapley / Jamaica Gleaner)
- PENSION PULSE: Danger in Debt Ceiling Deal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 4th, 2011
July 1st, 2011
June 30th, 2011
- PBGC to Cover $79.6 Million Shortfall of Bankrupt Firm (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor)
- Massive Strikes Spread Across Britain Over Pension and Government Cuts (Scott Heppell / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: Circling Back to the Caisse and SARA Fund (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 29th, 2011
June 28th, 2011
June 27th, 2011
June 24th, 2011
- Politics Makes Finding Solutions to Social Security Harder (op-ed - Ken Cowans / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Quebec's Absolute Return Flop? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 23rd, 2011
- Oakland, California's Fiscal Strains Grow (Bobby White / Wall Street Journal)
- Congressional Panel Hears Complaints on How the Obama Administration Affected Pensions at Delphi (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
June 22nd, 2011
- Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? (Matt Krantz / USA Today)
- Social Security: Quibbling Over Semantics (blog - Meep / POWIP)
- General Motors Says It Has Wiped Out Half of Its Pension Liabilities (Matt Egan / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Japan Pensions Bet on Hedge Funds (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 21st, 2011
- Greece: The Private Sector Suffers, But Not a Single Public Servant Has Been Laid Off (Takis Michas / Wall Street Journal)
- As Greece Dumps Infrastructure, Do Institutional Investors Stand to Gain? (Paula Vasan / aiCIO)
June 19th, 2011
- VIDEO: AARP Budging on Social Security? Organization Faces Outcry After It Clarifies Stance on the Program (ABC News)
- AARP on Social Security: Unclear on their Messaging (blog - Meep / POWIP)
- Social Security Made $8.5 Billion in Overpayments in 2009 (Associated Press / CBS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Notes From Montreal Pension Conference (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 17th, 2011
- Social Security Reform Gets Pinochet'd (editorial - Investor's Business Daily)
- Scare of Default by Greece Spills Into US (Tom Lauricella and Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal)
- IMF Cuts US Growth Forecast, Warns of Crisis (Reuters)
- Thousands of UK Schools to Close in National Teachers' Strike Over Pensions (Graeme Paton & Andrew Hough / The Telegraph)
June 16th, 2011
June 15th, 2011
- The Extinction of Retirement (blog - Michael Pento / Gold$eek)
- Canada's Postal Service Suspends Operations, Blames Union; Pensions an Issue (Associated Press / Sacramento Bee)
- Air Canada Strike Snarls Travel; Pensions an Issue (Kristin Jackson / Seattle Times)
- PENSION PULSE: TimberWest Sold to PSPIB and bcIMC (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 14th, 2011
- Associated Press Workers Approve Labor Contract, Pension Freeze (Associated Press / Sacramento Bee)
- Many of Us Won’t Be Able to Retire Until Our 80s (column - Robert Powell / MarketWatch)
- US Is in Even Worse Shape Financially Than Greece, Says Pimco's Bill Gross (Jeff Cox / CNBC)
- PENSION PULSE: Air Canada's Great Pension Divide? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 13th, 2011
June 10th, 2011
- The Truth About Retiring at 65 (blog - Trent Hamm / The Simple Dollar)
- Lithuania Raises Retirement Age to 65 to Help Narrow Budget Gap (Milda Seputyte / Bloomberg)
June 8th, 2011
June 7th, 2011
June 6th, 2011
- Preserving America’s Retirement Security (blog - CIV FI)
- Winner of Peruvian Presidential Election Promised a Government Pension for All at Age 65 (Frank Bajak / San Diego Union-Tribune)
June 1st, 2011
May 31st, 2011
May 30th, 2011
- VIDEO: Despite $23 Billion Deficit, PBGC Director Says 'We Won't Need a Bailout' (Fox Business)
- What Happens When Greece Defaults (Andrew Lilico / The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: All Roads Lead to Athens? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 27th, 2011
May 26th, 2011
- More US Workers in Private Sector Delay Retirement; No Delay Among Government Workers (Accounting Today)
- Despite Kathy Hochul's Congressional Win in New York, Medicare Can't Be Ignored (editorial - Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Chanos vs. China? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 25th, 2011
May 20th, 2011
May 19th, 2011
May 18th, 2011
May 17th, 2011
- Social Security Deficits Now 'Permanent' (Stephen Dinan / Washington Times)
- Federal Budget-Cutting Must Include Seniors (column - Robert J. Samuelson / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Just Another Manic Monday? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 16th, 2011
- Disney Drops Pensions for Some Employees, Changes Plans for Others (Central Florida News 13)
- More Workers in Private Sector Postpone Retirement (editorial - Morning Sun)
- What's So Special About Turning 65? (op-ed - Matthew L. Leone / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Keep On Dancing Till The World Ends? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 14th, 2011
- Santa Cruz, California Proposes Dropping Social Security for Temp Workers (J.M. Brown / Mercury News)
- How Three Texas Counties Created Personal Social Security Accounts and Prospered (column - Merrill Matthews / Forbes)
- New Report Warns Social Security and Medicare Could Run Out of Money Even Earlier Than Feared (Robert Dominguez / New York Daily News)
- Medicare and Social Security FundsWill Run Out of Money Sooner Than Projected (Drew Armstrong and Brian Faler / BusinessWeek)
- Medicare's Finances: Now Even More Broken Than Previously Thought (blog - Peter Suderman / Reason Magazine)
- How Bad Is the News About Social Security? (blog - Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times)
- Social Security and Medicare: An Honest Debate Is Needed Now (editorial - Los Angeles Times)
May 13th, 2011
- Social Security Reform: What Would FDR Do? (op-ed - Sylvester J. Schieber / San Diego Union-Tribune)
May 12th, 2011
- The Millionaire Retirees Next Door (op-ed - John Cogan / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: A Top Priority for NDP Opposition? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 11th, 2011
- GM Retirees Sue for Lost Pension Benefits (Robert Snell and David Shepardson / Detroit News)
- Irish Bombshell: Government Raids Private Pensions to Pay for Spending (Joe Weisenthal and Gregory White / Business Insider)
- PENSION PULSE: Taxing Pensions to Create Jobs? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 10th, 2011
May 9th, 2011
May 6th, 2011
May 5th, 2011
- Chile's Private Social Security System Turns 30 (Monica Showalter / Investor's Business Daily)
- PENSION PULSE: Quebec Absolute Return Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
May 4th, 2011
- Democrats Look at Setting Up Another Government-Controlled Defined Benefit Pension Plan in Addition to Social Security (Rick Manning / NetRight Daily)
- Americans 45 and Older Are New Voting-Age Majority (Hope Yen / Associated Press)
May 3rd, 2011
May 2nd, 2011
- PBGC Is $23 Billion in the Hole and Seeking an Increase in Premiums (David Shepardson / Detroit News)
- BOOK REVIEW: The Aging of America, as Opportunity (Nancy F. Koehn / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Breaking the Code of Silence (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 29th, 2011
- Entitlements and the Federal Budget: The True National Debt Could Run as High as $119.5 Trillion (Michael Tanner / Cato Institue)
- Over 350 Experts Call for Entitlement Reform Now (American Action Forum)
- Accounting Lessons Go Beyond Mark-To-Market; Shift Exemplifies Evolution of Modern Pension Risk Management (Ari Jacobs / Pensions & Investments)
April 28th, 2011
- Chile's Pensions System: A Model for the World (blog - Eamonn Butler / Christian Science Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: The L Word? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 27th, 2011
- Number of 100-Year-Olds Is Booming in US (Matt Sedensky / Tampa Tribune)
- Working Boomers in Private Sector Say Age a Plus at Office (Laurie Kellman / Philadelphia Tribune)
- Medicare as We've Known It Isn't an Option (Betsy McCaughey / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Currency Risk: Are You Feeling Lucky? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 25th, 2011
- Americans Begin to Admit Social Security Is In Trouble (Douglas A. Mcintyre / 24/7 Wall St.)
- Special Report: From Hannibal Lecter to Bernie Madoff (Matthew Goldstein / Reuters)
April 22nd, 2011
- Old Baseball Ballplayers to Get Pensions (column - Frank Mickadeit / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse's 2010 Annual Report (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 21st, 2011
April 20th, 2011
- GRAPHIC: Playing Chicken With the National Debt (BusinessWeek)
- Major League Baseball and Players' Association Agree to Increase Pensions for Older Retired Players (Ronald Blum, AP / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: How Low Can the VIX Go? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 19th, 2011
- The Ticking Time Bomb: An Ongoing Labor Dispute Shows the Problem With Union Pensions (LaborUnionReport.com)
- PENSION PULSE: OTPP's Neil Petroff on Active Management (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 18th, 2011
April 17th, 2011
April 14th, 2011
- 70 or Bust! Current Plans to Raise the Retirement Age in the UK Are Not Bold Enough (editorial - The Economist)
- PENSION PULSE: UK Pensioners Living Below Poverty Line (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 13th, 2011
April 12th, 2011
- California Senators Differ on Social Security Fixes (Kevin Freking / San Francisco Chronicle)
- PENSION PULSE: Fully Funded HOOPP Up 13.7% in 2010 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 11th, 2011
- UK's Public Pensions Must Be Radically Reshaped to Make Them Affordable in the Long Term (editorial - The Economst)
- PENSION PULSE: Apples and Oranges? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 8th, 2011
- As US Boomers Age, A Soul-Searching Budget Battle (Emily Kaiser / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: More on Companies Fleeing DB Pensions (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
April 7th, 2011
April 6th, 2011
April 5th, 2011
April 3rd, 2011
March 31st, 2011
March 28th, 2011
March 26th, 2011
March 25th, 2011
- United Arab Emirates Boosts Military Pensions by 70% to Pre-Empt Unrest (Andrew Hammond, Martin Dokoupil and Amena Bakr / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada’s Mortgage Monster? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 24th, 2011
March 22nd, 2011
- Pension Reform Key To Slovenia's Fiscal Sustainability, Says IMF (RTT News)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway's SWF Worried About Inflation? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 18th, 2011
- There Is No Free Lunch and Nothing's in the Social Security Lockbox (column - Charles Krauthammer / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: The Canada Bubble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 17th, 2011
- Good News for Humans, Bad News for Social Security (blog - Catherine Rampell / New York Times)
- Social Security Reform Splits White House Political, Economic Teams (Alexander Bolton / The Hill)
- Members of New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly Fail Badly in Pension Report (op-ed - Bill Tufts / Telegraph Journal)
- Wages and Benefits Strangling Hamilton, Ontario's City Budget (Andrew Dreschel / Hamilton Spectator )
- PENSION PULSE: The Great Japanese Unwind? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 16th, 2011
- Pension Plans Could Push Trucking Company YRC Into Bankruptcy (William B. Cassidy / Journal of Commerce)
- Worker Confidence on Having Enough Money for Retirement Hits 20-Year Low (Margaret Collins / Bloomberg)
March 15th, 2011
March 14th, 2011
March 13th, 2011
March 12th, 2011
March 11th, 2011
- CalSTRS Responds to Little Hoover Commission's Pension Report (blog - Jon Ortiz / Sacramento Bee)
- Federal Pay and Benefits Back in the Spotlight; First Hearing Wednesday (Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post)
March 10th, 2011
- A Fresh Focus on Social Security in Budget Debate (Stephen Ohlemacher, AP / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: Dutch Looking Ambitiously Beyond DB Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 9th, 2011
- Big Baths and Pension Accounting (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- Governnment Payouts Now Make Up One-Third of US Wages (John Melloy / Fast Money)
- PENSION PULSE: Wish You Had A Pension? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
March 8th, 2011
- Why Social Security Is Welfare (column - Robert J. Samuelson / Orange County Register)
- Battered Public Pensions Do Better, Still Have a Long Way to Go (Jeannette Neumann / Wall Street Journal)
March 4th, 2011
March 1st, 2011
February 28th, 2011
February 25th, 2011
February 24th, 2011
- Social Security’s No Afterthought (Andrew Biggs / National Review)
- Union Protesters and Greek Riot Police Clash During Strike Over Pay and Pension Cuts (Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis / Associated Press)
- PENSION PULSE: GPIF Worried About Japan's Public Debt? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 23rd, 2011
February 22nd, 2011
- Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short (E.S. Browning / Wall Street Journal)
- Greece 'Must Change the Mentality of the Public Employee,' Says Economist (Dody Tsiantar / Time)
February 19th, 2011
February 18th, 2011
February 14th, 2011
February 11th, 2011
- Let’s Talk About Social Security (op-ed - David Brooks and Gail Collins / New York Times)
- Golden Age of Pension Funds Disappearing (Evonia Muzondo and Oscar Diura / Zimbabwe Independent)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Gains 3% in Q3 FY2011 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
February 9th, 2011
February 7th, 2011
- What if US Government Robbed You of $1 Million? (letter - Orange County Register)
- Egypt Approves 15% Pay, Pension Increase for Government Employees (Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Salah Nasrawi, AP / Sacramento Bee)
February 6th, 2011
February 5th, 2011
February 4th, 2011
February 3rd, 2011
February 2nd, 2011
February 1st, 2011
January 31st, 2011
January 29th, 2011
January 28th, 2011
- Social Security Projected to Run Permanent Deficits Unless Congress Shores Up Program (Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press)
- Denmark Plans Pension Reform to Boost Finances (Jaishree Kalia / Global Pensions)
January 27th, 2011
- Retroactive Pensions ARE NOT Legal, Says California's 3nd District Court of Appeal (Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle)
- Medicare Actuary Doubts Health Care Law Will Hold Down Costs (Associated Press / Fox News)
- Public Sector Pensions Destroying Hamilton, Ontario's Finances (letter - Stoney Creek News)
- PENSION PULSE: Carlyle Acquires AlpInvest (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 26th, 2011
- It's Time for St. John, Ontario to Change Pensions (op-ed - Bill Tufts / St. John Telegraph-Journal)
January 25th, 2011
- Bankruptcy for States a Bad Move (column - Dan Walters / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: Insider Probe Impact Felt by Pension Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 24th, 2011
January 21st, 2011
January 20th, 2011
January 19th, 2011
January 18th, 2011
January 17th, 2011
- VIDEO: Social Security Crisis Coming: How Will We Pay for Future Benefits? (Fox News)
- How Private Sector Retirement Is Being Reinvented Worldwide (Mark Trumbull / Christian Science Monitor)
January 16th, 2011
January 14th, 2011
- Why Demonize Public Employee Unions? (column - John Keefe / CBS MoneyWatch)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Reforms Not Filling Retirement Gap? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 13th, 2011
January 12th, 2011
January 11th, 2011
January 9th, 2011
January 5th, 2011
- Why Private Sector Baby Boomers Are Bummed Out (Rick Newman / US News)
- PENSION PULSE: License to Steal? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 4th, 2011
- Professor Buyouts Rising at State Schools Nationwide as Budget Cuts Squeeze Pensions (David Mildenberg and Janet Lorin / Bloomberg)
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics Discloses Benefits Costs in Private Sector (Lydell C. Bridgeford / Employee Benefit News)
- European Nations Begin Seizing Private Pensions (Jan Iwanik / Christian Science Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Korea's National Pension Investing in Energy (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
January 3rd, 2011
January 2nd, 2011
December 31st, 2010
- Stop the State Bailouts Before They Start (blog - Conn Carroll / Heritage Foundation)
- Private Sector Baby Boomers Near 65 With Retirements in Jeopardy (Dave Carpenter, AP / Pottstown Mercury)
- UK Pension Fears 'Could Get Much Worse' (David Coates / Lancashire Evening Post)
December 30th, 2010
December 28th, 2010
- Many Boomers in Private Sector Facing a Retirement Disaster (Dave Carpenter, AP / Arizona Daily Star)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Pioneers? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 25th, 2010
December 23rd, 2010
- Leading Edge of US Baby Boomers Content, AARP Survey Finds (Donna Smith / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Let's Be Creative With Pension Reform in Canada (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 22nd, 2010
December 21st, 2010
- Words Matter: 'Entitlements' and Social Security (blog - Meep / POWIP)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Pensions Still Treading Water (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 20th, 2010
- The Tyranny of Public Employee Unions: California Soon to Become One Big Pension Program for Former Government Employees (D.C. Innes / World Magazine)
- Boomers Set to Inherit $8.4 Trillion (Lee Barney / Employee Benefit News)
- Panic, Anger as Cuba Plans to Lay Off 1 of Every 10 Government Workers (Juan O. Tamayo / Miami Herald)
- Spanish Prime Minister Insists on Raising Retirement Age to 67 (Ciaran Giles, AP / ABC)
- Spanish Unions Protest Retirement Reform (AFP)
- PENSION PULSE: Provinces Call for CPP Expansion (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 19th, 2010
December 17th, 2010
December 16th, 2010
- Gen Y Workers in the Private Sector Face Rocky Retirement Prospects (Matt Ackermann / Employee Benefit News)
- PENSION PULSE: No Surgery Needed? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 15th, 2010
December 14th, 2010
- Accounting Changes Could Herald the Demise of Defined-Benefit Pensions for Government Employees (column - Floyd Norris / New York Times)
- Some Worry Payroll Tax Cut Threatens Social Security (with audio - John Ydstie NPR)
- PENSION PULSE: Hungary For Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 13th, 2010
- 1.6 Million Private Sector Workers Put Off Retirement (blog - Wall Street Journal)
- Congress Rejects $250 Payment to Seniors in Lieu of Social Security COLA for 2010 (Corey Boles / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Is Santa Claus Rally Almost Done? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 10th, 2010
December 9th, 2010
December 8th, 2010
- Federal Deficit Commission Ducks Issue of Entitlement Mentality (column - Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post)
- PENSION PULSE: UK Pension Deficits Widen 50%? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 7th, 2010
- Working Past 65: Boomers in Private Sector Face Job Challenges in Senior Years (John Waggoner / USA Today)
- PBGC Took Over Pension Plans Covering 109,000 Workers in Past Year; Deficit Increased to $23 Billion (Nathan Becker / Fox Business)
- PENSION PULSE: Clamping Down on Pension Bets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 6th, 2010
- West Virginia's Governor Expresses Concern About Failed Corporate Pension Plans to PBGC Head (Charleston Gazette)
- How the British Government Has Tried to Tackle the Pensions Time Bomb (The Telegraph)
- PENSION PULSE: Fearing Global Macro Gods? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
December 5th, 2010
December 3rd, 2010
December 2nd, 2010
December 1st, 2010
- Presidential Commission's Debt Reduction Proposal Would 'Decimate' 401(k) Saving, Expert Claims (Kelley M. Butler / Employee Benefit News)
- Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries Urges Congress to Protect Retirement Incentives (pdf - Press Release)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Accounting Change to Hit Profits? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 30th, 2010
- Our Burgeoning Federal Budget and the Politics of Avoidance (column - Robert Samuelson / Washington Post)
- Canadian Universities Facing Service Cuts to Climb Out of $2.6 Billion 'Pension Abyss' (James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail)
November 29th, 2010
- The Social Security Deficit (blog - David Leonhard / New York Times)
- The World Is Growing Older (Medical News Today)
- PENSION PULSE: Preparing for a Pension Riot? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 23rd, 2010
- Can Japan Reverse Its Long Decline? (Wieland Wagner / Der Spiegel)
- PENSION PULSE: Slashing UK Public Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 22nd, 2010
November 18th, 2010
November 17th, 2010
- Current and Retired Federal Employees Owe $3.3 Billion Dollars in Delinquent Taxes (Eamon Javers / CNBC)
- Deficit Panel Ignores $153 Trillion Hole (opinion - Laurence Kotlikoff / Bloomberg)
- Reach for the Low-Hanging Fruit: It's Time to Reform Social Security (Veronique De Rugy & Jakina Debnam / Reason Magazine)
- Bolivia Moves to Nationalize Pensions, Lower Retirement Age to 58 (Helen Popper / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Eurozone's Big Boys Hold the Aces? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 16th, 2010
- PBGC Deficit Rises to $23 Billion (Chris Panteli / Global Pensions)
- As Payouts Rise, New Tactics by the PBGC (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Time)
- Why the Retirement Age Is Increasing (Emily Brandon / US News)
- Europe Fears That Debt Crisis Is Ready to Spread (Landon Thomas Jr. and James Kanter / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: On the Road to Pension Poverty? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 15th, 2010
- Social Security Judges Face More Violent Threats (Sam Hananel / CBS News)
- PENSION PULSE: Is the Rally Losing Steam? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 12th, 2010
- Texas Governor Calls Social Security Bankrupt 'Ponzi Scheme' (Josh Baugh / San Antonio Express-News)
- Social Security Rules Penalize California Public Employees (column - Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times)
- Slash and Burn Social Security, Medicare? (letters - Orange County Register)
- Canada's Federal Government Has Underestimated Its Employee Pension Obligations by $65 Billion, Report Says (Toronto Sun)
- PENSION PULSE: Are We Underestimating the Canadian Government's Pension Funding Shortfalls? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 11th, 2010
- Union Pension Bailout Bid May Be Ahead in Upcoming Lame-Duck Session of Congress (op-ed - Gary Jason / Orange County Register)
- US Debt Proposal Would Cut Social Security, Medicare (Heidi Przybyla and Brian Faler / Bloomberg)
- Time for Congress to Face the Fundamental Problems That Affect Social Security and Medicare (commentary - Rep. Ron Paul / Daily Bell)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Overtakes the Caisse? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 10th, 2010
- Fed’s Quantitative Easing Program Could Hurt Pensions, Says Mercer (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor.com)
- France's Pension Reform Raising the Retirement Age From 60 to 62 Becomes Law Despite Protests (MSNBC)
November 9th, 2010
- UPS Sells $2 billion of Bonds to Fund Pensions as Debt Sales Surge to $1 Trillion for 2010 (Sapna Maheshwari and John Detrixhe / Bloomberg)
- Looming Medicare Cuts 'Catastrophic' for Seniors (Janet Lavelle / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Demise of Defined Benefit Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 8th, 2010
November 6th, 2010
- BBC Journalists Start Pension Strike in UK (Sky News)
- PENSION PULSE: Teachers, OMERS Snag UK High-Speed Rail (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 5th, 2010
- Is Social Security Really a Pension? No -- It's a Problem (column - Floyd Norris / New York Times)
- Ten Take-Aways for Republicans from the Election Results (Michael D. Tanner / Cato Institute)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse: A Bridge to Québec's Future? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 4th, 2010
- The Social Security Entitlement and Guaranteed Bankruptcy (Gary North / LewRockwell.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Norwegian Government Fund's 'Reprehensible' Fees? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 3rd, 2010
- Pensions Pose Major Challenge for Governments Worldwide (blog - Spencer Michels / PBS Newshour)
- PENSION PULSE: Death of American Liberalism? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
November 2nd, 2010
- Pension Teform Victory Leaves France's Sarkozy in a Tight Corner (analysis - Catherine Bremer / Reuters)
- Europe's 'Unsustainable' Pension Deficits May Provoke Investor Scorn (Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg)
November 1st, 2010
- Social Security COLA Complainers Should Settle Down (blog - Mark Miller / Reuters)
- What You Should Expect From Social Security (column - Kimberly Palmer / US News)
- Pension Crisis Could Bankrupt Many of Mexico's Public Universities; Combined Shortfall Is $35 Billion (Marion Lloyd / Chronicle of Higher Education)
- PENSION PULSE: PSP's Annual Meeting 2010 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 31st, 2010
October 30th, 2010
October 29th, 2010
- PBGC Taking Over 4 More Corporate Pension Plans (Doug Halonen / Pensions & Investments)
- GM Slates $6 Billion Pension Contribution (Timothy Inklebarger / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Retirement Disaster Ahead? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 28th, 2010
- Sniping Over Social Security (editorial - Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Luck of the Irish Running Out? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 27th, 2010
- Associated Press Proposes to Freeze Defined Benefit Pension Plan to Save Money (Michael Liedtke, AP / ABC News)
- Would We (Should We) in the U.S. Riot Over Raising the Retirement Age? (Kelley M. Butler / Employee Benefit News)
- Private Social Security Accounts: Still a Good Idea (William G. Shipman and Peter Ferrara / Wall Street Journal)
- France's Parliament Set for Final Pension Vote Today (Angela Doland, AP / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Are SWFs the New Endowment Model? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 25th, 2010
- For Many Over 55, Debt Defers Retirement Dreams (Christine Dugas / USA Today)
- 'Parasite Singles' Turn Into 'Pension Parasites' in Japan (Michael Hoffman / Japan Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Leo de Bever on When The Music Stops (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 24th, 2010
October 23rd, 2010
October 22nd, 2010
- The French Are Striking Over What? Retiring at 62? (column - Peter Rowe / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Canadian Plan Solvency Ratio Slips in Q3 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 21st, 2010
- An Actuarial Autopilot Is Necessary If Congress Won't Control Social Security and Medicare Costs (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- Britain Unveils Radical Austerity Plan Which Includes Raising the Retirement Age (Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada Ranks Fifth in Global Pension Study (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 20th, 2010
- No Change in PBGC's Maxmum Pension Payout in 2011 (Fred Schneyer / PlanSponsor.com)
- Violent Turn to French Strikes Could Backfire on Union Protesters (Robert Marquand / Christian Science Monitor)
- Europe's 5 Most Generous Pension Systems (Ariel Zirulnick / Christian Science Monitor)
- Where France Goes, Other Western Entitlement Nations Are Likely to Follow (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- What's Behind the Protests Against Pension Reform in France? (Katherine Blackler / PlanSponsor.com)
- PENSION PULSE: The Storm That Wasn't? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 19th, 2010
- Demonstrations in France Against Pension Reform Turn Violent (Devorah Lauter / Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity -- All Aboard? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 18th, 2010
- Buying the Senior Vote: Two Weeks Before the Election, Obama Wants $15 Billion in Checks for Grandma (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- Pandering to Geezers: It's a Bipartisan Problem (column - Steve Chapman / Reason Magazine)
- Seniors, Some Nearing 80, Continue Working to Make Ends Meet (Anika Clark / SouthCoastToday.com)
- Cost Burden of Elderly Care Forecast to Grow Worldwide (Norma Cohen / Financial Times)
- Standard & Poor's Issues Report: 'Global Aging 2010: an Irreversible Truth' (S&P)
- Increasing the Retirement Age Is Inevitable and Better Than the Alternatives (blog - Buttonwood / The Economist)
- Struck Off: France's Unions Don't Have the Power to Disrupt That They Once Did (The Economist)
- PENSION PULSE: Hedge Funds Pass High-Water Mark (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 17th, 2010
October 16th, 2010
October 15th, 2010
- 401ks: America’s Biggest Investment Fraud Was Foreseen and Preventable (blog - Edward Siedle / Forbes)
- PENSION PULSE: A Gold-Plated Burden? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 14th, 2010
- Public Employees and Elections: A Conflict of Interest? (blog - Pat Sajak / National Review)
- Record Protests Hit France in Pensions Showdown (Roland Lloyd Parry / AFP)
- PENSION PULSE: Après Moi le Déluge! (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 12th, 2010
October 11th, 2010
- Wal-Mart Ends Profit Sharing With Employees, Replacing It With Retirement Contributions (Anne D'Innocenzio, AP / Los Angeles Times)
- No Social Security Cost of Living Increase in 2011 (Stephen Ohlemacher, AP / KPTV-TV)
- Filipino WWII Veterans Sue Feds Over Benefits (Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press)
October 10th, 2010
October 8th, 2010
October 7th, 2010
- SEIU and California Governor Schwarzenegger Agree to Labor Pact With Pension Concessions (Jon Ortiz / Sacramento Bee)
- 40% of US Workers in Private Sector to Delay Their Planned Retirement Date, Survey Finds (Kim Janssen / Chicago Sun-Times)
October 6th, 2010
October 5th, 2010
- Pre-Retirees in Private Sector Pessimistic Over Retirement (Paul Menchaca / Employee Benefit News)
- PENSION PULSE: LPs Lost in the PE Shuffle? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
October 4th, 2010
October 2nd, 2010
October 1st, 2010
- What Public-Sector Unions Have Wrought (Jeff Jacoby / Commentary)
- France Faces a Third Day of Protests Over Sarkozy's Pension-System Reform (Helene Fouquet / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Getting Ready for the Next Big Move? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 30th, 2010
- Ukraine's Generous Pension System Close to Collapse (analysis - Olzhas Auyezov / Reuters)
- PENSION PULSE: Ontario Teachers' Comes Full Circle? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 29th, 2010
- Anti-Austerity Protests Sweep Across Europe (Raf Casert, AP / ABC News)
- PENSION PULSE: US Pension Funds Adopting Canadian Approach? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 28th, 2010
September 25th, 2010
September 24th, 2010
- WATCH LIVE WEBCAST TODAY: Mercatus Center Conference 'Managing the Crisis in Public Pensions' (12:30 pm Eastern)
- Many Public Pension Funds Will Be Cutting Their Investment Return Assumptions (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
September 23rd, 2010
- Does Anyone Know What the US Owes? $13.4 Trillion? $60 Trillion? $200 Trillion? (Gregory Bresiger / New York Post)
- Pension Costs Could Cut Ford Earnings, Analyst Says (AP / BusinessWeek)
September 22nd, 2010
- Try $1.6 Million if You Weren't Already Disgusted (column - Joe Mysak / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: UK Pension Gap Worst in Europe (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 21st, 2010
- Unions Are Losing Respect (column - Charles W. Baird / The Freeman)
- Civil War in the Democratic Party: Public Unions vs. Gentry Liberals (column - Michael Barone / NPR)
- Public Pension Return Assumptions: It's All Just Borrowing in Disguise (blog - Josh Rauh / Kellogg School of Management)
- CalPERS Must Release Records Regarding $100 Million Investment Loss (Maria Dinzeo / Courthouse News Service)
- CONFERENCE THIS FRIDAY: 'Managing the Crisis in Public Pensions' (Mercatus Center / George Mason University)
- Russia to Cut 100,000 Public Service Jobs (AFP / The West Australian)
- PENSION PULSE: Can Pensions Get Out of the Red? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 20th, 2010
- For the Unemployed Over 50, Fears of Never Working Again (Motoko Rich / New York Times)
- Yin and Yang of Yields Haunts Corporate Pensions (David Reilly / Wall Street Journal)
- Japan's Ticking Pension Time Bomb: Underfunded Corporate Retirement Portfolios (Kengo Nishiyama and Hiroshi Nakanishi / Wall Street Journal)
- UK Study Finds 38,000 Public Employees Earning Above £100,000 (BBC)
- French Plan to Increase Age of Retirement Gets a Boost (David Gauthier-Villars / Wall Street Journal)
September 17th, 2010
September 16th, 2010
- Former Head of the California School Boards Association Who Resigned Amid Scandal Will Get $338,000 Pension (Lynsey Paulo / KCRA-TV)
- France Moves to Raise Minimum Age of Retirement (Katrin Bennhold / New York Times)
September 15th, 2010
- Unions Are Finding Voters Increasingly Unreceptive to Their High-Tax Message (Steve Malanga / Wall Street Journal)
- The Harrisburg Canary: A Municipal Bond Bailout, Coming Soon to a City Near You (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- No Social Security Cost of Living Boost Again in 2011 (David Hendricks / San Antonio Express-News)
- British Government's Total Public Pension Costs Have Been Estimated at Well Over 1 Trillion Pounds (Cecilia Valente / Reuters)
September 14th, 2010
- Finding Safe Harbor From Pension Fraud: GASB's Pension Disclosures Could Help CFOs Sleep at Night (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- Cuba to Cut 500,000 Government Workers, Reform Salaries (Paul Haven and Will Weissert, Associated Press / Yahoo! News)
September 13th, 2010
- Hybrid Vigor for Public Pension Reform: A 'Half & Half' Defined-Benefit and Defined-Contribution Plan (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- How to Cheat a Public Pension Fund (op-ed - Orin S. Kramer / New York Times)
- Public Pensioners Collect Twice as Much Money as Social Security Recipients -- For 10 Years Longer (blog - Edward Ring / CIV FI)
- Public Enemy No. 1: Civil Servants? (column - Ben Adler / Newsweek)
- Millions of Americans in Private Sector Confront Uncertain Futures - Part 1 (John Gallagher / Detroit Free Press)
- Retiring Later Is Hard Road for Laborers (John Leland / New York Times)
September 10th, 2010
September 9th, 2010
- POLICY BRIEF: Valuing Liabilities in State and Local Public Pension Plans (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)
- Government Job Compensation 44% Higher Than Private in June (Mary Ann Milbourn / Orange County Register)
- READ THE REPORT: 'Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – June 2010' (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
September 8th, 2010
- The Great Stock Myth: Why the Market’s Rate of Return -- And Your Pension -- May Never Recover (Megan McArdle / The Atlantic)
- Pension Expert Tells Why a Bailout of State Pension Funds Is a Bad Idea (blog - John Stephenson / National Taxpayers Union)
- Ukraine Lawmakers Throw Punches Over Proposed Increase in Retirement Age (Anna Melnichuk, AP / Sacramento Bee)
- France, London Hit by 24-Hour Strikes Over Pension Changes (CBC News)
- French President to Change Pension Bill, But Won't Budge on Retirement Age (Helene Fouquet and Gregory Viscusi / Bloomberg)
September 7th, 2010
- Education Reform Starts With Pension Reform (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- New Report Examines Teacher Pensions and Problems Facing Current State Pension Plans (press release - Education Sector)
- READ THE REPORT: 'Better Benefits: Reforming Teacher Pensions for a Changing Work Force' (Chad Aldeman and Andrew J. Rotherham / Education Sector)
- Retiring at 65 No Longer Looks Realistic for Private Sector Workers (column - Jane Glenn Haas for / Orange County Register)
- New Agent Orange-Related Disability Benefits Could Cost Taxpayers Another $42 Billion Over Next 10 Years (editorial - Charleston Gazette)
September 6th, 2010
- Fury Over Public Pensions Sparks Disclosure Lawsuits Nationwide (Jeannette Neumann / Wall Street Journal)
- How Government Unions Became So Powerful (op-ed - Amity Shlaes / Wall Street Journal)
- True Cost of the Union Label: Protectionist Causes Could Cost Americans Trillions (Andrew Langer / Washington Times
- No Taxpayer Bailout for Union Pensions (column - Diana Furchtgott-Roth / Washington Examiner)
- Union or Not, Government Workers Are Being Squeezed (Alan Greenblatt / NPR)
- A Tsunami Approaches: The Beginning of the Great Deconstruction (Robert J. Cristiano / New Geography)
- US Chamber and Unions Planning to Meet in DC on Possible $3 Trillion Pension Disaster (Jay Heflin / The Hill)
- AUDIO: Critics Target States' Double-Dipping Pensioners (Karen Kasler / NPR Morning Edition)
- Employees Must Be Vigilant on Retirement Assets, Says US Secretary of Labor (op-ed - Hilda Solis / San Diego Unon-Tribune)
- Private Sector Americans in Their 50s Especially Hard-Hit by Recession (Patrick May / San Jose Mercury News)
- Many Private Sector Workers See Retirement Slipping Away in Recession (Francine Knowles / Chicago Sun-Times)
- French Unions to Strike as Sarkozy Pension Bill Debate Starts (Mark Deen and Gregory Viscusi / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Will Greece Exit the Eurozone? (bolg - Leo Kolivakis)
September 5th, 2010
September 4th, 2010
- Federal Employees Are Not Underpaid By 22% (op-ed - Jason Richwine and Andrew G. Biggs / Washington Examiner)
- PENSION PULSE: Job Gains Providing a Ray of False Hope? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 3rd, 2010
- AUDIO: Critics Target States' Double-Dipping Pensioners (Karen Kasler / NPR's Morning Edition)
- Independent Institute Launches Personalized Government Cost Calculator Website (Lindsay Boyd / MyGovCost.org)
- 50 States in Debt (slideshow - The Daily Beast)
- Unions: The New Political Powerhouse (Jo-Lynn Brown / Free Enterprise Nation)
- When It Comes to State Retirement Systems, Levels of Funding and Liability Are All Over the Map (Andy Kim & Heather Kerrigan / Governing Magazine)
- Corporate Pension Funding Tumbles to Record Low (Fred Schneyer / PlanSponsor)
- PENSION PULSE: Pension Funds Looking at Potash Bid? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 2nd, 2010
- Federal Bill Would Bail Out PBGC, Union Pensions (Carl Horowitz / National Legal and Policy Center)
- France Firm on Raising Retirement Despite Protests (Associated Press / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Ripe for a Sustainable Bullish Turn? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
September 1st, 2010
- Public Employees' Pay in California Rises Despite Recession (blog - Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
- Public Sector Pensions: One of the Greatest Ponzi Schemes of All Times (blog - Donna Parrey / Free Enterprise Nation)
- PENSION PULSE: Magna Cum Laude? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 31st, 2010
- VIDEO: Why Public Pensions Are Like Throwing a Brick Into a Washing Machine (Josh Swain / Reason.tv)
- Pension Fund Investments Are Up, But Funding Gaps Persist (Stephen C. Fehr / Stateline.org)
- Private Pensions the Next Bailout? (editorial - Valley Morning Star)
- Finding a Way to Fix Federal Employees' Pay (op-ed - James Sherk / Sacramento Bee)
- Democrats Afraid of the Truth About Privatizing Social Security (letter - Sky-Hi Daily News)
- PENSION PULSE: Our Ever Shrinking Pension Payouts? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 30th, 2010
- Puncturing the Left's Myths About the Public Pension Crisis (column - Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner)
- Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Says National Debt Is Biggest Threat to National Security (blog - Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge)
- Pension Time Bomb: The $16.7 Billion Shadow Hanging Over GM's Turnaround (editorial - Washington Post)
- Two Legislators Are Pushing a Bill That Would Commit Taxpayers to Bailing Out the Teamsters' Pension Fund (Kevin D. Williamson / National Review)
- Social Security: The Futile Fight for What's Been Promised (guest blogger - Bill Bonner / Christian Science Monitor)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Social Security (Henry Payne / Christian Science Monitor)
- PENSION PULSE: Where We Are? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 29th, 2010
- That Private Sector Pension? You Might Have to Pay It Back (column - Teryl Zarnow / Orange County Register)
- Obama Steers Clear of Social Security Learning Curve (column - Amity Shlaes / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: A Bad Case of Economic Hypochondria? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 28th, 2010
August 27th, 2010
- How Severe Is the Public Employee Pension Problem Across the US? Hint: Is a $3 Trillion Debt Severe? (Steven Greenhut / Nieman Watchdog)
- Struggling Cities Shut Firehouses in Budget Crisis (Michael Cooper / New York Times)
- State and Local Governments Push Employees to Pick Up More of Their Health Care Costs (Jeannette Neumann / Wall Street Journal)
- MAP: States' Funded Status for Retiree Health Care Liabilities (Wall Street Journal)
- GAO Report Says State and Local Governments 'Will Steadily Decline' (Frank Keegan / Franklin Center)
- READ THE GAO REPORT: 'State and Local Governments: Fiscal Pressures Could Have Implications for Future Delivery of Intergovernmental Programs'
- Public Sector Pensions: The Real Bailout Bomb Is Still Midflight (Kyle Olson / BigGovernment.com)
- Alan Simpson's Barnyard Perspective on Social Security (blog - Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times)
August 26th, 2010
- Debt Crisis Just Beginning, Morgan Stanley Says (column - Colin Barr / Fortune)
- Morgan Stanley Analyst Says Governments to Default (Matthew Brown / BusinessWeek)
- Millions of American Taxpayers Make Money Off Federal Taxes (Derek Thompson / The Atlantic)
- VIDEO: America's Limitless Welfare State (William Voegeli / Reason.tv)
- US Unemployment: Private Sector vs. Government Sector (Edward J. O'Boyle / Rogers Digital Media)
- PBGC Takes Over Pensions of 5,600 Rouge Steel Retirees (David Shepardson / Detroit News)
- Family of '111-Year-Old' Man Who Had Been Dead for 30 Years Face Arrest for Fraud for Collecting His Pension (Mainichi Daily News)
- Today's Senior Citizens Living at Others' Expense (column - Walter E. Williams / Orange County Register)
- EDITORIAL CARTOON: Private Accounts for Social Security? (Cox & Forkum)
- PENSION PULSE: Social Security Pension Ponzi Scheme $16 Trillion Short? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 25th, 2010
- States Eye Minnesota Lawsuit Challenging State's Legislation Changing Current Public Pension Benefits (Jonathan Miltimore / Watchdog.org)
- Dire Predictions About the Public Pension Gap (blog - Jennifer Saranow Schultz / New York Times)
- Social Security Ponzi Scheme Is $16 Trillion Short (column - Laurence Kotlikoff / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Are Pensions The Next AIG? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 24th, 2010
- GM Is Just a Hedge Fund in Disguise (column - Tony Jackson / Financial Times)
- US Postal Service Could Use Pension Fund Surplus to Boost Business (Chris Panteli / Global Pensions)
- PENSION PULSE: Financial Retraction Ahead? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 23rd, 2010
- The Major Division in This Country Is Now 'Between Political Elites and the People,' Says Pollster (column - John Fund / Wall Street Journal)
- SEC's Move Against New Jersey Was Just Its First Step to Make Muni Bonds More Transparent (Jim McTague / Barron's)
- All Municipal Bond Holders Should File SEC Complaints (Frank Keegan / Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity)
- Private Union Pensions the Next Bailout? (editorial - Orange County Register)
- Now Democrats Want Another $34 Billion to Bail Out Teamsters' Pensions (Warner Todd Huston / American Daily)
- For Social Security, A Birthday Makeover (op-ed - Multiple Authors / New York Times)
- Social Security Cuts Weighed by Panel (Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Welcome to the Wolf' Market? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 22nd, 2010
August 21st, 2010
August 20th, 2010
- Conjuring Magic to Cover States' $3 Trillion Public Pension Debt: Fiscal Reality Sets In (Bob Adelmann / The New American)
- Pension Cuts Won't Cover US Taxpayers' $3 Trillion Bill, Professor Says (Dunstan McNichol / Bloomberg)
- As Many as 31 States Could See Their Pension Plan Assets Dry Up by 2030, Says New Study (Michael Giardina / Investment Management Weekly)
- Even With Reforms, Taxpayers Will Bear Much of the $3 Trillion in State Pension Liabilities, Says Study (press release - Kellogg School of Management)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse Delivers $4.1 Billion Value Added in H1 2010 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 19th, 2010
- Unfunded Public Pensions -- The Next Quagmire (op-ed - R. Eden Martin / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: The Unpoppable Bond Bubble? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 18th, 2010
- State and Local Social Security 'Free Riders' Pocket $15 Billion/Year (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- AUDIO: Talk Show Host Lou Dobbs Gives High Praise to Book 'UNSUSTAINABLE' (FreeEnterpriseNation.org)
- Order the Book 'UNSUSTAINABLE' Online Now
- Federal Workers Make Twice As Much As Those in Private Sector (Gary D. Halbert / Investors Insight)
- PENSION PULSE: Will The Real Smart Money Please Stand Up? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 17th, 2010
- Stressed States Are Forcing Workers to Retire Later (Jeannette Neumann, Michael Corkery and Marcus Walker / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Where Are Hedge Funds Placing Their Bets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 16th, 2010
- States Test Whether Public Pension Benefits Given Can Be Taken Away (Stephen C. Fehr / Stateline.org)
- The Next Pension Bailout: New Momentum to Dump Union Retirement Burdens on Taxpayers (editorial - Wall Street Journal)
- Medicare's Projections Are Unreasonable and Misleading (ep-ed - Stanford G. Ross and David M. Walker / New York Times)
- VIDEO: Social Security Is Gasping for Air (editorial - Neil Cavuto / Fox Business News)
- There Are No Pain-Free Approaches to Fixing Social Security (editorial - Los Angeles Times)
- PENSION PULSE: South Korea's Pensions to Boost Equity Stake (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- PENSION PULSE: Norway's SWF Posts a 5.4% Loss in Q2 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 13th, 2010
- PensionTsunami.com Catches the Zeitgeist of the Pension Crisis (blog - Buttonwood / The Economist)
- Pension Tsunami Recognition Phase Arrives; Emails From Readers (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- America's Most Generous Public Pension: The Military (blog - The Economist)
- PENSION PULSE: CPPIB Hedging For Choppy Markets? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 12th, 2010
- Civil Servants Paid More Like Masters (editorial - Orange County Register)
- Why the Stimulus Isn't Working (column - Terry Savage / Chicago Sun-Times)
- Automatic Sign-Up IRA Bill Introduced in the House (Rebecca Moore / PlanSponsor.com)
- Boomers Wanting to Work Past Retirement Age Find Limited Options (Christine Dugas / Usa Today)
August 11th, 2010
- Federal Workers Earning Double Their Private Counterparts (Dennis Cauchon / USA Today)
- GRAPH: Comparison of Government vs. Private Compensation (jpg - USA Today)
- House Sends $26 Billion in Aid to States for Teachers, Medicaid (David Lightman / McClatchy Newspapers)
- US Debt Crisis on the Horizon, Says Congressional Budget Office Report (Gary D. Halbert / Investors Insight)
- America's Deficit of Political Guts (column - Walter E. Williams / Orange County Register)
- US Is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know (column - Laurence Kotlikoff / Bloomberg)
- PENSION PULSE: Fed Bailing Out Pension Plans? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 10th, 2010
- Day of Reckoning for State Pension Plans, Continued (blog - Josh Rauh / Kellogg Finance)
- The One Bubble That Could Destroy the Entire World Financial System (blog - Michael T. Snyder / Seeking Alpha)
- A Growing Pile of Debt for State Unemployment Insurance Programs (Joey Peters / Stateline.org)
- Medicare's Chief Actuary vs. President Obama on the Obamacare Facts (editorial - Wall Street Journal
- Europe Opens Debate on Pension Reform (Timothy Inklebarger / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions Swamp British Firms (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 9th, 2010
- Taming a Whale Lurking in Public Pension Financing (Bruce Deal / Pensions & Investments)
- Huge Battle Looms Over Public Pensions -- Who Will (Who Should) Foot the Bill? (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- Find Out When Your State's Public Employee Pension Fund May Run Dry (blog - Ron Lieber / New York Times)
- Pension Envy? You Wish. (blog - Meep / Piece of Work in Progress)
- PENSION PULSE: Private Equity Emerging From the Deep? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 8th, 2010
- The New Class Warfare: Private vs. Public Worker (blog - Tom Petruno / Los Angeles Times)
- The Coming Class War Over Public Pensions (column - Ron Lieber / New York Times)
- Who Should Pay for the Trillion-Dollar Public Pension Gap? (blog - Ron Lieber / New York Times)
- Public Sector Unions Using Fear to Protect Pay and Benefits (commentary - Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner)
- The Problem With Public Pensions (column - John Mauldin / Investors Insight)
- Unfunded Pension and Other OPEB Liabilities as a Percent of State GDP (jpeg - NCPA / Investors Insight)
- Social Security in the Red This Year (Stephen Dinan / Washington Times)
- Public Sector Pay in British Colombia Grew Amidst Global Recession and It's Getting Bigger (Jesse Ferreras / Pique Newsmagazine)
August 7th, 2010
August 6th, 2010
- Reduced Headline Schedule This Week on PensionTsunami.com
- PENSION PULSE: A Cruel Summer for Hedge Funds? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 5th, 2010
August 4th, 2010
August 3rd, 2010
- Breakwaters Against the Pension Tsunami (Tom Dennis / Grand Forks Herald)
- Son of Subprime: Municipal Bonds and Unfunded Public Pensions (column - Addison Wiggin / The Daily Reckoning)
- Threat by Local Officials to Lay Off Up to 500,000 Municipal and County Workers Over the Next Two Years Is a Lie (Frank Keegan / Franklin Center)
- Pension Overhaul Treats Lawmakers Differently Than Other State Workers (John Gramlich / Stateline.org)
- PENSION PULSE: Fed Feeling States' Pension Pain? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 2nd, 2010
- NEW STUDY: 'Unfunded Liabilities of State and Local Government Employee Retirement Benefit Plans' (National Center for Policy Analysis)
- Why Democrats Are Pushing the $165 Billion Union Pension Bailout (LaborUnionReport / BigGovernment.com)
- Federal Entitlements Will Crowd Out Other Spending in 25 Years (op-ed - Michael Gerson / Sacramento Bee)
- PENSION PULSE: 'Post-Liberation' Politics? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
August 1st, 2010
- Social Security Jitters? Better Prepare Now (Tara Siegel Bernard / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: AIMCo Sees Returns Rebound in 2009-2010 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 31st, 2010
July 30th, 2010
- California Approaches 'Fiscal Meltdown'; Fort Worth, Texas Ponders Scrapping Defined Benefit Pension Plans (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- AGENDA FOR TODAY'S US CHAMBER CONFERENCE: What Public Benefit Plans Can Learn From Private Employers (pdf)
- LIVE WEBCAST TODAY: Watch the US Chamber Pension Conference in DC Live Online Starting at 9 AM Eastern Time
- Public Sector Workers Get More Pay, Perks, Report Says Labor Department Report (blog - Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
- US Faces Enormous and Unsustainable Fiscal Deficits (op-ed - Daniel Seiver / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Circling Back to the Caisse's 2009 Annual Report (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 29th, 2010
- CFFR Vice President Jack Dean to Participate in US Chamber of Commerce Pension Conference Friday in DC
- NOTE: Reduced Headline Schedule Today and Tomorrow on PensionTsunami.com
- PENSION PULSE: False Recovery in Commercial Real Estate? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 28th, 2010
- Public Employees Get More Benefits, Says Labor Department Report (Sara Murray / Wall Street Journal)
- Cities' Plea to Congress: We Need $75 Billion or We'll Lay Off 500,000 (Ron Scherer / Christian Science Monitor)
- Obama Wants Another $50 Billion to Avoid 300,000 Teacher Layoffs (Mark Sappenfield / Christian Science Monitor)
- 'Glimmers of Improvement,' But State Financial Woes Remain (Lisa Lambert, Reuters / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: bcIMC Up 16.3% in 2009-2010 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 27th, 2010
- California's Latest Pay Plunder: Outrage Over Lavish Salaries and Pensions in Bell Could Fire Up Reform (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- VIDEO: Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute Speaks on the Looming State Pension Crisis (Ripon Society)
- PENSION PULSE: On the Cusp of a Global Bond Hiccup? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 26th, 2010
- VIDEO: Former US Comptroller General David Walker Talks About the Federal Fiscal Crisis (interviewed by Nick Gillespie / Reason.tv)
- Social Security Loses $50 Million a Year in Benefit Overpayments (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
July 25th, 2010
July 24th, 2010
July 23rd, 2010
- Pension Politics: Symbols and Substance Will Clash in 2010 and Beyond (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada's PSP Investments Up 21.5% in FY 2010 (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- VIDEO: Editor of PensionTsunami.com Jack Dean Interviewed on the Growing Wave of Public Pension Debt (Ted Balaker / Reason.tv)
July 22nd, 2010
July 21st, 2010
- Solving a Looming US Retirement Crisis (commentary - Teresa Ghilarducci / Businessweek)
- PENSION PULSE: Social Security to Tackle States' Pension Fund Woes? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 20th, 2010
- PensionTsunami.com Editor to Speak at US Chamber of Commerce Conference on Public Pensions in DC on July 30
- California Cities Rent Police, Janitors to Save Cash (Tamara Audi / Wall Street Journal)
- Public Pension Problems (commentary - Paul Jacobs / Citizens in Charge)
- Avoiding Global Deflation (blog - Edward Ring / CIV FI)
- Poll Finds Faith in Social Security System Tanking (Susan Page / USA Today)
- UK's Public Sector Pension Costs to More Than Double by 2014-15 (blog - Iain Martin / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Onex, CPPIB Unite in Bid to Buy U.K. Firm (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 19th, 2010
- Expansion of Unions in Private Sector Would Be Bad News (column - Michael Barone / Columbus Dispatch)
- Time to Retire? These Days, Not Likely in the Private Sector (Clark Mason / Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
- States Are Broke, But Is There an Upside? (Dunstan Prial / Fox News)
- Greece Bites the Bullet on Pension Reform (Oxford Analytica / Forbes)
- The Demise of the Nanny State in Europe (Karen Aho / MSN Money)
- PENSION PULSE: Is the Yo-Yo Market Forewarning Doom? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 17th, 2010
July 16th, 2010
- Curbing Pension 'Pay to Play' (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- To Avoid Layoffs, Teachers, Police and Firefighters Need to Compromise (commentary - Katrina Trinko / AOL News)
- PENSION PULSE: An Overseas Asset Buying Spree? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 15th, 2010
- Municipal Bonds Benefit as States Kick the Can Down the Road; How Long Can It Last? (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- Facing Fiscal Meltdown, Municipalities Struggle With Pensions (Dennis Behreandt / New American)
- Study Finds Many Workers' Retirement Savings Will Run Out Too Soon (David Pitt / USA Today)
- Book Review of 'The Battle: The Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government' by Arthur C. Brooks (Brian C. Anderson / American Spectator)
- PENSION PULSE: PSPIB in a $1.5 Billion-Plus Secondary-Market Sale? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 14th, 2010
- More Speakers Added to US Chamber of Commerce Pension Conference in DC on July 30
- Book Review of 'Unsustainable' by James MacDougald (Bill Zettler / Champion News)
- PENSION PULSE: US Corporate Pension Deficits Widen in June (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 13th, 2010
- Uncle Sam: Generous to a Fault (column - Ed Feulner / CNS)
- States May Face Pension Pressure as New GASB Accounting Rules Widen Funding Deficits (Dunstan McNichol / Bloomberg)
- Taxpayers Don't Need $2.9 Trillion Pension Overhaul (column - Joe Mysak / Bloomberg)
- Lawmakers Defend Social Security's Chief Actuary in Clash With Commissioner (Robert Pear / New York Times)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions Dive Into Alternatives (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 12th, 2010
- Chapter 9 Doesn't Work the Same as Chapters '7-Eleven' and Won't Solve the Pension-Benefit Crisis (column - Girard Miller / Governing Magazine)
- State Governments Shifting to Hybrid Pension Plans (Jeannette Neumann / Wall Street Journal)
- Might the President's Deficit Commission Recommend Social Security Reform? (op-ed - Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Olé! Brace for Earnings Season! (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 11th, 2010
- Roundtable Discussion: 'Should We Act Now or Later to Fix Social Security?' (Doug Halonen / Pensions & Investments)
- PENSION PULSE: No Garden-Variety Public Pension Crisis? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 10th, 2010
July 9th, 2010
- The Axis of Wall Street & Unions (blog - Edward Ring/ CIV FI)
- It's Time to Revise the Public Pension System (blog - Joe Klein / Time Magazine)
- Teachers’ Union Shuns Obama Aides at National Convention (Sam Dillon / New York Times)
- Another Handout to Unions Via the 'Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act' (op-ed - James Sherk / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- Major Pension Overhaul Approved by Greece (Ingrid Melander / Balkans.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Pensions Drinking Themselves Silly? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 8th, 2010
- San Bernardino County Trying to Find Funds for $152 Million Worth of Employees' Accrued Time (Joe Nelson / Redland Daily Facts)
- Illinois Public Safety Workers Enjoy Best Pension Deals (Sean F. Driscoll / State Journal-Register)
- Unions Battle for Public Job Benefits as States and Cities Demand Cuts (Sean Lengell / Washington Times)
- US Chamber of Commerce to Hold Conference on Public Pensions in DC on July 30
- Report Says Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay Federal Government Workers (James Sherk / Heritage Foundation)
- Greek Government Passes Pension Overhaul as Unions Strike in Protest (Maria Petrakis / Businessweek)
- EU Launches Public Debate on Pension Reform (Wall Street Journal)
- PENSION PULSE: Global Pension Heat Rising (blog with video - Leo Kolivakis)
July 7th, 2010
- Expect Lots of Government Layoffs at State, Local Level (Paul Davidson / USA Today)
- State, Local Governments Could Slash 400,000 Jobs in the Next Year (Huffington Post)
- State Pension Woes Only Worsening (column - Nilus Mattive / Market Oracle)
- Investors Fear Rising Risk of US Local Government Defaults (Nicole Bullock / Financial Times via CNBC)
- USPS Says It's Losing Billions of Dollars Due to Excessive Pension Contributions (Emily Long / Government Executive)
- Half of Greeks oppose pension reforms, survey finds (AFP)
- PENSION PULSE: Canada Pension Plan Invests in Oilsands (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 6th, 2010
- The Government Workers' Pay Bonus (op-ed - Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine / Wall Street Journal)
- New Survey Shows Older Americans Fear Insufficient Retirement Funds ( Anita Creamer / Sacramento Bee)
- Time to 'Fix' Social Security (blog - Meep / Piece of Work in Progress)
- PENSION PULSE: Learning From US Endowments? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 5th, 2010
July 4th, 2010
- Public Employee Union Pensions Gambling With Taxpayers' Money (blog - Paul Hatfield / Examiner.com)
- FOURTH OF JULY EXTRA: Happy Secession Day (Thomas J. DiLorenzo / LewRockwell.com)
- State and Local Government Workers' Job Security Fades (Christopher Leonard and Christopher S. Rugaber / Winston-Salem Journal)
- Illinois and California: State Basket Cases (blog - Calculated Risk)
- Our Golden Years May Be Copper (Kay Severinsen / Lake County News-Sun)
- Drink Maker Uses 2 Million Barrels of Its Maturing Whiskey to Plug Company's Pension Deficit (PlanSponsor.com)
- PENSION PULSE: Bond Market Worried About 1930s Echo? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 2nd, 2010
- Labor's New Critics on the Pension Issue: Old Allies in Elected Office (Steven Greenhouse / New York Times)
- New State Budget Plans Burdened by Recession, Pension Costs (Mark Trumbull / Christian Science Monitor)
- JULY 4th EXTRA: Jefferson's Tender Lament Didn't Make It Into the Declaration (commentary - Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal)
- Bellwood, Illinois Official Paid $472,255 to Run a Town of 20,000 (Joseph Ryan / Chicago Tribune)
- PENSION PULSE: Oh Canada! All Eyes Down South! (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 1st, 2010
- VIDEO: There Are Too Many Public Employees and They Are Paid Too Much (Dan Mitchell / Cato Institute)
- S&P Report Says US Pension Funds Are a Significant State Budget Challenge (Yali N'Diaye / iMarket.Newcoms)
- US States Face Hard Budget Choices -- Unfunded Pensions High on the Agenda (Nicole Bullock / Financial Times)
- State Pension Funds: Watch Out for the Hail Mary? (blog - Arpit Gupta / e21)
- Obama to Guarantee McChrystal a 4-Star General's Pension (Reuters)
- SEC Tightens Rules on Public Pension Funds (Edward Wyatt / New York Times)
- SEC Adopts New Measures to Curtail Pay-To-Play Practices by Investment Advisers (press release - SEC)
- BBC First of Many UK Public Pension Plans to Wield the Axe (Ros Altmann / Independent)
June 30th, 2010
- BBC Blames £2 Billion Black Hole as It Slashes Defined Pension Plan Benefits (James Moore / Independent)
- Firing Public Union Workers Creates Jobs (blog - Mike Shedlock / Mish's Trends)
- PENSION PULSE: Preparing for Next Big One? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 29th, 2010
- Three Decades After Prop. 13, California May Again Be on Leading Edge of Voter Discontent Over Public Pensions (Barry Horstman / Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Public Employee Unions: The Enemy Within? (column - Jay Ambrose / Orange County Register)
- Public Pension Plans Take Knife to Benefits: Higher Costs, More Retirees, Political Issues All Play Part (Randy Diamond / Pensions & Investments)
- Not All Private Companies Have Axed Pension Plans (blog - Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE 6/26: 'New Austerity' Threatening Global Recovery? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- PENSION PULSE 6/27: Gauging the Risks of Recession (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- PENSION PULSE 6/28: The Third Depression? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 28th, 2010
- The Next Crisis: Public Pension Funds (Roger Lowenstein / New York Times Sunday Magazine)
- Despite $120 Trillion National Debt, Congress Considers Bill to Regulate Dog Breeders -- Introduced by California Rep. (Rob Hotakainen / Sacramento Be
- National Debt Is Greater Than $120 Trillion -- More That Eight Times Larger Than Congress Admits (Free Enterprise Nation)
- States of Crisis for 46 Governments Facing Greek-Style Deficits (Edward Robinson / Bloomberg)
- Corporate Pension Funding Relief Bill HR 3692 Signed by President (blog - Susan Mangiero / Pension Risk Matters)
- Paying for a Longer Life (op-ed - Bernard Starr / Orange County Register)
- PENSION PULSE: Close, But No Cigar! (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 25th, 2010
- GASB's New Plan for Valuing Public Pensions (Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Broke! Fixing America's Fiscal Crisis: When Will You Get to Retire? (Jeanne Sahadi / CNN Money)
- Pennsylvania School Districts Face Tax Hikes, Program Cuts to Pay for Teacher Pensions (Mary Niederberger / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- PENSION PULSE: A New Plan for Valuing Pensions? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
June 24th, 2010
- Only 17% of Fortune 100 Companies Still Offer a Defined-Benefit Pension Plan (Joe Mont / The Street)
- VIDEO: Large Companies Are Increasingly Shifting to 401(k) Plans (The Street)
- PBGC Seizes Auto Supplier's Pension Plan; Assumes Responsibility for $69.7 Million Liability (David Shepardson / Detroit News)
- Unwed Daughters in Greece Catch 'Time Bomb' in Pension Overhaul (Maria Petrakis / Bloomberg)
- Workers in France Strike Over Pension Age Reform (BBC)
- PENSION PULSE: Caisse on the Right Path? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)