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New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...

CalPERS pre-empts healthcare funding crisis

... move could also set a new blueprint to how companies tackle their future funding liabilities, modeled on CalPERS own pension plan in which three out of four dollars paid in benefits come from investment earnings, not from taxpayer dollars or employer ...

Perpetual repatriates UK pension benefits

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... Perpetual's Investor Choice Retirement Fund, which includes the Perpetual WealthFocus Super Plan and Perpetual WealthFocus Pension Plan options, received QROPS registration earlier this year and are registered to accept UK pension benefit transfers from ...

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

... Currency also contributed to the gains with the Euro's 10 per cent rise against the Loonie increasing the Canadian Pension Plan's foreign performance figure to a high 21.6 per cent. "Since the Canada Revenue Agency lifted foreign content restrictions ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

... Canada, where he was the senior vice president and risk management expert at the US$100 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Not only is Ontario Teacher's one of the largest pension funds in Canada, it is also one of the most successful thanks to ...

Smart 401(k) plan design boosts their take-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
Research from the US-based Investment Company Institute (ICI) reveals smart 401(k)s plan design is a big factor in their take up. "Research generally indicates that offering employer matching contributions or a loan provision increases participation. ...

ING adds non-commutable pension plan

In a bid to offer more retirement income flexibility, ING has rolled out plans to offer a non-commutable pension for people who choose to take advantage of the Government's transition to retirement (TTR) regulations. The TTR rules, which were announced ...

Canadian pensions get leg up from energy: RBC Dexia

Canadian pension plans have posted an 11.7 per cent gain in the year ending December 2005 propped by the nation's energy sector, based on the latest survey by RBC Dexia Investor Services. The London-based pension administration and global custody firm ...

Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
... National Australia Bank's UK operations have become the latest company to dump their final salary-based defined benefit pension plan in an attempt to control the ballooning costs of such schemes, according to UK reports. Among the major changes are a ...

US defined benefit scheme shake-out continues

... According to Watson Wyatt Worldwide, nearly two-thirds of the 1,000 largest companies in the US have a defined benefit pension plan or a traditional retirement plan. However, 82 of the existing defined benefit plans were closed to new employees as of ...