The paper analyzes the range of default funds offered by UK stakeholder pension schemes, against the background of research that shows the majority of pension scheme members passively accept the default arrangements offered by the scheme sponsor. It finds the default funds vary substantially in their strategic asset allocation and...
The role of real estate in a pension plan is examined using an asset/liability modeling framework. The study developed a representative liability model of a pension fund to find the impact of different liability structures on asset allocation. Efficient real estate allocations in the pension-plan context are found to be...
Business Process Reengineering BPR works into the real work that produces the raw information and organizes around outcomes not tasks. Software Reengineering is part of BPR, which includes the inventory analysis, restructuring, reverse engineering, and forward engineering. This presentation discusses each of this and principles of Progress Monitoring and the...
Chesapeake Energy Corp. plans to open a regional office in northwest Louisiana. Chesapeake is in the process of leasing office space in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. The Oklahoma City-based company has operated in Louisiana since the mid-1990s and maintains a field office in Sligo. ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Apple Core Enterprises, an operator of four Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar franchises in North Dakota's Red River Valley, collected $6,745.76 from a series of pancake breakfasts and donated it to Dru's Dive, a skydiving event that raises awareness for violence against students and women. Proceeds...
Central City Concern has promoted Traci Manning to chief operating officer. Manning was previously director of housing development at CCC for eight years. She has been with the organization for 15 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in planning, public policy and management from the University...
According to news.gov.hk: Four universities will provide more than 700 study places for seniors, Elderly Commission Chairman Dr CH Leong says. Visiting Ming Yue Elder Academy today Dr Leong said the commission has been liaising with tertiary institutions to further extend the concept of elder academies....
John F. Tucker, III, 57, who managed Amtrak's Operations Planning Department in Washington, D.C., died Feb. 24. Tucker began his career with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority as a co-op student at Drexel University. He rose to Chief Operations Planning Officer and then Assistant General Manager at SEPTA's commuter railroad...
When Kelly McCrystal was earning a master's in business administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, she learned plenty of theory but not necessarily a lot of practical knowledge about running a company. She knew how to write a business plan and complete an...
SOUTH SALT LAKE -- The South Salt Lake City Council and Planning Commission have given final approval to a Hong Kong company to create Utah's own Chinatown here. The $20 million development is part of a commercial revolution in the city, said 23-year-old project manager Andrew So....
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation has purchased the Gaskin-Southall Mortuary, 1225 N. Rampart St., with a plan to convert the building into a center for music education and performance. Purchase price was not disclosed. "We want to teach more students," said...
The Chesapeake Boathouse on the Oklahoma River is set to have some new neighbors. Mike Knopp, executive director of the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation, a non-profit community foundation that operates the Chesapeake Boathouse, said plans are in the works for four new boathouses and numerous improvements in...
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 February 2008-TRENT UNIVERSITY: University and Emergency Response Services Complete Largest PlannedSimulation Exercise in the History of Trent University; 'Operation Collaboration' involves over 160 participantsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22022008 Peterborough -- Trent University, together with four local ...
The board of Community Wireless of Park City intends to sell Salt Lake City-based National Public Radio affiliate KCPW AM and FM, and potential suitors could include Utah State University and a California-based Christian broadcasting company. Community Wireless, which has faced financial problems and questions about whether...
WHEELING - The executive director of the Regional Economic Development Partnership soon will launch a recruiting campaign to attract former residents back to the Northern Panhandle. Don Rigby, a 20-year veteran in the economic development business, said he has partnered with college and university presidents, Ohio County Commission, the city...
SALT LAKE CITY -- TenFold Corporation (OTCBB: TENF), provider of EnterpriseTenFold SOA, an SOA-compliant, Ajax-enabled solutions framework for adding functionality to existing applications and building enterprise-scale applications, announced today that the University of Utah DIGIT lab is now in production with its TenFold-powered Facility Management System. "We used...
Elliott Raekman joins CitySites Commercial Group as executive vice president, director of Leasing and Sales. Rackman is a veteran of New York's brokerage community having spent the past two decades working for some of the city's largest developers and brokerage firms. His experience in operational and broker management will play...
Chad A. Fett, CFP, has been named a certified financial planner at First State Bank & Trust in Bayport, Minn., where he is a vice president. Fett's responsibilities include trust and estate administration, retirement planning, investment asset allocation and financial planning. Fett has a business management and communications degree from...
Dunedin police are considering a more covert approach to quellfuture Undie 500-related trouble in the wake of this year's mayhemin the city. It is also understood more protective equipment has beenrequested for officers. The moves come as Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin revealed that inOctober he met emergency services...
The city of Vancouver has appointed Eric Holmes as its economic development director. Holmes was formerly the city manager of Battle Ground and left last year to become the chief operating officer at MacKay & Sposito, a community design consulting firm. He holds a Bachelor of Arts...
