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BLAME IT ON BUFFETT: Newspaper's fund takes hit;Investment in Berkshire Hathaway stock was a loser last year for The Washington Post Co.'s pension plan.: WASHINGTON -- Blame it on Warren Buffett. The Washington Post Co.'s pension fund lost $175 million last year, posting a -13% return on its assets, in no small measure because a significant portion of its equity investments are in Berkshire Hathaway WASHINGTON -- Blame...; Tags: asset, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., information technology, pension fund, pension plan, stock, Warren Buffett, Washington Post Co.; Research articles 2000-05-01
Pension funds: Underfunding improves for S&P 500 firms.(News): Byline: Vineeta Anand WASHINGTON - Fueled by a recovery in the stock market, the 362 companies in the S&P 500 index that have pension plans ended 2004 with a collective $161.9 billion shortfall in their pension funds, a slight improvement from Byline: Vineeta...; Tags: company, Federal Express, pension fund, pension plan, S&P 500; Research articles 2005-05-02
`A lousy alternative'; Ironic twist: Alabama Retirement Systems' deal could doom US Airways pilots' underfunded pension plan.(News): Byline: Vineeta Anand ARLINGTON, Va. - US Airways Group Inc. might have to gut a pension fund in order to be rescued by another pension fund. The airline might have to terminate its $1.3 billion, underfunded pension plan for pilots and dump...; Tags: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension fund, pension plan, US Airways Group Inc.; Research articles 2003-01-20
Inaugural UBS US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker Finds Dramatically Improved Pension Plan Health for 2006: CHICAGO -- UBS Global Asset Management today announced the inaugural UBS US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate of the overall health of the typical US defined benefit pension plan. This first Tracker shows a dramatic improvement in pension plan funding ratios in 2006. According to UBS Global Asset...; Tags: pension fund, pension plan, UBS AG; Research articles 2007-01-22
News Briefs; CalSTRS votes to span globe in choosing new investments for its private equity portfolio.: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - CalSTRS' investment committee voted to expand its international private equity investments to the entire globe. Staff at the $113 billion pension fund had recommended limiting the expansion to Japan and Australia only. Currently, SACRAMENTO, Calif. - CalSTRS' investment committee voted to expand...; Tags: American Express Co., Enron Corp., Fidelity Investments, hedge fund, Maytag Corp., Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension fund, pension plan, private equity, shareholder, Symbol Technologies Inc.; Research articles 2004-06-14

WILL THAT BE LUMP SUM OR ANNUITY?; DaimlerChrysler, Lucent pension plans gird to pay benefits to laid-off employees.(Statistical Data Included): The pension funds at DaimlerChrysler Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. should escape relatively unscathed from the approximately 42,000 combined layoffs the two companies face. DaimlerChrysler, in Auburn Hills, Mich., announced Jan. 29 that it wo The pension funds at DaimlerChrysler Corp. and Lucent...; Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, pension fund, Daimler AG, benefit, company, pension plan; Research articles 2001-02-05
News Briefs: Arizona Treasury, board OK 20% TIPS allocation.(News Briefs): PHOENIX - Arizona State Treasury and the Arizona State Board of Investment approved a 20% allocation to Treasury inflation-protected securities, said Blaine Vance, chief deputy treasurer. The treasury and board of investment have combined land trust PHOENIX - Arizona State Treasury and the Arizona State...; Tags: asset, benefit, benefit plan, company, Delta Air Lines Inc., endowment, equity, investment, Mercer, pension fund, pension plan, private equity; Research articles 2005-11-28
News Briefs; US Airways pilots appeal judge's ruling on termination of their pension fund.(Other news briefs are discussed): ALEXANDRIA, Va. - US Airways Group pilots on March 11 appealed a judge's decision permitting the bankrupt airline to close its underfunded pilots pension plan. On March 1, Judge Stephen Mitchell of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Alexandria, Va., permitt ALEXANDRIA, Va. - US...; Tags: benefit, board, company, equity, pension, pension fund, pension plan, termination, US Airways Group Inc., Watson Wyatt; Research articles 2003-03-17
LACK OF GRACE: Large U.K. plans get failing grade on social responsibility concerns; Group says survey shows funds poor at mplementing policies.: LONDON - Could do better. Leading U.K. pension plans have been rapped over the knuckles by Friends of the Earth, London, for poor disclosure and implementation of socially responsible investment policies. Since July 2000, U.K. pension plans have LONDON - Could...; Tags: Foe, pension fund, pension plan, survey, Unilever PLC; Research articles 2001-10-01
BENEFITS BOOM: Some pension plans surpass firm's value;Stock prices lag while retirees' ranks grow.: General Motors Corp., the world's largest industrial corporation, has pension fund assets that are almost twice the company's market value. That means GM's pension fund could buy the company and then some if federal pension law did not limit the am General Motors Corp.,...; Tags: benefit, company, earnings, General Motors Corp., market value, pension fund, pension plan, stock; Research articles 2000-01-24
Market crunch putting squeeze on pension funds ; Long a source of profit protection, plans could become earnings drag.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): Once as comforting to corporate executives as an old sofa with a trove of quarters under the cushions, the company pension plan is about to become another source of stress in a slowing economy. Hit hard by the stock market collapse, the investment po Once as...; Tags: BORGWARNER INC., company, pension fund, pension plan, stock, stock market; Research articles 2001-04-02
Hirings.(multiple pension plan contract news briefs)(Statistical Data Included): AGL Resources ATLANTA - AGL Resources Inc. hired INVESCO as semibundled provider for its $147 million 401k plan, said Tom Atwood, director of employee benefits. Previous provider Northern Trust was terminated because plan officials wanted additi AGL Resources ATLANTA -...; Tags: 401(k) plan, Bank One Corp., equity, hiring, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., pension fund, pension plan; Research articles 2001-12-24
Hirings.(multiple contracts in pension plan management industry)(Statistical Data Included): AKZO Nobel ARNHEM, Netherlands -- AKZO Nobel Pension Fund hired Henderson Investors to manage a e60 million ($57.1 million) portfolio of listed European property stocks, said Rob Horlings, portfolio manager responsible for external managers at the AKZO Nobel ARNHEM, Netherlands...; Tags: equity, pension fund, MetLife Inc., pension plan, diversification, hiring; Research articles 2001-01-22
CRY FOR HELP: `Desperate' Japanese pension plans now turn to hedge funds; Corporate funds take plunge to gain positive returns.(News): Byline: Phyllis Feinberg Japanese pension plans, reeling from a 12-year bear market, are turning to hedge funds in a desperate attempt to find positive returns. About Y1.2 trillion (US$10 billion) are said to be invested in hedge funds by Japane Byline:...; Tags: hedge fund, pension fund, pension plan; Research articles 2003-02-17
World Briefs; Shell's Dutch plan earned a return of -3.7% in 2000.(pension fund results for 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): The HAGUE, Netherlands - Stichting Pensioenfonds Shell, The Hague, posted an investment return of -3.7% for 2000, compared with an annual average return of 15.4% a year for the five years ended Dec. 31, according to data published by the Dutch Associ The HAGUE, Netherlands -...; Tags: Fidelity Investments, pension fund, pension plan; Research articles 2001-04-30
Optimism amid tumult.(Editorial)(pension funds)(Editorial): As Pensions & Investments celebrates its 30th anniversary, pension plans today are pretty much in the same state they were in 1973. Or are they? They experienced huge losses when the market plunged in 1973, just as they have in recent years. ...; Tags: ERISA, investment, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension fund, pension plan; Research articles 2003-10-27
CONFIDENTIAL MEMO: Pension issue upsets actors' unions merger; Producer questions if SAG fund would subsidize AFTRA.(News)(Screen Actors Guild): Byline: Phyllis Feinberg The proposed merger of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists could be derailed by concerns by one SAG pension plan management trustee about merging the two unions' pension funds. Byline: Phyllis Feinberg...; Tags: benefit, health care, merger, pension fund, pension plan, Screen Actors Guild; Research articles 2003-06-09
At deadline.(pension protection act): DOL issues advice guidance Money managers offering investment advice to participants in 401k plans they manage can vary the fees they charge for their own investment options, but they must provide the advice through a separate affiliate, whose c DOL issues advice guidance...; Tags: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension fund, pension plan, Qwest Communications Inc.; Research articles 2007-02-05
April 15 deadline looms: Sponsors struggle over contribution size; Corporations put up about $10 billion so far; ultimate amount rests with Congress.(News): Byline: Gregory Crawford Corporate pension fund contributions this year could surpass last year's nearly $50 billion. But that figure would be much lower if Congress allows a higher discount rate than currently allowed. (see story on Page 2) ...; Tags: asset, company, contribution, pension fund, pension plan, stock, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2004-04-05
Bills, bills, bills.: Congress often appeared to be working at cross-purposes in its efforts to create pension legislation. The call for reform of the private pension system had its roots in the 1964 collapse of Studebaker Corp. Of Studebaker's retirees and employees Congress often...; Tags: company, ERISA, fiduciary, pension, pension fund, pension plan, standards, tax, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Senate; Research articles 1998-10-19