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		<title><![CDATA[Cadbury Pension Fund Insures Â£500 Mln Liabilities]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Cadbury CBRY said on Wednesday it had insured 500 million pounds of pension liabilities in a deal allowing it to keep control of the scheme's assets.Cadbury, fighting off a hostile takeover bid from U.S. food group rival Kraft KFT, sealed the insurance deal covering British pension...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:09:25 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-Calpers Staff Ties With Financier Probed: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. security regulators are investigating possible ties between a former chief executive of California pension fund Calpers and a former Calpers board member, and a financier who has pleaded guilty in a New York pension fund corruption case, The Sacramento Bee said on Saturday, citing court...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:45:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Future Fund, Transurban Suitors in Talks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The federal government's Future Fund has entered talks with two Canadian pension funds about supporting their takeover bid for Transurban Group.The Future Fund board of guardians said on Thursday they had entered into preliminary discussions with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board CPPIB and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Lots, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Our first question comes from Jeff Stein. Jeff, go ahead. Your line is open. Jeff Stein &#8211; Stein Research Sure. Thank you. Good morning, Steve. Just a couple of questions. First, given the pressures in the vendor community, do you guys have any interest in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:09:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bond Expert: Tuesday Wrap]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Jansen submits:  Prices of Treasury coupon securities surged today as persistent buying in the long end of the market sparked a rally across the curve. Money managers and pension fund players in need of duration waved in the 10 year sector and the 30 year sector. The yield...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:37:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pension Fund Thinks Lilly / Imclone Deal Too Cheap]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Lowe submits:  I honestly didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d ever get the chance to write about Imclone IMCL again. But never say never! It turns out that a pension fund, the State Retirement System of Massachusetts, is suing to block the Lilly LLY acquisition &#8211; because, hold on to your...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:18:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Public Pension Funds See Big Drops in Value]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public pension funds are being hit hard in the financial downturn with many reporting drops of at least 20 percent with more to come after a disastrous October comes to an end. Big funds had dropped about 14.8 percent in value for the year ended Sept. 30, according to investment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:07:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Morneau Sobeco: One Out of Two Pension Fund Sponsors Is Not Aware of the Impact of a Better Execution of its Securities Transactions.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Mar 14, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- When  buying and selling securities, over half (53%) of pension fund sponsors  in Canada are not aware of the impact that adopting best trade execution  practices - as recommended by provincial s  MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Mar 14, 2008...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway sage sees rough seas ahead for pension fund]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett's annual letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway criticizes both corporate CEOs and public pension fund managers for optimistic and manifestly unsustainable projections of future earnings.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unilever is under fire from claims that the board of its Dutch pension fund is not making enough payments to support its funding and hasn't made sufficient allowances for inflation.(FINANCIAL NEWS)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unilever is under fire from claims that the board of its Dutch  pension fund is not making enough payments to support its funding and  hasn't made sufficient allowances for inflation. The ...  Unilever is under fire from claims that the board of its Dutch  pension fund...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UBS Global Asset Management Reports Sharp Decline in US Pension Fund Fitness in 4Q2007 Due to Lower Equity Markets and Lower Interest Rates]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- UBS Global Asset Management today announced that its US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate of the overall health of a typical US defined benefit pension plan, shows pension funding ratios fell 8% in the fourth quarter of 2007.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Are Commodities?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value of UK pension fund liabilities is linked to bond yields. To justify investment in commodities for a UK pension fund, these assets need to have an expected return, net of costs, in excess of bonds, irrespective of any potential diversification benefits. Whilst demand outstrips supply, price increases may...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Applebee's settles pension fund's class suit vs. merger]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_42_41/ai_n27423987]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OVERLAND PARK, KAN. -- Applebee's International Inc. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit by a New Jersey construction worker union's pension fund, which alleged that the pending $2.3 billion sale of the company to IHOP Corp. would keep Applebee's shareholders from benefiting from sales of restaurants to franchisees.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BT AEGON Receives Authorization to Launch New Private Pension Fund in Romania.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5570/is_200708/ai_n23648956]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania, August 24 /PRNewswire/ --     BT AEGON, a  joint venture between Banca Transilvania and AEGON, has received  authorization to launch VITAL, its new privately administered pension  fund. The company is one of the first in Romania to  CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania, August 24...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPS Seeks to Change Union Pension Fund]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5935/is_200708/ai_n23927253]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[UPS Inc., the nation's largest single employer of Teamsters, said it is proceeding in talks with a union-related pension plan that could result in the parcel giant's withdrawing from the multi-employer funds that cover current and retired union members.UPS Inc., the nation's largest single employer of Teamsters, said it is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spoiling a beneficial alliance.(management of pension funds)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200707/ai_n20436207]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pension funds, endowments and foundations, even though they are  tax-exempt institutions, might end up paying the increased taxes  Congress is considering imposing on the general partners of hedge funds  and private equity firms.    One proposal, in fac  Pension funds, endowments and foundations, even...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.K. corporate funds act to shield hard-won gains.(management of pension funds)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200707/ai_n20436215]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Thao Hua    Now that many U.K. corporate pension funds are in the black again,  they're facing a new set of challenges: how to protect their  improved funding status.    As a result, a major shift in pension investment strategy might be ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Lawfirm of Saxena White P.A. Issues the Summary Notice of Pendency of Class Action, Proposed Settlement and Fairness Hearing in Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Sirva, Inc]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_12/ai_n27303360]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- The following statement is being issued pursuant to Court Order by the law firm of Saxena White P.A. Lead Plaintiff Counsel for the Class, regarding Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Sirva, Inc.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UBS Global Asset Management Reports Continued Improvement in US Pension Fund Fitness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_12/ai_n27306258]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- UBS Global Asset Management today announced that its US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate of the overall health of a typical US defined benefit pension plan, shows pension plan funding ratios improving steadily over the quarter. However, despite this funding ratio improvement, volatility in pension plan...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News briefs.(Knoxville City Employees' Pension Fund )(Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund )]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200707/ai_n20436188]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Study: more plans look at governance    WASHINGTON - Many multinational companies are scrutinizing global  investment policies and risk management strategies related to their  retirement plans, according to a new Watson Wyatt Worldwide survey.  About 78  Study: more plans look at governance  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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