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- Wallstrip: Speculation
- Wallstrip focuses on a potential scapegoat for our failing economy: YOU.
- Videos 2008-08-01
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- Pension Funds and Emerging Markets
- This paper focuses on the investment behavior of pension funds in developed and emerging market countries. First, it analyzes the main determinants of the emerging market asset allocation of pension funds in developed countries. Second, it assesses how pension funds in emerging markets have contributed to the development of local...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Public Pension Funds See Big Drops in Value
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Brazil's pension funds reform is backed by World Bank's software.
- The pension funds reform submitted by the Brazilian federal government to the national congress was based on the simulations provided by theWorld Bank's software Prost Pension Reform Options Simulation Toolkit. Brazil's pension funds deficit am The pension funds reform submitted by the...
- Research articles 1999-11-18
- IT'S A WHOPPER OF A DEAL; PENSION FUNDS IN LINE.(Burger King parent considering selling fast-food giant)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Some big public pension funds may have an appetite for Burger King. Parent company Diageo PLC, London, is considering bids for its Miami-based fast-food giant from several private equity firms whose main investors are pension funds. Sources say Some big...
- Research articles 2002-05-13
- ONES TO WATCH: Recent mergers could spell big changes in top 200 listing.(listing of merged companies with best pension funds)(Brief Article)
- The 3-week-old millennium could usher in new leaders among the top 200 pension funds. Because pension funds usually are combined well after corporate mergers take place, a number of companies on this issue's list could move further up in the ranki The 3-week-old...
- Research articles 2001-01-22
- UBS tells pension funds to avoid equities.
- Pension funds should consider not investing in equities at all, according to a controversial report from highly rated analysts at UBS, the investment bank, that contradicts the conventional wisdom followed by most US and UK pension funds over the pas Pension funds should consider not investing...
- Research articles 2003-09-05
- News briefs.(investigations of Securities and Exchange Commission)(laws and rules of pension funds)(management of pension funds)
- SEC conducts inquiry into N.J. pension funds TRENTON, N.J. - The SEC is investigating the New Jersey pension system, according to a statement released by the state Treasury Department's division of pensions and benefits, which oversees the $81 bil SEC conducts inquiry into...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- U.K. corporate funds act to shield hard-won gains.(management of pension funds)
- 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 ...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Friendly words: Brazil pension funds get advice on garnering respect; Nicholas Brady tells how funds can boost assets and become big financial players.(chairman, Darby Overseas Investments Ltd., speech to 23rd Congress of the Brazilian Pension Funds)
- Byline: Phyllis Feinberg SAO PAULO - Brazil's pension funds should increase diversification if they want their assets to grow and play an important role in the country's capital markets, said Nicholas Brady. Mr. Brady, chairman of Darby Overseas Byline: Phyllis Feinberg...
- Research articles 2002-11-25
- Pension Funds and Commodities
- Funds and fundamentals seem to have reached a compromise by dividing the year in two halves. Funds drive the first while fundamentals catch up in the next. The pattern seems to be repeating this year, leaving investors and hedgers confused once again. It wasn’t long...
- External links 2009-07-13
- Group to probe investing tack of private pension portfolios. (an advisory group to the Department of Labor investigates investments of pension funds)
- Group to probe investing tack of private pension portfolios An advisory group to the Department of Labor will probe whether private pension funds are taking a short-term approach to their investments. There is widespread concern in Congress over howGroup to probe investing tack of...
- Research articles 1990-08-20
- UK pension funds return to pre-recession value
- The value of the UK's defined contribution DC pension funds has returned to the level they were prior to the recession kicking in in September 2008, according to analysis by Aon Consulting. The funds have overcome fluctuating investment returns during the last turbulent twelve months and a record dip to...
- News items 2009-08-18
- CALPERS alternatives disclosure: Settlement may leave public pension funds out in the cold.(News: California. Public Employees' Retirement System)
- Byline: Arleen Jacobius SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Fewer private equity, venture capital and hedge funds could be available to public pension funds now that CalPERS will have to reveal fees and profits on each of the funds in its hedge fund program, as ...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- Pension Funds Double Down as Losses Mount
- Daniel Miller submits: Public pension funds are reporting a large increase in their alternative asset class weightings as portfolio performances continue to suffer. Public funds control over $2.45 trillion in assets and are increasing their portfolios risk levels, largely with increased investments in hedge funds, in an attempt to compensate...
- External links 2008-08-15
- Pension funds back buy-out fight over bank deals
- A coalition of large US state pension funds has backed the private equity industry's opposition to new rules on takeovers of troubled lenders, saying the plan would have a "chilling effect" on attempts to revive the country's banking system. The warning by funds from states including New York, New Jersey...
- News items 2009-08-20
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-05-02
- At Deadline; $1.5 trillion in contributions.(Late News)(Pension funds)
- Companies may have to contribute a combined $1.5 trillion to their pension funds over the next five years to fix the funding shortfall, according to Watson Wyatt Worldwide's 2004 Global Investment Review. Global pension fund balance sheets had los Companies may have to...
- Research articles 2003-12-08
- News Briefs: Companies make contributions to pension funds.(News Briefs)
- Several corporations announced recent contributions to their pension funds. * International Business Machines Corp., White Plains, N.Y., expects to contribute between $430 million and $583 million to its non-U.S. pension plans before the end of th Several corporations announced recent contributions to their...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- GERMAN REFORM: Companies concerned about money-back guarantee provision.(planned pension funds)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- FRANKFURT - Executives at leading German companies are concerned about the new pension funds to be introduced later this year as part of Germany's sweeping reform of domestic pension savings. They are worried the new ``pensionsfonds'' that will be FRANKFURT - Executives at...
- Research articles 2001-08-20
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