Information about Pension Plans and Funds

White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. ... Read more

www.weforum.org 29.01.2010 “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005) What are the pressing global, industry and societal issues that business leaders must address in the wake of the “Great Recession”? Stephen Green, Chairman, HSBC, United Kingdom Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA; Global Agenda Council on the Role of Business Ind... Read more

President Obama holds a discussion on the economy with local families in the backyard of the Weithman family in Columbus, OH. August 18, 2010. ... Read more

Bruce Johnstone of the Regina Leader-Post reports, Pension Pioneers: The province that introduced medicare and public auto insurance to Canada — could soon be leading the way in pension reform as well. The Saskatchewan Pension Plan, which has been around since 1986, may well be the model for the pooled pension plans that the country’s finance ministers proposed last week in Kananaskis, Alta. The federal and provincial finance ministers agreed to introduce legislatio... Read more

While insurance regulator appointed bancassurance committee, it has recommended that banks become a one-stop-shop for insurance. The insurance industry is divided on whether multiple insurers should be allowed to tie up with a single bank. ... Read more

Christmas is a time for family and friends. It’s also a time to reflect on how fortunate and blessed we are and to give to those who are less fortunate. Last year, I wrote about Katie Piper’s Christmas message. This year, I was touched by the kindness of a man called Dan Wallrath, one of the CNN heroes who builds free homes for wounded vets: Alexander Reyes’ boyhood dream of a military career ended when he was hit by an improvised explosive device during a patrol two years ago... Read more

The Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California Berkeley is pleased to present President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States of America. In his second visit to campus President Clinton speaks to Students, Faculty, and Staff about “Global Citizenship: Turning Good Intentions Into Positive Action. ... Read more

Mark Green on NY1’s Inside City Hall Discussing the Death Penalty with Former Mayor Koch, Former Senator Al D’Amato and Host Dominic Carter ... Read more

Lisa Fleisher of the WSJ reports, New Jersey Pension Gap Grows: New Jersey’s pension gap grew to $53.9 billion in the last fiscal year, up from $45.8 billion, thanks to market losses and a lack of state funding, according to figures released Thursday by the state. The looming pension burden, largely ignored by the state for the past decade, has ballooned into a nearly unmanageable problem that will push state and local finances into a corner in coming years, dropping large bills in t... Read more

Prichard, Alabama — This struggling small city on the outskirts of Mobile was warned for years that if it did nothing, its pension fund would run out of money by 2009. Right on schedule, its fund ran dry.  Then Prichard did something that pension experts say they have never seen before: it stopped sending monthly pension checks to its 150 retired workers, breaking a state law requiring it to pay its promised retirement benefits in full. (Source: NYT) View original post on What’s an... Read more