SustainabilityHQ USPPF News and Information Dashboard
Listed below are the 50 most recent news articles about United States Pension Funds, continuously gathered from around the globe by the Institute. The flow of news involved United States Pension Funds in general as well as the activities of specific United States Pension Funds and their investments. Archives are available in this content silo (which are permanently maintained).
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United States Pension Funds News
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April 18, 2021
Source: BloombergQuint - Two of the leading shareholder-advisory firms are on opposing sides of a new investor proposal: racial audits. Shareholder resolutions filed with Amazon.com Inc., Johnson & Johnson and some of the biggest U.
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April 18, 2021
Source: U.S. News & World Report - Regardless of where you live, you can connect online to find relationships with other seniors. “For anyone who hasn’t dated in a while, it is best for them to clearly decide what their dating ...
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April 18, 2021
Source: WTNH - Today we’re looking at retirement trends, A new survey by the TransAmerica center for retirement studies has come out and some of the reporting’s are alarming! 51% of workers expect their main source of retirement...
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April 17, 2021
Source: IPE - Harrison Street Real Estate Partners Fund VIII targets assets like medical offices, student and senior housing
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April 17, 2021
Source: Forbes India - The inside story of how Bob Brockman, the secretive billionaire who allegedly masterminded America's biggest tax-evasion scheme, used 'Darth Vader' contracts to overcharge auto dealers and finance Rob
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April 17, 2021
Source: Fitch Ratings - Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AA' rating to the following Pasco County, FL GO bond issue:--$7.4 million GO bonds (
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April 17, 2021
Source: Journal Inquirer - The Board of Education has appointed Katharine Gabrielson to be the school system’s new director of pupil services.
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April 17, 2021
Source: YAHOO!News - The Board of Education has appointed Katharine Gabrielson to be the school system's new director of pupil services. According to an official job description, the position oversees special education, accommodation plans for...
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April 17, 2021
Source: Morningstar, Inc. - Sanctuary Wealth, home to the next generation of elite advisors, is expanding its national footprint into Connecticut as the Green Wealth Management Group becomes the sixth new addition to its network of independent partner firms...
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April 16, 2021
Source: KGBT Action 4 News - Reggaeton icon, Bad Bunny will be making a stop in the Rio Grande Valley next year. The Payne Arena announced Monday that Bad Bunny will
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April 16, 2021
Source: Cleveland.com - Those positions do not include benefits or Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) contributions. “It’s is important to factor in all costs associated with the mayor’s office because this is what helps...
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April 16, 2021
Source: top1000funds.com - The CalPERS board will make a decision next week on whether to include a long-term incentive compensation element as part of an incoming CIO’s remuneration package, something that the fund's chief executive,
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April 16, 2021
Source: Reuters on MSN.com - Italy has hiked its target for this year's budget deficit to 11.8% of gross domestic product from an 8.8% projection made in January, a government source told Reuters. The new target is contained in the Treasury's annual...
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April 16, 2021
Source: GlobeSt.com - The public pension plan purchased the two-million-square-foot, five-property portfolio in Southern California from Crow Holdings.
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April 16, 2021
Source: MediaPost - "These draft settlement documents, replete with proposed revisions, reflect Facebook's confidential commercial information," the company writes in papers filed late last week with the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.
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April 16, 2021
Source: El Paso Inc - Net liabilities in Texas for so-called other post-employment benefits (OPEBs), which consist mainly of health care obligations to retired public employees, stood at about $110.8 billion in fiscal-year 2019,
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April 16, 2021
Source: Pensions&Investments - Virginia Retirement System, Richmond, announced commitments of $1 billion at a meeting Wednesday of its investment advisory committee. In credit strategies, the $93.6 billion pension fund committed $400 million to Whitehorse...
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April 16, 2021
Source: CNBC on MSN.com - CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" team discusses investment strategies and market trends with Chris Ailman, CalSTRS chief investment officer.
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April 16, 2021
Source: MarketWatch on MSN.com - Among the proposals Amazon is recommending its shareholders vote against are reports on: pay by race and gender, who gets promoted, how customers use
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April 16, 2021
Source: CNBC - CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" team discusses investment strategies and market trends with Chris Ailman, CalSTRS chief investment officer.
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April 16, 2021
Source: Law360 - California State Teachers' Retirement System has purchased 11 California industrial buildings from Crow Holdings for $320 million, according to an announcement on Thursday from Texas-based Crow.
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April 16, 2021
Source: dealstreetasia - The pension fund also committed capital to a QIC global infrastructure fund and a Barings-managed fund of funds.
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Southeast Sun - “I just think there might be a better way to do that.” At issue is a May 8 deadline to accept an option offered by the Retirement Systems of Alabama for municipalities to change retirement benefits for their Tier II...
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April 15, 2021
Source: Harvard Business Review - Many large companies fail to pay enough attention to their leadership pipelines and succession practices. That leads to excessive turnover at the top and destroys a significant amount of value ...
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April 15, 2021
Source: KGBT Action 4 News - On Wednesday the City of Pharr announced that Governor Greg Abbott reappointed Assistant City Manager Anali Alanis to the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) Board of Trustees.
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April 15, 2021
Source: Dividend.com - In addition, he serves on the firm's Leadership Group and Investment Committee. Prior to joining RiverFront, Adam worked at the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), where he managed International Equity and REIT Portfolios and...
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April 15, 2021
Source: BloombergQuint - The e-commerce company outlined a set of hiring and promotion targets for 2021, including a 30% rise in the number of women in senior technical jobs and doubling the number of high-level Black employees in the U.
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April 15, 2021
Source: Barron's - Stocks: Real-time U.S. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only; comprehensive quotes and volume reflect trading in all markets and are delayed at least 15 minutes. International ...
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April 15, 2021
Source: Associated Press - Kaman Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that Neal J. Keating, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaman, retired from the Board of Directors at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on...
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April 15, 2021
Source: Associated Press - Bennie, an employee benefits platform helping companies create a healthier workplace, and Betterment 401(k), a technology-led 401(k) provider that makes saving for retirement easy, today announced a partnership to help employees...
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Globe and Mail - Missouri court rules against U.S. pension fund, denying request to ignore capital calls from private-equity firm
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Business Journals - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System will consider raising its chief investment officer's pay, perhaps by double the current rate, by adding a long-term incentive plan that would pay the executive if the...
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April 15, 2021
Source: Opalesque - Global investment platform IPI Partners has wrapped up its second flagship private equity fund after securing $3.8 billion from investors, with plans to target data centers and other connectivity-related investments,
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April 15, 2021
Source: The Center Square - Net liabilities in Washington for so-called other post-employment benefits (OPEBs), which consist mainly of health care obligations to retired public employees, stood at about $6.8 billion in fiscal-year 2019,
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April 15, 2021
Source: World Socialist Web Site - Frontier workers in Tampa, Florida, will vote on whether to authorize a strike this week over cuts to health care and retirement benefits.
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April 15, 2021
Source: Pensions&Investments - Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, Hartford, made four new commitments totaling nearly $200 million. Shawn T. Wooden, state treasurer and principal fiduciary of the $40 billion state pension system,
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April 14, 2021
Source: Bay News 9 - Senate Bill 84, which would change the Florida Retirement System (FRS), has passed the state Senate and is currently being looked at in the Florida House. The bill, among other things, would not allow new teachers to enroll in...
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April 14, 2021
Source: Lawrence Journal-World - Topeka' State lawmakers Wednesday refused to push for selling off approximately $43.5 million in Kansas public pension investments in Sudan, which the U.S. government says is guilty of genocide ...
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April 14, 2021
Source: Pensions&Investments - Mr. Viteri is currently senior investment officer with the Oregon State Treasury. The treasury department includes the Oregon Investment Council, which oversees the $82 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Tigard.
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April 14, 2021
Source: New Orleans City Business - A legislative committee recommended Monday hiring former Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack to be the next Louisiana legislative auditor. The full Louisiana Legislature will consider the recommendation during the regular...
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April 14, 2021
Source: Xconomy - 30, 2011, according to data disclosed online by one of OVP’s limited partners, the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. It’s unclear how much the new liquid returns from Complete Genomics ...
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April 14, 2021
Source: Pensions&Investments - Texas Municipal Retirement System, Austin, committed $560 million to five private equity and real estate funds in January and February, a transaction report from the $34.5 billion defined benefit plan showed.
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April 14, 2021
Source: Kansas City Star - MOSERS, which pays benefits to 51,000 retirees from Missouri government, sued Catalyst Capital Group last year, accusing the firm of mishandling its investments.
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April 13, 2021
Source: StamfordAdvocate on MSN.com - While the center’s report was well done and most of its recommendations were adopted by the state, the center miscalculated the level of employee pension benefits, saying they were not “overly generous.
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April 13, 2021
Source: MSN - Load Error The New York State Common Retirement Fund, worth $247.7 billion, manages over a million state and municipal employees' pensions. In December, the fund announced it would transition its financial portfolio to net-zero...
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Center Square - While with the large accounting firm, he performed his first governmental audit of the Louisiana state employees’ retirement system, better known as LASERS, he said. Waguespack said his experience as a sheriff whose agency...
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April 13, 2021
Source: Law360 - Facebook has urged the First Circuit to reverse an order requiring the Federal Trade Commission to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to a $5 billion settlement with Facebook,
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April 13, 2021
Source: Institutional Investor - For instance, in current requests for proposals both the Illinois State Universities Retirement System and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System included questions on diversity. “We want to influence practices and...
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April 13, 2021
Source: Hays Post - SB 265 would authorize the Governor’s allotment for the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) Death and Disability Program and institute a moratorium on all payments made by KPERS ...
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April 13, 2021
Source: WCJB - According to a news release, “The legislation modernizes the Florida Retirement System (FRS) by closing the pension plan (defined benefit) to new enrollees, except for members of the Special Risk Class, and requiring...
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