A Band-Aid won't help the pension funds

Jerusalem Post;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Headline: A Band-Aid won't help the pension funds Byline: ASHER BLASS Edition; Daily...be enough to solve the problem. The pension funds will continue to place a heavy, unfair...figures, the actuarial deficit of the old pension funds (those established before 1995) stood...

In Depth: A period of dread for pension funds.

Pensions Week;  November 10, 2008 ;     596 words ......consequences for defined benefit pension funds? When the credit crunch manifested...credit issue that would affect pension funds only through its wider impact on economies. The issue for pension funds is that the economic impact looks...

Mexico: Pension funds hindered by change in regulation.

South American Business Information;  November 15, 2000 ;     265 words ...The Mexican open pension funds system, dubbed Afore, is cornered...control in 8 of the 13 existing pension funds and minority stakes in others...is Afore XXI. Mergers involving pension funds began in 1998 reducing the initial...

Peru: Pension funds to reach US$3bil by end 2000.

South American Business Information;  June 9, 2000 ;     226 words ...Mr. Jaime Caceres, president of the pension funds manager AFP Integra estimates the overall...27% up than 1999. Figures from the pension funds superintendence SAFP the assets portfolio...end May. In an unrelated issue the pension funds association FIAP, with 20 country members...

Parties to Allow Pension Funds' Stock Investments.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  April 14, 2001 ;     429 words ......regulations banning stock investments by pension funds. However, critics cautioned that lifting the ban on pension funds' stock investments could backfire...losses with taxpayers' money if the pension funds incur losses through the stock investments...

Treasury to consider new tax plans for pension funds

The Independent - London;  July 11, 1994 ;     431 words ......to further increase the tax burden on pension funds, and use the money to cut corporation...revenue by cutting the rebate paid to pension funds on their dividend income. Pension funds are tax-exempt and the rebate is a repayment...

Government debt swap measures jeopardizes pension funds.

South American Business Information;  January 7, 2002 ;     132 words ......2001 FIAP, the international pension funds federation, expressed its concern on the future of the open pension funds system in Argentina. The government...the confidence of affiliates of pension funds. Among the measures is the slash...

Pension funds increasingly flexing corporate muscles.

Financial Adviser;  September 18, 2008 ;     359 words ......large funds have on boards Large UK pension funds with more than GBP1bn in assets...in, the National Association of Pension Funds has found. The NAPF Engagement Survey 2008 looked at pension funds with more than GBP1bn under management...

Pension funds tell the true story.

Investment Adviser;  May 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Analysing a stock market but not the pension funds that invest in it is like trying to...examining its foundations. In many regions, pension funds are the bedrock of stock market demand...meetings. Like the foundations of a city, pension funds shape the structure of a nation's ...

Where best to invest: Washington debates whether pension funds should...

Insight on the News;  July 24, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Washington debates whether pension funds should forget monies for the public...million workers in the nation's private pension funds -- a capital stash more than double...ETIs, to promote the concept among pension funds. Assistant Labor Secretary Olena Berg...

Colombia: Mergers & acquisition in pension funds.

South American Business Information;  January 19, 2000 ;     251 words ......Montoya, president of the Colombian pension funds association Asofondos considers that...total of 3.5mil affiliates to private pension funds in Colombia, that manages Pesos$5.2bil...BBVA corners 26% of the Latin American pension funds market and has a stronghold in Colombia...

Pension funds pushing for a new balance Mass. among states seeking to...

The Boston Globe;  October 31, 1996 ;     688 words ...Last year the state's two big public pension funds gladly committed $50 million to get...handful of the country's largest state pension funds are looking to recalibrate the balance...hitters of Wall Street? Or is it the pension funds who are tripping over themselves to...

U.S. funds outperform plans in 5 countries; Strong equity markets at home...

Pensions & Investments;  January 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......international equity markets, U.S. pension funds had the best return last year among...return for corporate and industrywide pension funds in 2006, according to JANA Investment...industrywide plans gained 14.5%. Canadian pension funds, one of the more consistent performers...

GOVERNMENT OFFERS DEAL: Brazil's closed pension funds losing hope for...

Pensions & Investments;  December 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ......claims of tax immunity, Brazilian closed pension funds are closer to conceding defeat, contemplating...over 580 other tax suits - all from pension funds - now before the court. Closed pension funds are ones sponsored by private and public...

Pension funds, insurers go on a spending spree: Wanted: deals, portfolio...

Crain's Chicago Business;  March 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ......slowed their buying frenzy, insurers and pension funds have become heavy-hitting purchasers...real estate purchases in the U.S., and pension funds, 30%, says Bernard O'Connell, senior...for only 15% of such purchases, and pension funds, 42%. Meanwhile, the cost of debt has...