Sentences with phrase «about public pensions»

Critics have suggested that problems faced by pension funds have been overstated, and that the picture is rosier than depicted by the conservative groups in particular that have raised alarms about public pensions.

There were a lot of questions last week when I wrote about public pensions.

Not exact matches

The project, owned by the kingdom's Public Pension Agency, has been plagued by construction delays, cost overruns and uncertainty about the future of its ownership.

Faced with mounting public concern about pensions, governments across Canada are now rushing to prove they do, in fact, care.

He noted that «about two - thirds of the public pension funds that we follow have reduced their return assumptions since 2008, some more than once.»

Trotsky said the pension has about 10 percent of its money in PE — around the national average for large public retirement funds — and has no plans to change that.

Before coming to the Times in 2014, he was a reporter at the Wall Street Journal where he wrote about housing, public pensions and a corporate bankruptcy lawyer who moonlighted as an energy healer.

A new NASRA resource provides detailed information about key changes made to public pension plans since 2016.

Today, we manage about $ 160 billion for approximately 350 of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional clients including public and corporate pension funds, university endowments, charitable foundations, supranational agencies, sovereign wealth funds, and central banks.

Pensions can be interesting at a time when there are broad concerns about the viability of Social Security and savings rates among the public.

For some reasons that I don't really know, and I'm sure you could not care about, public pensions preserved a much more lenient regime.

This week's announcement generated a new round of complaints about the ORPP, but it's important not to let problems with the ORPP undermine the strong general case for public pension expansion.

Private equity firm TPG Capital along with PAG Asia Capital and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan purchased DTZ from the Australian public, commercial property firm UGL for about $ 1.1 billion and then merged that with Cassidy Turley, which was acquired for about $ 557 million.

The median public pension plan's investments returned about 1 % in 2016, far below the median assumption of 7.5 %.

The average Chicago property tax bill is going up about 10 percent this year following City Hall and Chicago Public Schools tax hikes to pay for police, fire and teacher pensions, according to calculations released Tuesday by the Cook County clerk's office.

PCS says the government's announcement this morning about public sector pension contributions makes a mockery of the ongoing negotiations and proves that the government is determined to make people pay more and work longer in return for smaller pensions.

12:11 - After a question on public sector pensions - the first which hasn't been about Europe - we get a question from Tory Steven Baker, who calls on Britain to «leave Europe» altogether.

Asked about Stringer's lack of investment income, his campaign noted that he does have a pension from his years of public service, a 457 deferred compensation plan (similiar to a 401K), which he can't touch until retirement, and a college savings account for his first child.

In a case that could have ramifications for government transparency, New York's top judges may decide whether details about taxpayer - funded teacher pensions should remain hidden or be open to the public.

Following the submission today of the NASUWT response to the Department for Education consultation on «Proposed Increases to Contributions for Members of the Teachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retirement.

No - one really wanted to set out where the cuts will hit, and we had diversionary tactics such as talking about public sector pensions for the few very well paid public sector staff that won't make any real contribution to reducing the deficit.

No one but them is talking about amendments to eliminate collective bargaining, end the public pension system or remove the «forever wild» clause that protects the Adirondacks.

The public will learn about pension funds, auditing city agencies and approving city contracts.

The NYC public employees don't give a darn about the Common Pension System because they have their own and it is not under the State Comptroller.

Noel DiGerolamo, second vice president of Suffolk's Police Benevolent Association, which has about 5,000 members, said public - sector workers are being blamed for ballooning pension costs when Wall Street investment houses are the true culprits.

«Isn't this part of a much bigger issue which is there is growing anger in what she calls the court of public opinion not just about the pension and renumeration of what are now public sector employees but about other public sector fat cats including senior civil servants and dare I say it ministers about their very lavish and generous pension?»

Newsday is «guardedly optimistic about progress on legislation that would strip state pensions from public officials convicted of corruption,» but urges lawmakers to «cast a wide net.»

Firefighters could not be more serious about protecting public safety and ensuring fair pensions,» FBU general secretary Matt Wrack said today.

He is expected to talk about his ongoing investigation into pension padding, the idea that public employees manipulate their salaries at the end of their careers to boost their pension benefits.

The future of thousands of disabled workers» jobs hangs in the balance as unions representing Remploy workers rally to urge Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain «not to fail disabled workers» at the last public event before he is expected to make a decision about the future of Remploy.

«Lord Hutton's review of public service pensions has never been about making the schemes sustainable or viable.

«Last week the government's true agenda was rumbled, with ministers exposed for making misleading statements about the viability of public sector pensions.

Unless the government does an about - turn on its plans to force public sector workers to work longer and pay more for much less pension in retirement, this first joint strike will include 750,000 public servants.

Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves said millions of working families would lose money if the reports were true and urged Cameron to «come clean with the public about their plans to cut child benefit and child tax credits».

He wants the good public employees to provide information about their coworkers and bosses who don't work hard enough, misuse state cars and expense accounts and double dip on the state pension system.

A spokesman for Cuomo, asked about the calls to increase taxes, accused Democrats who run the state Assembly of reneging on a plan to strip felonious officials of their public pensions.

YouGov also asked a series of questions about public sector pensions — 74 % of people thought that public sector pensioners got a better deal than those who worked in the private sector and 60 % of those thought they did not deserve this (predictably there was a huge difference between public and private sector workers on this question — 55 % of public sector workers thought that, yes, they did deserve better pensions than the private sector).

Asked about the government's proposals for the future of public sector pensions, the most popular option was the government's original plan to gradually increase the retirement age of public sector workers under 50 to 65, supported by 39 % of respondents.

A Blackstone spokesperson told IBTimes that Mulrow did not contact the Public Service Commission about the electricity project and said Mulrow had no interaction with the state pension fund.

Pension reform is a key plank of the coalition's economic policy, it has tasked Labour peer Lord Hutton with bringing about a new system for public sector schemes that is sustainable.

So we are guardedly optimistic about progress on legislation that would strip state pensions from public officials convicted of corruption.

38 % of people think public sector pensions are too generous, 25 % about right and 11 % not generous enough (meaning there is a broadly even split between people who think they are too high, and people who think they are about right or not high enough).

«Conservatives worry about Clegg's increasingly petulant reaction to EU veto Main Downing Street is confident of a public sector pensions deal being reached with the unions»

Recognition of gathering generational storms on pensions, public debt, housing and — until very recently — climate change not addressed by clear strategies and openness with the public about the consequences.

ALBANY, NY (05/16/2011)(readMedia)-- «It is very clear from the Cuomo administration's leaks about plans to seek Tier VI pension changes for public employees that the governor does not care about the impact of his policies on working people.

I am happy you have been elected I have an issue about pensions and retirement, which is the main topic at the moment, as I work in the public sector Here it is... Hope you are well

Malloy is talking about the public employee pensions.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal would force public workers to contribute about 5 percent to their pensions and at least 12.6 percent to their health care coverage.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about legal fees two local lawyers, who are also local officials, claim are owed to them from a 2006 civil rights case and a proposed New York State constitutional amendment to strip the pensions of corrupt public officials.

The UFT set out its 2011 legislative priorities [http://files.uft.org/priorities.pdf] in a document that sought to bust the myths about generous public employee pensions and pointed out how any progress that schools have made will be erased by more cuts.