Sentences with phrase «of public employee pension funds»

Hyping the difficulty of public employee pension funds is one of the few growth industries in the current economy.

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Blackstone Capital Partners VI attracted some of the world's largest private - equity investors, including the California Public Employees» Retirement System and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, according to disclosures by the pensionPension Plan Investment Board, according to disclosures by the pensionpension funds.

Resnick noted that Oregon's public employee pension fund lowered its assumed rate of return this summer from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent.

Given Osiris's strong five - year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividendpension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividendPension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and dividend yield.

Other top pension PE players over the same period were the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (15.5 percent); the Houston Firefighters» Relief and Retirement Fund (13.6 percent); the Minnesota State Board of Investment (14.4 percent); and the Iowa Public Employees» Retirement System (14.1 percent).

The Firefighters» Pension System of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, 414 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106, which held 100 shares of our common stock on November 7, 2008; along with the following co-filers: Miami Fire Fighters» Relief and Pension Fund, 2980 N.W. South River Drive, Miami, FL 33125 - 1146, which held 10,785 shares of our common stock on November 8, 2008; and the City of Philadelphia Public Employees Retirement System, Two Penn Center Plaza, 16th Floor,

Legislators in New Jersey and teachers in Florida are now calling for public employee pension funds to sell their shares of firearms companies.

Cuomo did call for some things that will be unpopular with public employee unions (freezing pay, creating a Tier VI in the pension fund, reducing the size of state government — a move that will undoubtedly necessitate job cuts, but he makes no mention of that I can find in «The New NY Agenda: A Plan for Action»).

What: Forced out of office in 2006 for trading access to New York's $ 124 billion public employee pension fund for $ 1 million in benefits — including campaign contributions and luxury trips to Israel and Italy.

What: Forced out of office in 2006 for trading access to New York's $ 124 billion public employee pension fund for $ 1 million in benefits — including campaign

In particular, he singled out the high cost property taxes and the main cost - driver, public employee pensions, taking issue with DiNapoli's office pointing to a record - high return for the fund at the end of the 2013 - 14 fiscal year.

To be sure, there are well - funded efforts advocating around the subject of a constitutional convention, including unions who fear that delegates might revise pension protections for public employees.

The conference plans to back measures that would strip public employees convicted on corruption charges of their pensions, as well as new regulations for the use of campaign funds.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, sole trustee of the state public employee pension fund, is again pushing for energy giant ExxonMobil to disclose how efforts to mitigate global warming will impact its corporate bottom line.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration pointed out that it has already adopted some of the suggestions, including building up the rainy - day fund and trimming pensions with a less - generous pension plan — known as Tier VI — for public employees.

The fund pays for pensions of both state workers and local public sector employees.

ALBANY, NY (02/13/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) today commended State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for his stand in favor of a secure pension fund for public woPublic Employees Federation (PEF) today commended State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for his stand in favor of a secure pension fund for public wopublic workers.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the UFT, said: «The pension and retirement funds of New York State educators, public employees and unionists should avoid investing in private equity funds, such as New Mountain Capital or other private equity funds, that maximize profits by denying the most fundamental rights of workers.

THAT at the upcoming conventions of the National Educational Association and the American Federation of Teachers, NYSUT sponsor and support resolutions encouraging teacher unions, public employee unions, private sector unions and not - for - profit organizations to call upon their pension and retirement funds to not invest in private equity funds that are complicit in and profit from the denial of the rights to organize into a union and bargain collectively.

WHEREAS millions of dollars that teachers, public employees, unionists and others in the not - for - profit sector contribute to their pensions and retirement funds are now being invested in private equity funds established and managed by Steven Klinsky, providing profits to the founder and leader of the union - busting Victory, Inc.; and

Specifically, the UFT shall not ask teacher unions, public employee unions, private sector unions and not - for - profit organizations to call upon the trustees or other persons responsible for investment decisions of the pension and retirement funds covering their members and / or employees to not invest in these investment funds.

[BOX 5] Alliance of Third Class Non-Profit Mailers, 1981 - 1982 Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) files I, 1981 II, 1980 - 1981 III, 1978 - 1980 IV, 1979 - 1980 Council of Allied Engineering and Scientific Societies, 1969 - 1981 Council of Allied Engineering and Scientific Societies, 1981 - 1982 Department of Education, 1977 - 1978 Energy Research Advisory Board Multiprogram Laboratory Panel, 10/15/81 -11 / 19/82 Institute of Medicine - I, 1982 - 1983 Institute of Medicine - II, 1979 - 1982 Roger W. Jones Award, 1979 - 1980 W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 1982 Mellon (Andrew W.) Project, 1978 National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Files: I, 1981 - 1984 National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Files: II, 1981 - 1982 National Committee on Public Employee Pension Systems (PEPS), July 1982 National Governors» Association Meeting - Task Force on Technological Innovation, 2/21/82 National Publication Act of 1979 Office of Technology Assessment, 1972 - 1973 Peace and Conflict Resolution, 1980 Pensions for Professionals, 1971 - 1972 Saturday Review of Science, 1972 - 1979 Scientists and Engineers Emigrant Fund, 1978 - 1979 SOHIO, Standard Oil of Ohio Grant, 1982 - 1986 Technology in Science - Advisory Board, 1981 Tyler Prize, 1984 - 1985 White House Study of Science and Engineering Education, 1980 Znaiye (Soviet Scholarly Society), 1971 - 1977

A group of active and retired Chicago city employees and four unions that represent them — AFSCME Council 31, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Nurses Associations and Teamsters Local 700 — filed suit today in Cook County Circuit Court to overturn Senate Bill 1922 (Public Act 98 - 0641), legislation to sharply reduce pension benefits for city workers and retirees who participate in the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fundemployees and four unions that represent them — AFSCME Council 31, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Nurses Associations and Teamsters Local 700 — filed suit today in Cook County Circuit Court to overturn Senate Bill 1922 (Public Act 98 - 0641), legislation to sharply reduce pension benefits for city workers and retirees who participate in the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit FundEmployees Annuity and Benefit Fund (MEABF).

What he said was that instead of using that money to fully fund pensions promised to public sector employees — teachers and school employees — instead we were using it to hire extra staff.

Established by the Illinois state legislature in 1895 as The Public School Teachers» Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, CTPF is the administrator of a multi-employer defined benefit public employee retirement system providing retirement, survivor, and disability benefits for certain certified teachers and employees of the Chicago Public ScPublic School Teachers» Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, CTPF is the administrator of a multi-employer defined benefit public employee retirement system providing retirement, survivor, and disability benefits for certain certified teachers and employees of the Chicago Public Scpublic employee retirement system providing retirement, survivor, and disability benefits for certain certified teachers and employees of the Chicago Public ScPublic Schools.

3) National: David Webber urges a rule change by the Labor Department to ensure that public pension trustees act in the interest of public employees, and not use pension fund money to promote outsourcingto private, for - profit companies that kill public jobs.

First, she wants to increase the number of public employees enrolled in a cash - balance plan rather than the state's pension fund.

At least $ 600 billion in assets currently invested by California's 80 different public employee pension funds, earning financial interests billions in management fees and commissions every year, and guaranteeing public employees retirement packages that ordinary citizens can only dream of.

Today, taxpayers fund roughly 60 % of public servant pension plans and more of that burden will begin to fall on the shoulders of the employees starting as early as January.

For Pension Funds, Higher Fees Don't Mean Higher Returns, Study Finds Public - employee pension plans paying the highest investment fees aren't generating the highest returns, according to a new study by a pair of Maryland thinkPension Funds, Higher Fees Don't Mean Higher Returns, Study Finds Public - employee pension plans paying the highest investment fees aren't generating the highest returns, according to a new study by a pair of Maryland thinkpension plans paying the highest investment fees aren't generating the highest returns, according to a new study by a pair of Maryland think tanks.

Employee Provident Fund, Public Provident Fund, Fixed Deposits, National Pension Scheme and the National Savings Certificates are some of the key savings schemes in which one can invest.

In addition to the Lead Plaintiff, the Iowa Public Employees» Retirement System, Orange County Employees» Retirement System («OCERS»), the State of Oregon, by and through the Oregon State Treasurer and the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Board on behalf of the Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund («Oregon») and the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church («the General Board»), all were appointed class representatives and Cohen Milstein was appointed Class Counsel in the litigation in October 2011.

In a widely expected ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Cook County state court ruling holding that a state law, Public Act 98 - 641, reducing annuity benefits for employees and retirees of the City of Chicago, in exchange for increased contributions to certain pension funds, was unconstitutional.

San Diego - based Burnham Pacific Properties, an equity real estate investment trust, has been selected as the exclusive venture partner of California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), a public pension fund managing assets totaling more than $ 140 biPublic Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), a public pension fund managing assets totaling more than $ 140 bipublic pension fund managing assets totaling more than $ 140 billion.

Other Transactions Burnham Pacific Properties of San Diego announced plans to cash out of its $ 663 million partnership with the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public pensionPublic Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public pensionpublic pension fund.