Sentences with phrase «pension funding raises»

This fight over teacher pension funding raises an important philosophical question: Does money spent on teacher retirement count as education funding?

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Connecticut has raised income taxes three times in the past decade, but now, struggling to meet its pension and healthcare obligations, it's going after hedge funds in Greenwich, the Financial Times reports.

A survey last year by Mercer, a retirement and investment group, revealed that European pension funds would be inclined to raise their bond holdings when average long - term sovereign bond yields reached 2.8 percent.

Most of that money was raised from funds of funds and pension funds in the United States.

May 3 - Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc has agreed to sell its Toronto aircraft assembly site to a pension fund as part of efforts to raise extra cash under a five - year recovery plan.

May 3 - Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc has agreed to sell its Toronto aircraft assembly site to a pension fund as it strives to raise extra cash under a five - year recovery plan.

May 3 (Reuters)- Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc has agreed to sell its Toronto aircraft assembly site to a pension fund as part of efforts to raise extra cash under a five - year recovery plan.

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.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors who are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 percent rate, invite all kinds of tax shelter abuse.

Rising housing prices raise the cost of living, while rising stock and bond prices increase the cost of buying a retirement income — leaving pension funds unable to make good on their promises.

In 1997 the federal government raised CPP contribution rates to meet the challenge of paying a pension when there are fewer Canadians paying into the fund.

The firm has raised 21 institutional funds totaling more than $ 37 billion and currently manages capital on behalf of more than 350 domestic and international investors including public and private pension funds, insurance companies and university endowments and foundations.

Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc has agreed to sell its Toronto aircraft assembly site to a pension fund as it strives to raise extra...

Credit — that is, debt leveraging — that is supposed to raise stock market prices to enable pension funds to meet their scheduled payments.

The investment powerhouse - with reported plans to raise a new $ US10 billion buyout fund this year and owner of all sorts of Australian assets - is believed to have been talking to potential backers including pension funds from its home market about putting together a consortium.

These benefits would (i) largely go to developers and contractors for infrastructure projects like new pipelines that would happen even without new incentives and so be highly regressive; (ii) raise costs by failing to reach the tax - free pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and international investors that are the most plausible sources of incremental infrastructure finance; (iii) not encourage at all the highest return maintenance projects like fixing potholes that do not yield a pecuniary return for investors; and (iv) by offering credits at an unprecedented 82 per cent rate, invite all kinds of tax - shelter abuse.

Brazil - based Neoenergia, which is controlled by Iberdrola and Brazilian pension funds, on April 26 raised its bid to 32.1 reais per share, higher than two bids it had made earlier in April.

The Company raises, invests and manages funds on behalf of pension, endowment and sovereign wealth funds, as well as other institutional and individual investors.

The majority of smaller stressed defined benefit schemes are likely to end up in the Pension Protection Fund, according to consultancy Barnett Waddingham, as it raised concerns that the Pensions Regulator's new tougher stance may remove vital flexibility from the system.

Recently Christ Christie had a feud with Connecticut's governor Dannel Malloy who criticized him for refusing to fund billions in pensions while Christie criticized Malloy for raising taxes.

After several rounds of electorally unpopular increases in contribution rates and raising the retirement age, Gerhard Schröder's government introduced tax - subsidised, funded private and occupational pension schemes.

Bison ranked the 50 pensions based on how the PE funds they invested performed relative to other funds raised that same year.

Overall, 61 % think that the state old age pension paid to people living in Scotland should be funded out of UK - wide tax revenues, while just 34 % believe that it should be funded out of revenues raised in Scotland alone.

At the time, the Callaghan campaign had raised questions about some of Hevesi's pension fund investments — including its dealings with Markstone.

This raised eyebrows, including those belonging to former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who reminded me on Sunday that he had twice gone to court to block attempts by two governors — Mario Cuomo and George Pataki — to raid the pension fund.

«I've kept my promise to fight for Long Island by voting over 175 times against raising taxes, delivering a $ 20 million increase in aid for South Shore schools, and passed a plan to prevent corrupt pols from receiving taxpayer funded pensions.

Miner said she agrees with critics who have raised fears that pension smoothing could undercut the financial stability of the pension fund.

At the top of the WFP's immediate agenda, look for fat raises (and an end to all talk of pension reform) for rank - and - file city employees (DC Council 37 and others); for Albany to finesse a moratorium on hospital economies (SEIU 1199) and de Blasio's signature millionaire - tax - funded baby - sitting, that is, «early childhood education» scheme (UFT Local 2).

A new public / private infrastructure fund would raise up to $ 1 billion from pension funds and private investment.

Cuomo raised eyebrows and embarrassed DiNapoli as he announced a series of multimillion - dollar settlements in the state pension - fund scandal and then disclosed that his office was looking into the comptroller's role in meeting with politically connected companies seeking control over the investment of pension - fund money.

The former agreed to shelve pay raises for municipal workers; the latter helped stave off bankruptcy by buying city bonds with pension funds.

But Governor Cuomo, a long - time political rival of the comptroller, says it raises questions about the state comptroller's role as sole trustee of one of the largest pension funds in the nation.

Recall that when the issue of how the refunds were managed by the governors was first raised, and allegations of non-payment of salaries and pensions were made despite release of the refunds, some of the governors defended their actions by saying that part of the funds were also used in paying consultants engaged to work out what would accrue to the states.

The controller previously raised concerns over state pension fund investments when the strike loomed.

Thus far, the EIB has raised $ 9 billion in green bonds, financed partly with investments from pension funds and insurers.

It also raises the question of why teacher pension plans are invested in hedge funds at all.

It will add new funding streams to the state's woefully under - funded pension plans, limit pension «spiking» whereby employees cash out vacation and sick leave to artificially inflate their benefits, raise the retirement age for current workers, limit annual cost - of - living adjustments, and allow a limited number of employees to choose a defined contribution plan over the traditional defined benefit.

On the whole, teachers across the nation have strung together an impressive series of victories, including salary raises, pension reforms, and school funding increases.

Pension costs have emerged as a major political issue in New York State, especially after the 2008 stock market crash that drove down pension fund values and raised the amount of contributions that school districts and other government entities had to pay into pension systems to keep them sPension costs have emerged as a major political issue in New York State, especially after the 2008 stock market crash that drove down pension fund values and raised the amount of contributions that school districts and other government entities had to pay into pension systems to keep them spension fund values and raised the amount of contributions that school districts and other government entities had to pay into pension systems to keep them spension systems to keep them solvent.

For example, a teacher in Iowa, a state with strong fiscal health and a substantial surplus, recently discovered that her pension contributions were recently raised to cover a multi-billion dollar shortfall in the state's teacher pension fund.

The city of Pittsburgh boasted one of the worst - funded municipal pension plans in the country last year at this time and faced a state takeover of the system unless officials could raise funding levels to at least 50 percent of liabilities.

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.

Almost every pension fund in the U.K. owns shares in the energy giant, raising serious questions about the impact the firm's plummeting value will have on the retirement plans for millions of Britons.

I'm merely stating that after funding the pension (in line with mgmt comments) and paying the expected dividend (while not an obligation to shareholders, mgmt knows the company's relative valuation is at least partially based on its yield relative to peers and will not likely cut it) there is no capital left for growth, share repurchaes or to raise the dividend.

This rights offering in conjunction with its associated financing raised over $ 2.7 billion for Sears Holdings, which enabled us to reduce debt and generate liquidity to fund our pension plan and our operating losses.

Some effects are demographic, like mothers ceasing work to raise children, or industries with a lot of older workers becoming uncompetitive because their pension plans are too expensive to fund.

Institutions such as governments and corporations use the capital markets to raise money through public offerings of bonds and stocks or through private placements of securities to institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies.

Regulatory changes, particularly pension reforms that encourage funds to diversify out of bonds into equities, should continue to encourage firms to raise capital on equity markets.

Lord Low argued that there is, in fact, adequate funding available to provide early legal advice, suggesting that funds could be raised from the lottery, the government through the lottery and that the Department for Work and Pensions should be made to contribute to the running costs of advice centres.