Sentences with phrase «related public pensions»

A targeted expansion of earnings - related public pensions will very likely improve the well being of many seniors.

A targeted expansion of earnings - related public pensions will very likely improve the well being of many seniors.

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On hand will be several of our Sector Leads and analysts to review and discuss S&P Global's research related to credit pressures facing U.S. states and local governments, with a focus on pension issues and emerging risks / trends in public finance.

That opportunity is to attract or retain the business of public pension funds and union related funds (which control approximately $ 3 trillion in assets), the institutional leaders in the shareholder empowerment movement, which are shifting their portfolios away from high cost, actively managed mutual funds and hedge funds to low cost indexed funds, the kind of funds that the top 10 largest mutual fund advisors dominate in terms of market share.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

We are currently advancing this approach on behalf of a multitude of foreign and domestic public and private pension funds, limited partnerships, and investment trusts in securities fraud actions against BP plc relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.

Related also manages approximately $ 3 billion of equity capital on behalf of sovereign wealth funds, public pension plans, multi-managers, endowments, and family offices.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's office is touting the passage of a constitutional amendment that would strip public officials convicted of felonies related directly to their jobs of their pensions in a mailer to constituents.

As part of a separate piece of legislation, lawmakers have agreed to give first passage to a constitutional amendment that would make officials who entered the pension system before 2011 forfeit their pensions if they're convicted of a felony related to their public position.

A November ballot proposition would amend the state constitution to allow judges to reduce or revoke a pension of a public official convicted of a felony related to his or her duties.

It would change the state constitution — which treats public pensions like contracts that can't be impaired — to allow a judge to demand that a «public official» who is «convicted of a felony related to public office» forfeit his or her pension like any other asset.

Proposal 2: Allows judges to revoke the state pension of a public officer convicted of a felony related to officer's duties

Seventy - seven percent of those polled said the pension stripping should apply to all state employees - not just elected officials - who are convicted of crimes that relate to their public jobs.

The governor also proposed the adoption of a joint resolution requiring pension forfeiture after a legislator is convicted of a crime related to their public office, regardless of the date of their election.

A Siena Research Institute poll in May found 77 percent of voters wanted all state employees, including legislators, to be stripped of their public pensions when convicted of crimes related to their public jobs.

With so many scandals of corruption that effect and relate to constituents like me who have practically had to beg for proper representation with regard to honest, ethical city and state government leadership, I should not have to lose my pension, present and future because of false, fake and failed leadership — and the very public representatives who have collectively been the obstacle to fair labor practices and treatment, that now overshadow any corruption and misconduct by the Transit Authority and MTA.

«Stripping pensions from legislators - as well as any state employee - convicted of a crime related to their public jobs is an issue that has the overwhelming support of New Yorkers,» Greenberg said.

Take away pensions — Support a constitutional amendment that would strip the public pension from any public official convicted of a job - related felony.

He said he would vote again this year to pass a bill that allows the state to strip pension payments from all state officials and employees who are convicted of crimes related to their public duties.

A government ethics reform bill, jointly passed by the state Legislature Monday for a second time, amends the state constitution and allows the state to reduce or revoke the pension of a public officer that has been convicted of a crime related to his or her official duties.

Most importantly, Ortt said the legislature needs to pass a constitutional amendment stripping pensions from elected officials who commit felonies related to their public office.

Strip pensions from those public officials convicted of a felony related to the abuse of their official duties.

But three - quarters of New Yorkers say they will support a constitutional amendment in November that would allow judges to reduce or strip the pensions of public officials who are convicted of crimes related to their office.

Another biggie: Certain public officials who commit crimes related to their public offices may have their pensions reduced or forfeited in a new civil forfeiture proceeding brought by the attorney general or the prosecutor who handled the conviction of the official.

Prop. 2 enables judges to revoke or reduce the pensions of public officials found guilty of corruption related to their jobs.

Voters last Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that would allow for public officials to be stripped of their pensions if convicted of a felony related to their office.

Ensure that members forfeit retirement and pension benefits if convicted of crimes related to public employment

Lawmakers announced plans after Silver's indictment in January to amend the State Constitution to strip pensions from a lawmaker «convicted of a felony related to public office,» retroactive to 1940.

That particular bill would allow future lawmakers to determine, by amending statute, exactly which types of public employees — teachers, cops and firefighters are currently exempt — might lose their pension if convicted of a felony related to their job.

The centrepiece of his conclusions is that the existing final salary public service pension schemes be replaced by schemes where an employee's pension entitlement is still linked to their salary but is related to their career average earnings.

Legislators from both chambers pitched ethics reforms — and a host of other policy proposals, from paid family leave to a more robust system for organ donation — that will lead to clashes, namely the limiting of outside income for lawmakers and pension forfeiture for those convicted of a crime related to their public office.

He also proposed allowing the state to strip pension payments from elected officials convicted of crimes related to their public office, regardless of when that official was first elected.

The governor also dismissed the notion that he could have fought harder for that issue and defended the five - point package he announced on Friday, including an agreement with the Legislature to strip pensions from policy makers and lawmakers convicted of crimes related to their public office.

Under the bill, any state public official who is a member of a pension or retirement system and is convicted of a felony related to their public office could lose all of their pension benefits.

So far, the Senate and Assembly haven't even been able to agree to pass the same bill that would strip state pensions from New York state workers convicted of crimes related to their public duties, a measure that Horner said would probably be more symbolic than an actual deterrent.

ALBANY — The state Legislature Monday gave the second and final passage of a measure permitting the forfeiture of pensions of top state and local government officials who are convicted of felonies related to their duties as public officers.

As written, the amendment would allow a judge to reduce or revoke the public pension of any elected official, state official appointed by the governor, judge or certain employees involved in policy making who is convicted of a felony related to their duties.

On September 10, 2015, NS took one more step toward moving Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs) from theory to practice in NS by seeking public input on draft Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) Regulations and related amendments to the Pension Benefits Regulations.

Chris provides business and corporate advice, including advice related to sales and acquisitions, commercial leasing, contracts, real estate conveyance and financing; broad commercial litigation representation including contracts and other business disputes, commercial and residential construction defect claims, religious entity law, advice regarding employment disputes and compliance, including ADA, ADEA, Title VII, Colorado Wage Act, FLSA compliance, and administrative proceedings before EEOC and DORA - Colorado Civil Rights Division; representation in administrative proceedings, C.R.C.P. 106 (a)(4) appeals and interlocutory appeals regarding governmental immunity, defense and pursuit of 42 USC § 1983 actions in federal and state court; representation of public pension funds in litigation and administrative matters; and appellate practice before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and the 10th Circuit.

A particular area of interest is complex financial schemes and he has played a leading part in investigations relating to investment, tax and pension schemes, international financial frauds, money laundering, organised criminality and the corruption of public officials.