Social Security
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Witnesses Debate Public Pension Disclosure Changes
By Allison BellChanging the way government employers report pension plan performance could increase their stability and overall fiscal realism - or force governments to cut back on valuable social programs for no particularly good reason.
May 03, 2011
Social, Environmental Concerns Dominate Shareholder ResolutionsShareholder resolutions that deal with sustainability issues dominated all others in 2010, and it is estimated that in 2011 half of all shareholder resolutions will focus on social and environmental concerns.
May 02, 2011
How PIMCO Will Structure Its Total-Return ETFThe new ETF is considered a hedge fund with mutual fund packaging.
May 02, 2011
Towers Watson: Pension Funding Levels Creep UpLarge U.S. pension plans were a little closer to being fully funded at the end of 2010 than they were a year earlier, according to consultants at Towers Watson & Company.
May 02, 2011
Robert Pozen, MFS Investment Management: The Extended 2011 IA 25 ProfileNot content to rest on his laurels as MFS Investment Management chairman emeritus, Bob Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
May 01, 2011
Securities America Denies Charges of Departing RepsAnonymous sources insist advisors are leaving or planning to leave the firm.
April 29, 2011
Actuary Group Tries New Director Selection ProcessThe American Academy of Actuaries is testing a new approach to nominating and electing members of the AAA board of directors.
April 27, 2011
Sale of Securities America: Advisors Should ‘Run,’ Recruiter SaysAdvisors with the IBD, which Ameriprise is selling, need to look at which options are best for them and their clients.