Retirement Fund Shouldn't Be Political Tool, Board Says
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The federal board that oversees retirement savings by government employees said yesterday that it would oppose proposals in Congress to use the Thrift Savings Plan as an economic weapon against Sudan and Iran.
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Not three weeks ago, Sean Harrigan launched his crusade against corporate malfeasance from one of the most powerful pulpits of all: the presidency of CalPERS, America&#39;s largest pension fund with some $177bn in assets.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 30--Shareholders of managed care giant UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal championed by California's two massive public pension funds to make it easier to nominate company directors.
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A divided Loudoun County Board of Supervisors yesterday took a step toward prohibiting its members from taking campaign contributions from people or groups with pending development applications before the board.
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President Bush said Thursday the Social Security investment accounts he is proposing would have rules to prevent workers from gambling away their retirement money. He appealed for congressional action to shore up the system and said lawmakers supporting him wouldn't be risking their seats.
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Chairman of the board retires and cashes out.
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Trustees of pension plans ought to make sound judgments about investments and about how they spend their time. The decision by two members of the Newton pension board to go to Hawaii for a supposedly work-related conference underscores the need for local pension plans to be folded into the state pension system.
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Conventional wisdom says not to pull money out of retirement accounts except for actual retirement. Most Americans have enough difficulty building up a nest egg, and cracking it prematurely could mean living on Social Security later.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - The Calpers board, the  biggest U.S. pension fund, said on Monday it wants major car  makers to meet with it and defend their lawsuit against  California's new rules for reducing exhaust emissions.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The nation&#39;s biggest public pension fund, with a stock portfolio of $167 billion, voted Monday to toughen its policies against multimillion-dollar &quot;golden parachutes&quot; for executives who engineer corporate mergers.
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You don't have to leave your political convictions behind when you invest.
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Misconduct in the U.S. mutual fund industry is not limited to fund share trading; it's not even limited to funds, say market regulators.
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What a difference a midterm election makes -- or so it seems at some firms and trade groups scurrying to bolster their bipartisan credentials. But the folks at the Investment Company Institute, the trade association for the mutual fund industry, say their recent Democratic hire just maintains the...
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Ex-Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu wants U.S. pensions to stop investing in firms with Iranian interests. Is that possible?
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The creation of personal investment  accounts advocated by President Bush would not be a cure-all  for the problems facing Social Security, which needs other  reforms as well, the U.S. comptroller general said on Monday.
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The US Treasury Department suspended investments in a federal employee pension fund on Thursday to keep the government below its borrowing limit, Treasury Secretary John Snow said in a letter to Congress.
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Britain's Labor government pledged Tuesday not to force workers to work until the age of 70 before qualifying for the state pension, an announcement welcomed by Labor's traditional ally, the trade unions.