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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://www.pionline.com/" target="_blank">PIOnline What\'s New</a><br /><span class="rss-item">The new articles that have been added to the PIOnline Website.</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159997/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="A Council of Institutional Investors white paper has called for Congress to create a credit-rating agency oversight board to provide stronger oversight of credit-rating companies, while also urging an end to the firms’ exemption from liability, ......" target="_blank">CII urges oversight for credit-rating agencies  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('A Council of Institutional Investors white paper has called for Congress to create a credit-rating agency oversight board to provide stronger oversight of credit-rating companies, while also urging an end to the firms’ exemption from liability, ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/REG/904159973/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Fidelity Investments employees’ merit pay increases, slated for July, will be limited to employees in the lower and middle levels of the firm’s compensation structure, whose potential bonus opportunity is 15% or less of their base pay, ......" target="_blank">Fidelity warns employees of possible compensation cuts  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Fidelity Investments employees’ merit pay increases, slated for July, will be limited to employees in the lower and middle levels of the firm’s compensation structure, whose potential bonus opportunity is 15% or less of their base pay, ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159977/1034/PIDAILYUpdate&fromRSS=true" title="PIMCO is sounding out investors globally for a private placement investment vehicle it hopes to launch in the next 30 days, in conjunction with the US government’s TALF program, according to an industry source who declined to be identified. The ......" target="_blank">PIMCO seeks funds for TALF investment vehicle  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('PIMCO is sounding out investors globally for a private placement investment vehicle it hopes to launch in the next 30 days, in conjunction with the US government’s TALF program, according to an industry source who declined to be identified. The ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159981/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Allowing financial firms to buy out frozen defined benefit pension plans could benefit plan participants and the PBGC “in some cases” but also could pose “key risks that might be difficult to anticipate and mitigate,” said a GAO report released t......" target="_blank">GAO spells out pros, cons of DB buyouts  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Allowing financial firms to buy out frozen defined benefit pension plans could benefit plan participants and the PBGC “in some cases” but also could pose “key risks that might be difficult to anticipate and mitigate,” said a GAO report released t...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159983/1034/PIDAILYUpdate&fromRSS=true" title="Updated with correction  The McHenry Group launched a new consulting affiliate, McHenry Partners, targeting “middle-market” institutional investors, Ward Harris, founder and former CEO of McHenry Group, said in an interview.  Mr. Harris rejoins ......" target="_blank">Consulting vet opens new venture  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
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document.write('Updated with correction  The McHenry Group launched a new consulting affiliate, McHenry Partners, targeting “middle-market” institutional investors, Ward Harris, founder and former CEO of McHenry Group, said in an interview.  Mr. Harris rejoins ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159985/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="CalPers staff recommended Aldus Equity, Brock Capital Group, Ennis Knupp and Pension Consulting Alliance as finalists in the $173.8 billion system’s search for a private equity consultant.  The four are currently in the Sacramento-based ......" target="_blank">CalPers eyes private equity consultant finalists  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('CalPers staff recommended Aldus Equity, Brock Capital Group, Ennis Knupp and Pension Consulting Alliance as finalists in the $173.8 billion system’s search for a private equity consultant.  The four are currently in the Sacramento-based ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILY/904159987/1036/PIDAILYUpdate&fromRSS=true" title="Texas Permanent School Fund, Austin, is searching for a discretionary private equity separate-account manager, according to an RFP on the $17.5 billion fund’s website. The fund’s allocation is 6%, according to the RFP. The RFP does not indicate ......" target="_blank">Texas school fund puts out private equity call  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Texas Permanent School Fund, Austin, is searching for a discretionary private equity separate-account manager, according to an RFP on the $17.5 billion fund’s website. The fund’s allocation is 6%, according to the RFP. The RFP does not indicate ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/article/20090415/DAILYREG/904159989/-1/or%20(212)%20210-0119%20%20because%20I%20want%20to%20ensure%20that%20the%20time%20you%20spend%20on%20pionline.com?fromRSS=true" title="Forty-four percent of companies with defined benefit plans have closed their plans to new participants, 3% are planning to do so in the next 18 months, 10% are considering it, and 43% have no such plans, according to a Towers Perrin survey.  Sixt......" target="_blank">Nearly half of DB plans closed to new participants, survey finds  ERROR: Macro getothertitle is missing!</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Forty-four percent of companies with defined benefit plans have closed their plans to new participants, 3% are planning to do so in the next 18 months, 10% are considering it, and 43% have no such plans, according to a Towers Perrin survey.  Sixt...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159989/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Forty-four percent of companies with defined benefit plans have closed their plans to new participants, 3% are planning to do so in the next 18 months, 10% are considering it, and 43% have no such plans, according to a Towers Perrin survey.  Sixt......" target="_blank">Nearly half of DB plans closed to new participants, survey finds  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Forty-four percent of companies with defined benefit plans have closed their plans to new participants, 3% are planning to do so in the next 18 months, 10% are considering it, and 43% have no such plans, according to a Towers Perrin survey.  Sixt...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090415/DAILYREG/904159991/1037/PIDAILYUpdate&fromRSS=true" title="Bart Heenk, managing director at SEI Investments responsible for institutional business development in the Benelux and Nordic regions, has left the company. “There are no immediate plans to replace him,” said Patrick Disney, managing director ......" target="_blank">SEI’s Benelux, Nordic development head leaves  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Bart Heenk, managing director at SEI Investments responsible for institutional business development in the Benelux and Nordic regions, has left the company. “There are no immediate plans to replace him,” said Patrick Disney, managing director ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090414/DAILYREG/904149963/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="The state of Louisiana would combine administration of its four state retirement systems under a bill filed with the state Legislature.  House Bill 230, filed in advance of the legislative session that begins April 27, would establish the ......" target="_blank">Louisiana bill would merge fund oversight  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The state of Louisiana would combine administration of its four state retirement systems under a bill filed with the state Legislature.  House Bill 230, filed in advance of the legislative session that begins April 27, would establish the ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090414/REG/904149970/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, is investigating the 20 private equity and hedge funds mentioned in indictments of former CIO David Loglisci and Henry Morris, a top adviser and chief fundraiser for former state Comptroller Alan Hev......" target="_blank">New York fund probes funds mentioned in indictment  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, is investigating the 20 private equity and hedge funds mentioned in indictments of former CIO David Loglisci and Henry Morris, a top adviser and chief fundraiser for former state Comptroller Alan Hev...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/REG/904139988/1008/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="The dismal performance of mutual funds could result in a wave of lawsuits alleging that funds failed to disclose the true risk of their investments, according to several industry lawyers. Class actions that hinge on disclosure claims related to ......" target="_blank">Class action?  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The dismal performance of mutual funds could result in a wave of lawsuits alleging that funds failed to disclose the true risk of their investments, according to several industry lawyers. Class actions that hinge on disclosure claims related to ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/REG/904139990/1009/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="It looks as if the title of best-paid chief executive on Wall Street belongs to money manager Mario Gabelli, who took home an impressive $46 million last year.  The pay package of Mr. Gabelli – founder of Gamco Investors Inc. – dwarfs that of ......" target="_blank">Paydirt  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('It looks as if the title of best-paid chief executive on Wall Street belongs to money manager Mario Gabelli, who took home an impressive $46 million last year.  The pay package of Mr. Gabelli – founder of Gamco Investors Inc. – dwarfs that of ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/DAILYREG/904139992/1008&fromRSS=true" title="Two more civil complaints, both seeking class-action status, have been filed in US District Court in New York against Austin Capital Management in connection with losses from the firm’s investment in a hedge fund that was involved in the Madoff ......" target="_blank">More Taft-Hartley funds sue over Madoff losses  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Two more civil complaints, both seeking class-action status, have been filed in US District Court in New York against Austin Capital Management in connection with losses from the firm’s investment in a hedge fund that was involved in the Madoff ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/DAILYREG/904139975/1069/TOPICINDEX&fromRSS=true" title="The Wisconsin Retirement System had a -10.7% return in the first two months of 2009 on its $55 billion core fund and a -17.4% return on its $3.6 billion variable fund, according to statement by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, ......" target="_blank">Wisconsin returns beat benchmarks  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The Wisconsin Retirement System had a -10.7% return in the first two months of 2009 on its $55 billion core fund and a -17.4% return on its $3.6 billion variable fund, according to statement by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/DAILYREG/904139977/1069/TOPICINDEX&fromRSS=true" title="Forty venture capital funds raised $4.3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, according to first-quarter data released today by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.  In the fourth quarter of 2008, 47 funds raised $3.5 bil......" target="_blank">$4.3 billion raised by venture capital funds in 1st quarter  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Forty venture capital funds raised $4.3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, according to first-quarter data released today by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.  In the fourth quarter of 2008, 47 funds raised $3.5 bil...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/DAILYREG/904139980/1069/TOPICINDEX&fromRSS=true" title="The New Orleans Employees’ Retirement System is returning to domestic small-cap core equities, according to Jerry Davis, chairman of the board of the $255 million system.  Mr. Davis said the board will hire at least one manager to run at least $......" target="_blank">New Orleans fund embracing small cap again  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The New Orleans Employees’ Retirement System is returning to domestic small-cap core equities, according to Jerry Davis, chairman of the board of the $255 million system.  Mr. Davis said the board will hire at least one manager to run at least $...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/DAILYREG/904139986/1069/TOPICINDEX&fromRSS=true" title="Companies that suspend their 401(k) matching contribution save an average of $1,500 per employee per year, according to an analysis released today from Hewitt Associates. Savings can vary by company size: The average large company saves $25 ......" target="_blank">Yearly savings from 401(k) contribution halt: $1,500 per worker  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Companies that suspend their 401(k) matching contribution save an average of $1,500 per employee per year, according to an analysis released today from Hewitt Associates. Savings can vary by company size: The average large company saves $25 ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090410/REG/904109995/1008/TOC<p>&fromRSS=true" title="Anheuser-Busch Inbev North America, St. Louis, plans to freeze its $1.8 billion pension plan for salaried employees on Jan. 1, 2012, confirmed spokeswoman Kelli Powers.  A memo to employees from James Brickey, vice president of people, that was ......" target="_blank">Anheuser Busch ices pension plan  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Anheuser-Busch Inbev North America, St. Louis, plans to freeze its $1.8 billion pension plan for salaried employees on Jan. 1, 2012, confirmed spokeswoman Kelli Powers.  A memo to employees from James Brickey, vice president of people, that was ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090410/REG/904109997/1008/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Continental Airlines Inc., Houston, contributed $50 million to its defined benefit pension plans Thursday, bringing its contribution so far this year to $100 million, according to a news release.  Continental expects to contribute another $150 ......" target="_blank">Continental doubles pension contribution to $100 million  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Continental Airlines Inc., Houston, contributed $50 million to its defined benefit pension plans Thursday, bringing its contribution so far this year to $100 million, according to a news release.  Continental expects to contribute another $150 ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090410/REG/904109984/1008/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Updated at 4:32 PM ET  Oneida Ltd., Oneida, NY, will have to pay post-termination premiums to the PBGC even though the company terminated its pension plan during bankruptcy reorganization, according to a ruling by the Second Circuit US Court of A......" target="_blank">Court rules Oneida must pay PBGC for pension termination  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Updated at 4:32 PM ET  Oneida Ltd., Oneida, NY, will have to pay post-termination premiums to the PBGC even though the company terminated its pension plan during bankruptcy reorganization, according to a ruling by the Second Circuit US Court of A...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090409/DAILYREG/904099963&fromRSS=true" title="Two separate reports today showed the funded status of defined benefit plans improved in March.  Plans of companies in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding index had a combined $30 billion gain in assets and an $18 billion decrease in liabilities in ......" target="_blank">Reports see improved funded status in March  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Thu, 9 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Two separate reports today showed the funded status of defined benefit plans improved in March.  Plans of companies in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding index had a combined $30 billion gain in assets and an $18 billion decrease in liabilities in ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090408/REG/904089974/1030/TOPICINDEX&fromRSS=true" title="The Securities and Exchange Commission today unanimously approved putting five variations of potential uptick rules to limit short selling out for public comment for the next 60 days.  The proposed rules represent, according to SEC Chairman Mary ......" target="_blank">Short rules  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The Securities and Exchange Commission today unanimously approved putting five variations of potential uptick rules to limit short selling out for public comment for the next 60 days.  The proposed rules represent, according to SEC Chairman Mary ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090408/DAILYREG/904089976&fromRSS=true" title="(updated with correction)  Jon Bauman, executive director and secretary of the board of the $29 billion Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System, Springfield, resigned effective today, according to a statement from the TRS board of trustees. CIO ......" target="_blank">Bauman resigns from Illinois Teachers  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('(updated with correction)  Jon Bauman, executive director and secretary of the board of the $29 billion Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System, Springfield, resigned effective today, according to a statement from the TRS board of trustees. CIO ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090408/DAILYREG/904089978/1039/ONLINENEWS01&fromRSS=true" title="Doug Goodman  Eileen Rominger  Eileen Rominger today was named global CIO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, according to an internal memo. The position is new. Ms. Rominger had been global head of GSAM’s fundamental equity business. Steve Barry......" target="_blank">Rominger named GSAM’s global CIO  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Doug Goodman  Eileen Rominger  Eileen Rominger today was named global CIO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, according to an internal memo. The position is new. Ms. Rominger had been global head of GSAM’s fundamental equity business. Steve Barry...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090408/DAILYREG/904089980&fromRSS=true" title="The SEC today unanimously approved putting five variations of potential uptick rules to limit short selling out for public comment for the next 60 days.  The proposed rules represent, according to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, a reaction to public ......" target="_blank">5 uptick proposals out for comment  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The SEC today unanimously approved putting five variations of potential uptick rules to limit short selling out for public comment for the next 60 days.  The proposed rules represent, according to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, a reaction to public ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090407/REG/904079958/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Steven J. Niemczyk was named global head of asset management investment banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s global corporate & investment banking business, effective in June, according to a news release.  Mr. Niemczyk was global head of ......" target="_blank">Niemczyk moves to Bank of America  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Steven J. Niemczyk was named global head of asset management investment banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s global corporate & investment banking business, effective in June, according to a news release.  Mr. Niemczyk was global head of ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090407/DAILYREG/904079971/0/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="The sharp four-week rally by the stocks of publicly listed money managers has lifted them above levels that can be justified by their earnings outlook, according to a research report by Morgan Stanley.  The company’s asset manager index has ......" target="_blank">Managers’ stock jump belies earnings outlook— report  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('The sharp four-week rally by the stocks of publicly listed money managers has lifted them above levels that can be justified by their earnings outlook, according to a research report by Morgan Stanley.  The company’s asset manager index has ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090407/REG/904079987/1030/TOPICINDEX&fromRSS=true" title="Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., strongly endorsed mark-to-market accounting and comprehensive transparency of financial company risk in a speech today before the Council of Institutional Investors conference at ......" target="_blank">Open book  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., strongly endorsed mark-to-market accounting and comprehensive transparency of financial company risk in a speech today before the Council of Institutional Investors conference at ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090407/REG/904079991/1008/DAILYREG&fromRSS=true" title="Ariel Investments LLC, Chicago, battered by the bear market and loss of institutional clients, plans to diversify its investment strategy by buying stocks in companies with less than $500 million in market capitalization.  The so-called micro-......" target="_blank">Diversification play  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Ariel Investments LLC, Chicago, battered by the bear market and loss of institutional clients, plans to diversify its investment strategy by buying stocks in companies with less than $500 million in market capitalization.  The so-called micro-...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.pionline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090406/PRINTSUB/304069981/1039/PIDAILYUpdate&fromRSS=true" title="Paying: Donald GM Coxe said GM\'s real function is to try to pay benefits.  A General Motors Corp. bankruptcy could become the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.\'s biggest nightmare. That is because the automaker could dump as much as $13.5 billion ......" target="_blank">Potential PBGC problem: $13.5 billion GM liability  - Pensions & Investments</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">published on Mon, 6 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST</span><br />');
document.write('Paying: Donald GM Coxe said GM\'s real function is to try to pay benefits.  A General Motors Corp. bankruptcy could become the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.\'s biggest nightmare. That is because the automaker could dump as much as $13.5 billion ...');
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document.write('040609 aig graphic  Officials at American International Group Inc. could outsource tens of billions of dollars in general account and balance sheet assets to external managers, sources familiar with the matter say. The majority of AIG\'s general ...');
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document.write('Paying: Donald GM Coxe said GM\'s real function is to try to pay benefits.  A General Motors Corp. bankruptcy could become the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.\'s biggest nightmare. That is because the automaker could dump as much as $13.5 billion ...');
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document.write('Departing: Jon Bauman must step down as Illinois Teachers\' Retirement System\'s executive director by July 1.  The three-year-long pay-to-play scandal revolving around the Teachers\' Retirement System of the State of Illinois culminated last week ...');
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document.write('Doug Goodman  Listening: BlackRock\'s Bennett Golub expects that risk managers will play a greater role in investment decision-making.  In Steven Spielberg\'s sci-fi thriller \"Minority Report,\" set in the year 2054, precognition appeared the ...');
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document.write('Officials at American International Group Inc. could outsource tens of billions of dollars in general account and balance sheet assets to external managers, sources familiar with the matter say. The majority of AIG\'s general account asset pool, ...');
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document.write('Investment bankers say Columbia Management and Delaware Investments have become the latest money management arms of financial conglomerates to be put up for sale in recent weeks, auguring a spring thaw in the industry\'s merger and acquisition pip...');
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document.write('Mary L. Schapiro  Updated  SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro outlined an aggressive agenda that includes proposed new rules for corporate proxy access, the uptick rule and broker voting today at the conference of the Council of Institutional Investor...');
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document.write('Some providers of exchange-traded funds hold out hope that the government will still turn to ETFs to purchase toxic assets — illiquid real estate loans and securities backed by loan portfolios — from banks.  Right now, the government appears ...');
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document.write('Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn today signed legislation that would terminate the employment of Jon Bauman, executive director and secretary of the $21.9 billion Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System, Springfield, on July 1.  The Illinois Governmental ...');
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document.write('On April 2, independent economist Edward Yardeni pointed out in his daily email commentary that a record amount of liquid assets was sitting on the sidelines. This chart illustrates his point, showing the MZM index of current liquid assets ...');
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document.write('Eugene Needles  Eugene Needles was named president and CEO of American Beacon Advisors, effective April 15. Mr. Needles will succeed William F. Quinn as CEO when he steps down, Mr. Quinn said in an interview. Mr. Quinn will remain executive ...');
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document.write('The carried interest of hedge funds and other private investment partnerships would be taxed as ordinary income under legislation reintroduced today by Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich.  Mr. Levin introduced similar legislation in 2007 during the ...');
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document.write('The Department of Labor will begin an “immediate review” of target-date funds — one that could lead to new regulations placed on the all-in-one investment strategies — according to a letter to a key Senate committee.  In a March 26 letter sent ...');
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document.write('New Jersey Division of Investment, Trenton, is redeeming holdings with Intrepid Capital Management, confirmed Thomas Vincz, spokesman for the division. The division, which oversees $56.3 billion in pension assets, invested $75 million in the long...');
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document.write('James McEntee  Retirement policy expert James M. Delaplane Jr., a partner at Davis & Harman in Washington, said he expects the Obama administration to push for automatic enrollment in IRAs.  President Barack Obama has his eye on automatic ...');
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