Accounting
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority selects Segal as actuarial consultant
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority Employees' Retirement System, Chelsea, hired The Segal Co. as actuarial consultant.
June 11, 2013 | 12:17 pm
Extending GIPS to asset owners promotes better valuation, disclosure
GIPS compliance has become a de facto requirement for institutional asset managers. One point that's remained confusing over the past two decades has been whether the standards applied to plan...
June 10, 2013
Wilshire hires pair in expansion of actuarial services for corporate plans
Jeffrey Leonard and Harry Reinhart were named managing directors to head up a new actuarial services team at Wilshire Consulting, confirmed Julia Bonafede, president.
May 29, 2013 | 04:05 pm
Texas Teachers in hunt for actuary
Texas Teacher Retirement System, Austin, is searching for an actuarial consultant.
May 23, 2013 | 02:50 pm
New Mexico PERA expected to rehire CliftonLarsonAllen as DC plan auditor
New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association, Santa Fe, is recommending the board hire CliftonLarsonAllen as auditor for its $427 million deferred compensation program, said...
May 16, 2013 | 03:21 pm
FASB council seeking input on agenda priorities
Financial Accounting Standards Board's advisory council issued a survey to solicit views about FASB's project priorities and future agenda, including pension accounting.
May 10, 2013 | 03:39 pm
Watertown Contributory plugs Sherman into actuarial role
Watertown (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System hired Sherman Actuarial Services as actuarial consultant.
April 30, 2013 | 12:12 pm
New Hampshire Retirement System looking for actuarial consultant
New Hampshire Retirement System, Concord, is searching for an actuarial consultant.
April 24, 2013 | 03:10 pm
FASB names new chairman
Russell G. Golden was named Tuesday as chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, effective July 1.
April 23, 2013 | 04:05 pm
Alaska retirement board issues call for actuarial firm to run review
Alaska Retirement Management Board, Juneau, is searching for an actuarial firm to review the process and procedures used by the pension fund's actuary, Buck Consultants.
April 23, 2013 | 02:31 pm
Moody's: Pension liability's greater role in ratings could lead to downgrades
Pension obligations will play a larger role in credit rating of state and local governments by Moody's Investors Service, which announced its new approach Wednesday.
April 17, 2013 | 04:14 pm
CalPERS approves accounting change that will boost employer contributions
CalPERS approved a proposal to change how it counts investment losses and gains aimed at filling $87 billion in unfunded obligations.
April 17, 2013 | 02:44 pm
GASB changes to boost pressure for pension reform, Fitch report says
Impending changes in Governmental Accounting Standards Board standards in 2014 and 2015 should increase public pressure on decision-makers to reform state and local government pension plans,...
April 08, 2013 | 03:11 pm
Philadelphia fund seeks firm for actuarial study
Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, Philadelphia, is searching for a firm or individual to conduct an actuarial study for the $4.3 billion Philadelphia Board of Pensions and...
April 01, 2013 | 04:06 pm
Public pension funds face scrutiny from accounting updates
Public pension executives are facing a paperwork tsunami this year.
