Accounting
Michigan opens search for DC plan services
Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget's Office of Retirement Services, Lansing, posted an RFP for full-service, bundled investment and administrative services for the state public...
March 07, 2013 | 10:45 am
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority looking for actuary
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority Employees' Retirement System is searching for an actuarial consultant.
March 06, 2013 | 01:16 pm
CFA Institute releases GIPS draft for asset owners
CFA Institute Monday issued an exposure draft for the application of global investment performance standards to pension funds, endowments, foundations and other institutional asset owners that do not ...
March 04, 2013 | 04:23 pm
Society of Actuaries publishes new study of pension plan smoothing
Smoothing methods do not directly affect the solvency of defined benefit plans or the predictability of statutory requirements, but they do affect the asset and liability values that are reported by...
February 27, 2013 | 12:01 am
FASB testing the water for possible pensions accounting project
Financial Accounting Standards Board plans to gauge the possibility of adding a pension accounting project to its agenda.
February 11, 2013 | 04:14 pm
Fulton County chooses Segal Co. as actuary
Fulton County Employees Retirement System, Atlanta, hired Segal Co. as actuarial consultant.
January 31, 2013 | 11:46 am
Illinois Teachers seeks actuarial consultant
Illinois Teachers' Retirement System is searching for an actuarial consultant to provide actuarial valuations and other services to the $37.5 billion pension fund for three years beginning July 1.
January 29, 2013 | 12:06 pm
Luzerne County Employees pension fund rehires EFI as actuary
Luzerne County Employees' Retirement System, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., rehired EFI Actuaries as actuarial consultant.
January 28, 2013 | 03:11 pm
AT&T lowers rate of return to 7.75%
AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, said in a filing Thursday that it lowered its expected long-term rate of return on its $45.9 billion pension plan to 7.75%, citing “continued...
January 18, 2013 | 10:34 am
Los Angeles Fire, Police signs Cheiron for actuarial audit
Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System hired Cheiron to provide actuarial audit services.
January 15, 2013 | 11:14 am
Waltham Contributory system signs on actuarial consultant
Waltham (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System hired Sherman Actuarial Services as actuarial consultant.
January 11, 2013 | 02:48 pm
Fort Lauderdale Police & Fire chooses Foster & Foster as actuary
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Police & Fire Retirement System hired Foster & Foster as actuarial consultant.
January 10, 2013 | 03:57 pm
Norfolk County issues RFP for actuary
Norfolk County Retirement System, Canton, Mass., is searching for a firm to provide actuarial services.
January 09, 2013 | 02:03 pm
Texas Employees issues call for actuarial consultant
Texas Employees Retirement System is searching for a firm to provide actuarial consulting services for the $22.9 billion pension fund.
January 09, 2013 | 12:05 pm
DB vs. DC: How unitized accounting can make a difference
With some actuarial studies estimating the state and local pension unfunded liability for existing retirement programs exceeds $1 trillion, many public (and private) plan sponsors are considering a...
