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<title><![CDATA[Liability Driven Investing Conference]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Liability driven investing makes sense for defined benefit plans, whether the sponsor intends to keep the plan open or is aiming for termination. For an open plan, LDI is a way to ensure that funded status volatility is minimized and the need for contributions limited. For a company that has ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adding Loans to Your Retirement Plan: A Conversation with Managers and Consultants]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why loans, why now? Loans are above their historic average, and interest rates, while currently low, will one day rise. Plus, senior secured loans have become their own asset class, offering tremendous benefits to your retirement plan. Loans offer excellent relative value for people who seek ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Strategies for Managing a Retiree Life Insurance Liability]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Faced with a group term retiree life insurance liability? Learn how pre-funding for retiree life insurance can be an effective solution to help offset retiree life liabilities on your companys balance sheet, while providing benefit security to retirees. Join this free webinar where we will discuss ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Custom Target-Date Strategies Summit]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Nov 2013 23:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[P&Is 2013 Custom Target-Date Strategies Summit will combine plan sponsor (client) case studies with a panel format to address the most important and the most debated issues around target-date funds today. We will concentrate on the nuances of crafting and implementing strategies so that they meet ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Funds Defined Contribution Summit]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Public plan sponsors face the constant challenge of ensuring their defined benefit funds are able to meet their obligations. Increasingly, though, defined contribution plans are becoming a more important part of the package of retirement benefits for public employees. As these plans are being ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Average 401(k) balances by age group as of March 31]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:51 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fidelity Investments says the average 401(k) among its 20,600 record-kept plans rose 4.7% during the quarter to $80,900 at the end of March. Participants age 55 and over saw their average balance rise by $7,000 during the first quarter to $150,300. Generation Xers - those born between 1965 and 1978 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Minot, N.D., seeks bundled provider to implement new DC plans]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.pionline.com/article/20130523/DAILY/130529939/minot-nd-seeks-bundled-provider-to-implement-new-dc-plans?utm_campaign=ramp_rss&utm_source=_rss&utm_medium=rss]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:49 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Minot, N.D., is searching for a bundled provider to implement and oversee new defined contribution plans.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ISS pays $300k to settle SEC charges over proxy vote confidentiality breaches]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.pionline.com/article/20130523/DAILYREG/130529945/iss-pays-300k-to-settle-sec-charges-over-proxy-vote-confidentiality-breaches?utm_campaign=ramp_rss&utm_source=_rss&utm_medium=rss]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The SEC on Thursday settled with Institutional Shareholder Services on charges “for failing to safeguard the confidential proxy voting information of clients participating in a number of significant proxy contests,” according to an SEC statement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Correction: MEMBERS Capital Advisors]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Zachary A. Doehla joined MEMBERS Capital Advisors as director of alternative investments. His title was incorrect in a story in the May 22 P&I Daily. Also, the amount of the investments Mr. Doehla oversees was incorrect, but the correct amount could not be learned by press time.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arizona Public Safety picks Select Equity for international, commits to alternatives]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, Phoenix, hired Select Equity Group to run up to $100 million in active international long-only equities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mercer hires delegated DC leader for investment business]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Liana Magner has been appointed U.S. delegated DC leader for Mercer's investments business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bentall Kennedy adds SVP for CalPERS' core U.S. industrial property portfolio]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 14:01:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Lekki was named senior vice president, portfolio management, at Bentall Kennedy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Denver pension fund commits $25 million to private equity fund]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 14:10:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Denver Employees Retirement Plan committed $25 million to EIG Energy Fund XVI, a private energy fund managed by EIG Global Energy Partners.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tennessee Treasury looking for providers for DC, 529, new hybrid plans]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tennessee Department of Treasury, Nashville, has issued a request for information for third-party administration services for the state’s defined contribution plan, its 529 college savings program and its new hybrid retirement plan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alabama Deferred Comp names 4 finalists in record keeper search]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:34 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Alabama Deferred Compensation Plan, Montgomery, named four finalists in its search for a record keeper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fidelity 401(k) client account average balances hit $80,900]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The average account balance for participants in 401(k) plans for which Fidelity Investments is the record keeper achieved a record high of $80,900 for the quarter ended March 31.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pensions & Investments - The International Newspaper of Money Management]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Texas Teachers in hunt for actuary]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Texas Teacher Retirement System, Austin, is searching for an actuarial consultant.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU's draft money manager pay rules will backfire, lawmaker says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[European Union proposals to limit fund manager bonuses are “crude” and would drive up fixed salaries if implemented, said Syed Kamall, a London-based member of the European Parliament.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eaton Vance's rising star: Parametric]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While investors flee Eaton Vance's traditional strategies, Parametric's quant strategies are gaining inflows.]]></description>
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