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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[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[Pensions & Investments - The International Newspaper of Money Management]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:58 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PSCA survey: 403(b) participation, deferral rates up in 2012]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Participation rates and deferral rates among participants in 403(b) plans rose last year vs. 2011, reflecting both an improved economy and greater participant confidence, according to the latest annual survey by the Plan Sponsor Council of America.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[San Jose Federated City Employees picks 4 absolute-return managers]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:13:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[San Jose (Calif.) Federated City Employees Retirement System invested a total of $90 million with four absolute-return managers, confirmed Ronald Kumar, acting investment officer.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Harkin wins public service award for 'bold' universal pension proposal]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, received the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans' Public Service Award on Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Currency Wars: Policy Dilemmas, Macroeconomic Rebalancing and the Implications for Institutional Investors]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As more countries face fiscal austerity and look to exports to sustain economic recovery, the risk of competitive currency devaluations is real despite recent G7 and G20 pledges to let market forces determine exchange rates. At the same time, they have accepted that central bank policies focused on ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[University of California regents make sweeping asset allocation changes to 1 portfolio]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 17:40:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[University of California Board of Regents’ investment committee approved on Tuesday a significant reduction to its fixed-income exposure to 20% from 65% in its $4.7 billion Total Return Investment Pool.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mesirow: DC plan participants not using all retirement tools]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:30 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Defined contribution plan executives continue to believe overwhelmingly that participants don't take full advantage of the savings and retirement tools available to them, according to the latest annual retirement survey by Mesirow Financial Holdings.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maryland State Retirement & Pension System approves new asset allocation]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:22:49 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Maryland State Retirement & Pension System, Baltimore, approved on Tuesday a new asset allocation recommended by the board's investment committee and investment consultant, Hewitt EnnisKnupp.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Harbor Capital Advisors picks Baillie Gifford as subadviser]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Harbor Capital Advisors hired Baillie Gifford Overseas as subadviser to its Harbor International Growth Fund.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Morgan Creek buys Signet Capital's alternative funds-of-funds business]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 12:32:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Morgan Creek Capital Management will acquire fixed-income manager Signet Capital Management's $700 million alternative funds-of-funds business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dimon wins support of major pension plans as a director]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite a proposal seeking to split the roles of Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, major pension plans on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of Mr. Dimon's membership on J.P. Morgan Chase's board.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago Park Employees drops assumed return rate to 7.5%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chicago Park Employees' Annuity & Benefit Fund lowered its assumed rate of return to 7.5% from 8%.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan 's Dimon expected to keep chairman, CEO roles]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 11:24:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won approval from investors to keep his chairman title in preliminary voting ahead of today's shareholder meeting, according to two people with knowledge of the tallies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shareholders fall short on J.P. Morgan Chase independent chairman vote]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. shareholders on Tuesday rejected an advisory proposal co-sponsored by three pension funds calling for an independent chairman, endorsing the dual roles of chairman and CEO of Jamie Dimon.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Illinois Teachers' Retirement System seeks new private equity chief]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Illinois Teachers' Retirement System, Springfield, is searching for a new private equity chief following the April departure of Zachary A. Doehla, senior investment officer, alternative investments.]]></description>
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