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Prominent Political Fundraiser Pleads Guilty in N.Y. Pension Scandal

The Republican National Committee’s former finance chairman pleaded guilty Thursday to paying nearly $1 million in bribes to official … more…

NY’s A.G. Cuomo Proposes Reforms to Pension System

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, along with three state senators, announced legislation that would fix some of the glaring pr … more…

Iowa’s Dirty Air and Travel on the Public Dime

Here are our editors' picks from today's roundup of investigative stories around the Web. Was there a story we missed? Please keep se … more…

With Labor Leader on California Pension Boards, Financial Firms Fattened Union Campaign Fund

Update June 15, 2009: This story has been updated with Sean Harrigan's response to the Sacramento Bee

Financial firms showered nea … more…

Rationale Behind Pension Agency’s New Strategy Revealed

May 21: This post has been updated.

Before there was a much-maligned investment strategy for the agency charged with safeguarding … more…

Can You Pass the SAT of Influence? Our Placement Agent Guide

Looking for work? Lots of Americans are these days, and there's one line of business where you can earn millions of dollars simply by … more…

$20 Million Settlement Sets New Ethic in Pension Deals

Twenty million dollars. That's what it cost the Carlyle Group to extricate itself from the growing investigation into corruption at t … more…

Pension Chief Crossed Line With Wall St. Firms, IG Says

May 21: This post has been updated.

The former director of the federal agency that safeguards many of the nation’s pensions m … more…

Pension Scandal Prompts Two Resignations in LA

Update: May 8, 2009 9:20 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Two pension trustees under scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissi … more…

Florida Investment Agency and Charities Mislead

Here are our editors' picks from today's roundup of investigative stories around the Web. Was there a story we missed? Please kee … more…

Decoder: The Pension Fund Scandal

April 30: This post has been corrected.

The corruption scandal at New York State’s public pension fund has now tainted multimill … more…

California Pension Fund to Regulate Placement Agents

Last week, we reported with the Los Angeles Times that a key player indicted in New York state’s pension scandal had been active in C … more…

New Scandal: Pension Fund Pay to Play

The probe of an alleged pay-to-play scheme at New York's $122 billion pension fund looks like it may keep expanding, so we're slott … more…

SEC Letters Outline “Informal Inquiry” into California Pension Deals

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking detailed financial information from two members of the Los Angeles Fire and Police … more…

California Firm Split Fees With Figure in N.Y. Pension Scandal

A prominent Los Angeles investment firm shared fees from pension fund deals in New York and California with Hank Morris, the former p … more…

Quick Picks: Car Czar’s Possible Movie Role and Lobbying Lost

Before Steven Rattner achieved the lofty title of car czar in the Obama administration, he may have been the "senior executi … more…

Quick Picks: Pension Losses and PMA’s Access

In the annals of bad timing, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's decision to put much of its $64 billion insurance fund into s … more…

Tricky Pension Accounting and Loan Mod Winners

Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."

Quick Picks: Murtha’s Troubles and CEO Pensions

Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."

Companies Tap Pension Plans to Pay Exec Benefits

Company pensions are no longer a trapping of the American life. A report by the Government Accountability Office issued last month f … more…