Special Conference Series

   Rebuilding Investor Confidence   

January 26-27, 2009
Washington, DC

Hotel Location TBD

Pension Fund Issues Printer Friendly Version

Council members are responsible for investing and safeguarding assets used to fund retirement benefits of millions of American workers. The Council of Institutional Investors supports defined benefit plans as a critical component of the nation’s retirement system and advocates the retention of defined benefit plans as the central element of retirement programs offered to workers.

Oct. 9, 2008 DOL bulletin on social investment
Oct. 9, 2008 DOL bulletin on shareowner activism
August 2008 GAO report on pension fund investments in hedge funds and private equity
June 24, 2008 Council Statement on Institutional Investors and Commodity Investments
May 2008 CFA Institute Code of Conduct for Members of a Pension Scheme Governing Body
Feb. 22, 2008 Memo by Ian Lanoff on Dept. of Labor advisory opinion on proxy voting by employee benefit plans
May 31, 2007 Stanford/Clapman report on best practice principles for institutional investment fund governance

 

For further information about pension funds, please contact the National Institute on Retirement Security.