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NY state's pension fund reaches record $160B

The New York pension fund for state and local government workers has topped $160 billion after reporting a 10.4 percent return on investment for its last fiscal year, the state comptroller's office reported Monday. Full story

American Samoa governor sued over pension fund

The board of trustees for American Samoa's $200 million pension fund is suing the governor of the Pacific island chain. Full story

Insight: New York authorities in wave of pension payment deferrals

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Niagara Falls, a city in New York staring at the prospect of insolvency in the face of a weak local economy and soaring employee costs, diverting money earmarked for pensions to cover short-term spending needs seemed like the only option. Full story

Pension fund files suit against bank CDS "conspiracy"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pension fund has initiated a class action lawsuit against a group of the world's largest banks, accusing them of "conspiring" to scuttle competition in the $27 trillion credit default swap (CDS) market, in turn raising fund managers' costs. Full story

New York political consultant in pension fund scandal granted parole

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Henry "Hank" Morris, once chief political adviser to disgraced ex-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi, will be out of prison by June 3 after serving more than two years for his role in a "pay-to-play" scheme at the state pension fund. Full story

Colombia's Sura, Scotiabank buy BBVA Peru fund for $1 billion

LIMA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian financial group Sura <SIS.CN> and Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia <BNS.TO> bought the Peruvian pension fund BBVA Horizonte on Tuesday for more than $1 billion, as competition heats up in the surging sector. Full story

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An employee of the private pension fund "Astana" reacts in her office in Almaty

An employee of the private pension fund "Astana" reacts in her office in Almaty January 24, 2013. Kazakhstan's president has ordered the government to merge the country's private pension funds and deploy billions of dollars of their assets to sustain rapid growth rates, without raiding the strategic

An employee of the private pension fund "Astana" walks past fund's emblem in her office in Almaty
An employee of the private pension fund "Astana" walks past fund's emblem in her office in Almaty

An employee of the private pension fund "Astana" walks past fund's emblem in her office in Almaty January 24, 2013. Kazakhstan's president has ordered the government to merge the country's private pension funds and deploy billions of dollars of their assets to sustain rapid growth rates, without rai