Beleaguered Wall Street bankers might be staying away from this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos, the Swiss ski resort.
But that hasn’t discouraged Jack Ehnes, the chief executive of the California State Teachers’ Retirement system, from attending his fourth get-together of global movers and shakers from economics, business and government. the conference runs through Sunday.
Although his $134-billion fund, the nation’s second-largest public pension fund in assets, had lost about 25% of its portfolio as of June 30, the end of its last fiscal year, its board approved Ehnes’ request …

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Meritas Financial inc. and Qtrade Fund Management inc. have announced a plan to merge.
The merger will result in Meritas Mutual Funds becoming a separate division of QTrade Financial and they will maintain their philosophy of socially responsible investing(SRI). (No investments in tobacco, military or companies harmful to the environment).
It is expected the deal will close at the end of March. The Meritas team will continue to be headed by Gary Hawton and when the deal is finalized he will become the chief investment officer of the Qtrade …

Longevity risk is an issue that is being talked about as the baby boomer generation nears retirement, but founder of my Longevity, David Williams, believes not enough financial planners are addressing it with their clients.
My Longevity started as a research project three years ago. Since then, Williams has developed an online questionnaire called the SHAPE analyser that will give you an idea of what age you can expect to live to, depending on your surroundings, health, attitude, eating habits and the history of your parents. The free online tool has …

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State-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has asked regional rural banks (RRBs), state cooperative banks (SCBs) and district central cooperative banks (DCCBs) to formulate their risk management policy and constitute risk management committee.
Nabard in its communication on January 20 to all RRBs, SCBs and DCCBs said the design of risk management framework should be oriented towards the institutions’ own requirements based on the size and complexity of business, risk philosophy and market perception.
Further, a Nabard official told Business Standard that the effective management of credit risk was …

As you may already know, beginning on January 1, 2010, you can convert your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA regardless of your income or tax-filing status.
If you’re thinking of taking advantage of this change, keep the following in mind before deciding when to recognize any conversion income.
More people are eligibleFirst, let’s review how the rules will change.
Today, only investors with an adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less are able to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth. Married couples who file separately are unable to convert to a …

Posted: Jan. 30, 2010
For 30 years, Dale Richards lived his dream, working in the automotive industry as a supervisor at the General Motors parts plant in Oak Creek. For a time, he was also the community’s mayor.
But his career was cut short after GM spun off parts-maker Delphi Corp., which closed the plant in November 2008. now, Richards and thousands of other Delphi salaried retirees could see their monthly pension checks cut between 30% and 70% as the government-run Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has taken over the company’s retirement fund.
As …

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Gov. Jack Markell on Thursday proposed an increase in Delaware’s general fund operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year, but no new taxes, layoffs or state employee pay cuts.
The proposed $3.17 billion operating budget represents an increase of about $80 million, or 2.5 percent, over this year’s general fund budget.
But administration officials say the state will actually spend about $50 million less in fiscal 2011 when federal stimulus funds are taken into account.
In addition to the operating budget, Markell is proposing a capital budget for road …

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Financial services firm Edward Jones recently ranked no. 2 on Fortune magazine’s “100 best Companies to Work for 2010″ list.
Edward Jones also ranked no. 1 for large-sized companies.
Edward Jones has been included in the rankings 11 times, including eight top-10 finishes and consecutive no. 1 rankings in 2002 and 2003.
This is the second-straight year the business ranked no. 2.
Currently, Edward Jones has more than 600 positions available throughout the country.
The most positions open are that of financial advisor and branch office administrator.
Each Edward Jones branch office includes …