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Analysis: Rich country investors returning home

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest investors may be rethinking 20 years of boosting overseas holdings and are instead seeking more stable cash income at home, as aging societies and tighter regulation dull risk appetite. Full story

UK wine retailer First Quench in $242 million pension risk deal

LONDON (Reuters) - British alcoholic drinks retailer First Quench is insuring a chunk of its pension liabilities with specialist provider Pension Insurance Corporation, improving retirement benefits for its 1,966 members. Full story

Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference

Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise. Full story

Ill. universities agree to slowly pick up pensions

Illinois' state universities and community colleges have agreed to gradually start picking up their own retirement costs under a preliminary deal that emerged at a public hearing Thursday, a step forward on a concept that's been debated by lawmakers for more than a year. Full story

Budget crisis, union ties weigh heavily in Los Angeles mayor race

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amid the mudslinging that has marked Los Angeles' mayoral race, the two candidates vying to lead America's second-largest city agree on this: its finances are terrible, and runaway wages and pensions paid to workers need to be reined in to avoid fiscal meltdown. Full story

Pension reform seen as crucial for ailing Portugal

A leading international economic body says Portugal must push ahead with changes to pension entitlements, even though the planned reforms are threatening to tear apart the coalition government and will likely trigger a spate of legal challenges. Full story

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Detroit emergency manager says city 'clearly insolvent'

NY state's pension fund reaches record $160B

Cash-strapped France turns reform focus to pensions

Illinois Senate OKs union-backed pension deal

SEC, FINRA warn retirees on pension buyouts

Illinois Senate passes union-backed pension reform bill

Insight: New York authorities in wave of pension payment deferrals

NM legislators receive pensions, but no salary

American Samoa governor sued over pension fund

SC officers to again pay more for pensions in 2014

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  Santelli Finds Problem With Pension Payouts

CNBC's Rick Santelli takes a closer look at the skyrocketing costs of pensions.

  How Retirement Cap Limits Impact Small Business: CEO

CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with Brian Graff, American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries CEO, about who will get hurt the most in a proposal that limits pension contributions.

  Mayoral candidate: ‘I’m going to lead L.A. forward’

L.A. mayoral candidate Wendy Gruel talks about her focus on the issues impacting the residents of Los Angeles, specifically jobs because the city has a “high unemployment rate, higher than the national average.”

  What drives people out of New York City

Chris Hayes’ New York City mayoral roundtable debate housing, education, income disparities, and what drives people to and from the city.

  Uncle Sam's Bloated Pensions

A new report warns that Federal retirement pensions could go bankrupt, with CNBC Contributors Keith Boykin, Jim Pethokoukis and Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal.

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