At this point, there is absolutely no disputing that an unscrupulous pension consultant who corrupts the integrity of a fund's investment process, for personal profit, can cause massive harm far greater than the kickbacks he receives from the money managers.
"We will not agree to any proposal that either destroys our contract or fails to maintain the integrity of our pension system," CTU President Marilyn Stewart told the Sun-Times.
A board of directors would bolster the integrity of New York's pension fund.
"Through the many cases, pleas and settlements in this investigation, I believe we have been able to help restore and protect the integrity of the state pension fund".
She said that Calpers would continue to act as a fiduciary as the bankruptcy progressed, "and protect and defend the integrity and soundness of the pension plan".
"It is important that both firms and individuals be held accountable for conduct that jeopardized the integrity" of New York's state pension fund, Mr. Cuomo, now New York's governor, said at the time.
Government officials who handle more than $1 trillion of public pensions say they will work together to foster integrity in corporate America in the wake of accounting scandals that have cost the pension plans billions of dollars.
Then last week Mr. Kean released a letter of recommendation for his former director of pensions, Douglas R. Forrester, calling him "a man of the highest integrity who would make a fine governor".
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"In the other, we see a pension fund adviser — the outside 'gatekeeper' who is supposed to safeguard the integrity of the pension fund process — recommending deals based on pressure from pension officials and politically connected people".
