NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 11/12/13 — has released its inaugural , a ranking of the 40 most important players in the fight for — and against — defined-benefit pensions. The covers not only public pensions but corporate and Taft-Hartley, or multiemployer, plans. After more than six months of research and reporting, Institutional Investor identified the people who are doing the most to tackle the problem, including reformers with new ideas.
This inaugural ranking spans the political right and left, academics, activists, investment managers and advisers, and elected and appointed officials.
1. , President, American Federation of Teachers
2. , Mayor of Chicago
3. , Co-founders, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
4. , Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
5. , Chairman, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
6. , Special Counsel, AFL-CIO
7. , Emergency Manager, Detroit
8. , Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
9. , U.S. Senator, Iowa
10. , Executive Director, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans
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