Monday, April 29, 2019

Labor Department investigating Alden Global Capital pension management


Hedge fund Alden Global Capital moved almost $250 million of employee pension savings into its own accounts, prompting a look from the Department of Labor, The Washington Post reports. Alden Global Capital owns over 100 newspapers, under its MediaNews Group. Among its brands are the Boston Herald and The Denver Post.
The Department of Labor is probing Alden concerning the running of its pensions, a hedge fund spokesman confirmed, according to the paper.
Recently Alden has been attempting to acquire USA Today owner Gannett, America’s biggest newspaper chain.
“MNG believes that Alden’s management of the pension plan assets for which it provided management services has at all times complied with all legal requirements, including ERISA,” said Hugh Burns, a spokesman for MediaNews Group, in a statement, The Post reports.
The federal ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, concerns private pension holders. It was made law in 1974.

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