By Matt Chaban 7/07/11 8:50am

Manhattan Transfers

5th on the Park, rendered.

‘Secret Agent’ Glen Sergeon Sells in the Village, Buys in Harlem

Former Comptroller Alan Hevessi was brought down partly by pension placement agents, but Glen Sergeon Jr. is moving up, up, up thanks to his work as one. Mr. Sergeon has helped place millions of dollars in pension money from other states with Manhattan fund managers, a practice that got him dubbed the “Secret Agent” by Forbes magazine back in May.

Mr. Sergeon has just departed a Greenwich Village penthouse for a three-bedroom apartment in the condo tower 5th on the Park. According to city records, Mr. Sergeon paid $1.42 million for his new place on the 20th floor of the 28-story, FX Fowle-designed project. Completed in 2009 and located where Fifth Avenue meets the southern side of Marcus Garvey Park at 120th Street, 5th on the Park is the tallest apartment building in Harlem. Read More

By The Editors 3/30/11 12:03am

Editorial

Letting the Public Peek at Pensions: Props to You, Liu!

Transparency in government is a good thing, so we welcome City Comptroller John Liu’s plan to allow unprecedented public access to the city’s vast $113 billion pension system. Fund managers may not be so thrilled about this sort of transparency, but they’ll have to get used to it as part of the price of doing Read More

By Mike Taylor 9/10/10 5:23pm

Old People

Old People Will Ruin the Economy

America’s load of old people — already large and getting larger — could spell shrinkage for the economy, according to an analysis by Lombard Street Research reported by the Financial Times.

As the first wave of baby boomers turns 65 next year, many of them will be unable to retire, because their main sources Read More

By Dan Duray 5/25/10 6:36pm

The Pension Padders

It goes without saying that New Yorkers owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to police officers, firefighters and other public employees who literally put their lives on the line every time they report to work. The heroism of first responders on 9/11, the ongoing vigilance of cops and other security personnel in the face of Read More