Data and Research | February 6th, 2023 Public Pension Return Assumptions Fall in 2022, NCPERS Says Overall funded status rose 3 percentage points to 77.8% on private equity, real estate returns.
Data and Research | October 26th, 2022 Market Volatility Cuts Public Pension Funded Ratios The aggregate funded ratio for the 100 largest public pension funds fell to 69.3% in September, Milliman found.
Data and Research | May 4th, 2020 State Pensions at Lowest Funded Level in 30 Years Negative returns for most asset classes caused by COVID-19’s stress on the financial markets caused an estimated 12.2 percentage point...
Administration | January 10th, 2020 What States Are Doing to Offset Lower Assumed Returns Shifts in investments and changes to employer contributions are being used to mitigate the funded status effects of lower return...
Administration | November 11th, 2019 Firms Estimate DB Funded Status Improvements in October This is due to positive equity returns; however, plan sponsors will likely see a pension liability increase on year-end balance...
Administration | July 15th, 2019 Good Returns Move State Pension Funded Status Higher in Q2 However, Wilshire Consulting attributes much of the improvement in funded status for the trailing 12 months to state employer contributions.
Administration | April 15th, 2019 Contributions and Asset Returns Give State Pensions a Positive 2018 Wilshire Consulting also reports significant changes to state pensions’ allocations to equity and real assets over the past decade.
Investing | February 8th, 2019 Public Pensions Report Strong 2018 Returns Between nearly doubled investment returns, stable contributions and cost-effectiveness, the "2018 NCPERS Public Retirement Systems Study” shows an increase in...
Administration | November 28th, 2018 Proposals Could Further Erode Perceived Health of Public Pensions Reporting proposals from the Actuarial Standards Board and Congress, as well as new proposed mortality tables from the Society of...