Data and Research | February 25th, 2025 Public Pension Funds Hit 5-Year High Funded Level NCPERS study finds public plans returned 9.47% in fiscal 2024 and reached 83.1% funded.
Benefits | January 28th, 2025 NCPERS Names Public Pension Communicator of the Year Award Winners The awards honor communication professionals at public pension funds who demonstrate innovative leadership and creativity.
Benefits | August 20th, 2024 Reduction in Pension Benefits Leads to Wider Income Inequality, Study Finds According to NCPERS research, the impact of pension cuts is often missing from pension policy debates.
Data and Research | July 16th, 2024 State, Municipal Retirement Systems Remain Stuck in ‘Pension Debt Paralysis’ Equable projected that state and local public pension plans will have an average funded status of 80.6% in 2024.
Data and Research | June 9th, 2023 US Public Pensions ‘Convinced’ Inflation is on Path to Moderation Following nine successive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and inflation hitting a peak of 9.1% in June 2022, U.S. public...
Deals and People | May 12th, 2023 Milliman Hires Falls to Expand Public Pension Consulting Business Career actuarial consultant Ryan Falls has extensive experience working on major U.S. public employee retirement systems.
Data and Research | August 31st, 2022 Public Pension Funds Overwhelmingly Favor ESG Resolutions State and local defined benefit pension funds support environmental, social and governance shareholder resolutions at higher rates than do general...
Investing | August 9th, 2022 GOP Attorneys General Raise Fiduciary, Antitrust Concerns in Letter to BlackRock August 4 letter to CEO Larry Fink seeks ‘clarification on actions that appear to have been motivated by interests other...
Data and Research | August 1st, 2022 Public Pensions’ Assumed Rate of Return Falls Below 7% The investment return rate has dropped to its lowest level in over 40 years, says NASRA.
Products | August 11th, 2020 Board Smart Offers Online Training Platform for Public Pension Trustees, Execs Curriculum topics range from board operations to asset management to risk intelligence.
Administration | April 24th, 2020 Considerations for Public Pensions’ Response to COVID-19 Issues Sources from CalPERS and NYCRS share discussions they've had and actions they've taken in response to the financial hit of...
Investing | July 31st, 2019 An Investing Strategy to Improve Church and Public DB Plan Funding Currently church and public defined benefit (DB) plans focus more on returns, and their funded status is lower than for...
Investing | October 8th, 2018 Real Assets Recommended for Public Pension Plans J.P. Morgan Asset Management says they reduce volatility and increase returns.
Administration | August 20th, 2018 Unions Object to Recouping Overpayment of Pensions From Members The pension plan administrator for the city of San Jose employees has known about the overpayments due to miscalculations since...
Administration | January 25th, 2018 Public Pensions Produced Solid Returns in 2017 Yet they also adopted more conservative investment assumptions, according to the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems.
Data and Research | November 21st, 2017 Public Pensions Have Been Able to Pay Promised Benefits New research shows that funding status has little correlation with a pension fund’s ability to pay its promised benefits, and...
Compliance | October 2nd, 2017 Broker Accused of Pay-to-Play With New York Fund Avoids Prison A sentencing memorandum for Kelley cites many letters from friends, family and former co-workers attesting to “a life otherwise characterized...