Public Pensions Making Moves to Divest From Russia
New federal sanctions forced Colorado’s PERA to take its money out of a Russian state-owned bank almost immediately.
Tag: public DB plans
Benefits |
San Diego to Retroactively Replace Thousands of Employees’ DC Plans With Pensions
A law that moved all city employees except police officers to defined contribution plans was found to have been illegally...
NCPERS Proposes New Measure for Public Pension Sustainability
A study found pension debt is sustainable in all but five states, and NCPERS says sustainability valuation can be used...
Do Public Pensions Need a Shift in Investment Strategies?
A report, which says their investments have underperformed since the 2008 financial crisis and are costly, suggests officials should switch...
DB Plans Can Take Proactive Steps to Protect Against Cybersecurity Threats
What questions should defined benefit plan officials ask about their cybersecurity protocols?
New Report Ranks Teacher Pensions on Key Metrics
With more than 3 million public school teachers in the U.S. workforce, public teacher retirement is a broad retirement security...
Markets Were Good to Institutional Investors in Q2
U.S. equity is a core holding for all plan types, and alternative investments gave plans a boost as well.
Public Retirement Benefits Not What They Used to Be
Changes to public pensions following the Great Recession make them less than adequate for most employees now, and some of...
Products |
Public Plans Database Has Been Expanded
Users can now find comprehensive data about public DC plans as well as public DB plans.
Participant in Pennsylvania’s School System Plan Sues Investment Consultants
Teachers hired after 2011 are part of a variable benefit plan design, in which they have to pay more into...
Worrying About Inflation’s Effect on Your Pension Finances? Don’t.
Experts says they don’t expect a long run of inflation, and it might be making your plan less expensive.
Opinions |
Public Pension Plans Are Thirsty for Liquidity
Charles Millard, a senior adviser at Amundi US and former director of the PBGC, explains why plan sponsors must resist...
Public Sector Employees Need a Push to Supplement Pensions
Public sector employees do not increase savings in DC plans in response to potentially lowered DB benefits or the inability...
Several Forces Will Drive Portfolio Positions for Institutional Investors
The pandemic, monetary policy and politics converge to drive changes to equity and fixed income allocations.
Reducing the Number of External Asset Managers Could Cut Costs for Public Pensions
However, researchers find that to maintain the best after-fee returns, pensions should carefully consider which managers to eliminate.
DB Plans Can Expect Continued Funded Status Issues
The solutions to manage funded status differ for public and corporate plans.
Lessons From Well-Funded Public Retirement Plans for Managing Crises
Representatives of three well-funded pension plans shared information about their contribution rate, assumed return rate and COLA strategies.
Public DBs May Lose Ground on Funding Progress
However, all but the worst-funded plans will maintain sufficient assets from which to pay benefits, a study finds.
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...
Fixed Income Allocations Suppressed Potential Losses for ERISA Pension Plans
Of the three institutional segments tracked by Northern Trust, corporate ERISA pension plans performed the best during 1Q 2020.