July 16, 2024
Today, Equable Institute released the 2024 edition of it’s annual report, State of Pensions. The report, State of Pensions 2024: The Hidden Cost of Pension […]
March 19, 2025
It is undeniable that Mississippi needs to improve how it manages the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) and the benefits this system offers to […]
February 25, 2025
Mississippi is considering changes to its retirement plan provisions for the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System (MSPERS), as presented in Senate Bill 2439. The bill, […]
February 24, 2025
The Retirement Security Report Policy Scores (RSR Policy Scores) are an analysis of proposed legislation that would substantially change public sector retirement benefits, using the Retirement Security Report (RSR) methodology. All […]
February 24, 2025
On Jan. 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, that eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). This […]
January 28, 2025
Equable Institute has released a new brief showing a relationship between the state’s investment in teacher retirement and the percentage of disconnected youth in Connecticut […]
January 8, 2025
The funded status for state and local pension plans improved in 2024, propelled forward by solid financial market performance. Yet, public pension plans are still […]
November 14, 2024
RELEASE: CT’s Teacher Pension Financing Reinforces Inequity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
[email protected] [email protected] November 14, 2024 —Equable Institute has released a report highlighting how […]
July 16, 2024
State and local governments paid a record amount into their public retirement systems in 2023 — 30.4% of the salaries paid to public workers, or […]
April 25, 2024
There are at least 21 state and local public pension funds that could be affected by the recently approved law forcing a sale of TikTok. […]
March 21, 2024
A key feature of teacher pension plans is that they offer guaranteed income for life. But unless the purchasing power of that pension income keeps […]
March 21, 2024
A key feature of defined benefit pension plans is that they offer guaranteed income for life. But unless the purchasing power of that income keeps […]
January 10, 2024
At the end of fiscal year 2023, the average funded ratio for American public pension plans was 78.1%. While this is a modest improvement over […]
December 22, 2023
When the grocery-delivery service Instacart became a public company in September 2023 it meant the culmination of a decade-long investment for seven public pension funds. […]
August 24, 2023
Based on funded ratio, Tennessee, Washington, Utah, South Dakota, and Washington, D.C. have the best funded public pension plans in the United States, as of […]
July 21, 2023
In 2023, U.S. public pension funds remain fragile. According to Equable Institute’s State of Pensions 2023 report, state and municipal retirement systems are on track […]
July 18, 2023
In 2023 and beyond, public pensions in the United States are entering an era of new threats and more uncertainty than ever before. The stagnant […]
July 18, 2023
Today, Equable Institute released the 2023 edition of it’s annual report, State of Pensions. The report, State of Pensions 2023:Market Uncertainty, Politics, and Risk Addiction […]
June 9, 2023
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 emergency era, inflation is a persistent challenge for both institutions and individuals. The effects of inflation are just as […]
May 25, 2023
Could a U.S. Debt Default Be a Good Thing For Public Pensions? Currently, there’s no clear end in sight for the political fight over the […]
