State of Pensions 2020: National Pension Funding Trends
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U.S statewide pension funds entered the COVID-19 recession profoundly weaker than they were financially going into the Great Recession, a new report on […]
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State of Pensions 2020: Great Recession Lessons Learned for Public Pensions in the Age of COVID-19
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There are many unknowns in the Age of COVID-19, but fortunately when it comes to forecasting what is likely to happen to public pension funds […]
State of Pensions 2020: Solutions for Stakeholders
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As a stakeholder in a public sector retirement system, you’ve watched over the past decade as states have struggled with their pension fund management and […]
Equable Institute Warns of COVID-19 Impact on Public Pension Funds for The Hill
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Today, The Hill featured an op-ed written by Equable Institute‘s Executive Director Anthony Randazzo on the inevitable impact of the COVID-19 financial crash and how […]
Groundhog Day: The States That Keep Repeating Their Pension Mistakes
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Figuring out how to manage a public pension system is hard, complicated work. Pension board trustees have to juggle complex investment strategy, and make critical […]
Public Pension COLA Rates
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Inflation protection of retirement income is an important part of economic security. Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are a typical way for states and cities to protect […]
Pension Funds Need to Meet Their Assumptions, Not Beat Their Benchmarks
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Three recent news stories highlight the need to have clear definitions of what success looks like for public pension investment returns. The news articles pointed […]
Everything Has to Go Exactly Right for Arizona’s Pension Plan to Avoid a Sustainability Crisis
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We all make assumptions in life. We assume that when we flip a light switch that the electricity will work. We assume our taxi driver […]
The Growing Costs of Arizona’s State Retirement System are Crowding Out Teacher Pay and Education Finances
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The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) provides retirement income for nearly 150,000 former teachers, state workers, and civilian municipal employees across the Cactus State. The […]