'Policymakers need to ensure that public retirement plans work for both short-term and long-term employees.' - Jen Sidorova
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Watch experts discuss how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies and trends are impacting public pension systems and taxpayers.
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2022 investment results for state pension plans so far, using hybrid retirement plans to balance risk, examining effective amortization policies, and more.
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'Focusing on tax expenditure differentials distracts from some of the more effective approaches policymakers could take for improving retirement security, such as incentivizing participation, auto-enrollment, and automatic savings solutions.'
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'It is essential that policymakers understand how the state government determines the health of its public pension funds and how they can protect public retirees from the degradation effects of inflation.'
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The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System reported a -14.5% return, the lowest thus far. The New York State and Local Retirement System and the New York Police and Fire Retirement System reported 9.5% returns—the highest rate for FY 2022.
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This prefunding program is another important step forward in the ongoing process of improving Arizona’s public retirement systems.
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It is entirely appropriate for individuals to make whatever investment decisions they like with their assets. But imposing politically-motivated investment controls of any kind on public pension plans violates core fiduciary standards. — Pension Integrity Project

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What ESG policies mean for public pension systems, best practices for managing pension debt, using hybrid retirement plans to balance risk between employees and taxpayers, and more in the October Pension Reform Newsletter.
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Pension pre-funding is a win for the Arizona State Retirement System, local governments, public schools, and the state's taxpayers.
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This month's newsletter highlights research, news, and other information related to public pension challenges and reform efforts across the nation.
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Texas currently defines “actuarially sound” as taking less than 31 years to amortize, or fully fund, every pension dollar earned by members of the pension plan.
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'With the retirement security of public workers increasingly dependent on these types of alternative investments, the Security Exchange Commission is now proposing increased reporting requirements from private equity funds.'
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State worker pension plans had a lousy 2022, but their plans pretend it didn’t happen, putting taxpayers at risk. reason.org/data-visualiza… via Reason Foundation

Maintaining an overly optimistic investment return assumption is costly.
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The latest Pension Reform Newsletter looks at worrying 2022 investment results, why states should plan for a recession, and more.
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'Employers who contribute to this program will improve their fiscal positions by prepaying their future pension contributions to enhance their future budget stability.'
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Texas retiree groups and their allies are advocating for a cost-of-living adjustment in the next legislative session.
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