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Mornings with Meep: Data Visualization
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I review three books on data visualization, and try out a couple visualizations using some of the ideas from the first book, Storytelling with Data.Alternative Assets and Pension Performance: A Dive into Data
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As promised in a prior post, I’m going to be digging into the many dimensions that drive public pension deteriorating status.
I have a news hook for this:
Pennsylvania’s $30 billion state pension fund...
New Project(s): Re-visualizing the Public Pension Database
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I’ve taken the data from the Public Pension Database and put it on kaggle – while I hope this will get a few other people dipping into this data, it’s more that I can put together some notebooks that others can get and look at….using tools a bit cooler...
Happy Halloween! Some Scary Public Pension Projections
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Do you want to see something really scary?
I have updated my public pension cash flow projection spreadsheet. You can get a copy of the latest version here.
I ran the 170 plans with updated data up to (possibly) fiscal year 2016, using data from the Public Plans Database.
The...
Geeking Out (and Illinois Pensions): Fixing a Graph and Assigning Blame for Underfundedness
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I used a graph last week that I knew was wrong (well, part of it was wrong).
It’s my graph of the unfunded liabilities of the 5 Illinois state-funded pension plans, and how it stacks up over time. I know I’ve mentioned this issue before — it doesn’t work well...
Public Pensions: Why Do 100% Required Contribution Payers Have Decreasing Fundedness?
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In yesterday’s post, I looked at the press release from a public pensions advocacy group.
One key point was this quote from the paper the press release pointed to:
Pension funds are resilient and well managed. They have stood the test of time for more than 100 years through...
Rhode Island Pensions: Asset Trends
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As noted in the prior post, there are two state-level pension funds in the Public Plans Database for Rhode Island, the plan for state employees and the plan for municipal plans — it’s the second one that is involved in the proposed legislation.
Now, I can do...
South Carolina Pensions: Recent Rumblings .... or Rumbles
by meep
In the last post on SC pensions I noted:
- South Carolina returns have underperformed similar pension funds, and have way underperformed their target return on assets.
- SC has an awful lot of “alternative assets” in their portfolio.
I will do a followup to look more closely at the liability side, but I...
South Carolina Pensions: Asset Trends
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As mentioned, I’m working my way through Theodore Konshak’s posts on South Carolina pensions, but before I get into his particular findings, I’m going to do a high-level overview of what South Carolina public pension trends have been.
Within the Public Plan Database, there are 2 public pensions represented:...
Kentucky Pension Assets: Trends in ERS, County, and Teachers Plans
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In my last Kentucky thread, I looked at a flurry of legislation the new Republican legislature had passed. They commented that they’d hold off on pension issues til the fall session, but that’s no reason for us to wait to look at things.
KENTUCKY PENSION ASSETS:
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