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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...
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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...
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In the last post on SC pensions I noted:
I will do a followup to look more closely at the liability side, but I...
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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:...
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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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This is the last “setting the stage” post for 2017. After this the stage is most assuredly set.
The prior posts:
Again, I will be covering other things as they pop up in the news,...
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A few news stories have gone by recently, with respect to discount rates (and asset return assumptions) made by public plans.
The big one is that Calpers is considering reducing its discount rate/return on assets assumption:
Opinion: Every taxpayer should watch what Calpers decides about its investment-returns forecast
The investment team at...
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I’ve done some number-crunching on this particular pension plan before, but I needed to update the graphs, so here we go. Some of these graphs come directly from the Public Pensions Database page on the pension fund, some I have created using their data, and some I have built...
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This is part two of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Plan saga.
Part one: Pension Nastiness in Jacksonville: Huge Jump in Required Payment
Before getting into the math, let’s see another news item on the Jacksonville brou-ha-ha.
THAT’S SOME HICCUP
Jacksonville CFO: money in $44M pension “waiver” is...
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First, let me thank the other sites that link to me:
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RIP STEVEN DEN BESTE
I saw earlier this week that Steven den Beste had died. As...
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