2014 Municipal Finance Conference
Source: The Bond Buyer & Brandeis International Business School, July 31-August 1, 2014 A conference for both academics and practitioners on recent developments in municipal credit markets and the...
View Article2014 Employee Healthcare and Other Benefits in Higher Education Survey
Source: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, 2014 The Employee Healthcare and Other Benefits Survey collects data on the most representative healthcare and...
View ArticlePensions: Making the Number Our Own
Source: Bob Scott, Government Finance Review, Vol. 30 no. 4, August 2014 (subscription required) With the implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 68, Accounting and...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Role of Pension Obligation Bonds: The California Experience
Source: John G. Kilgour, Compensation Benefits Review, Vol. 46 no. 2, March/April 2014 (subscription required) From the abstract: Taxable pension obligation bonds (POBs) emerged in 1993 and have been...
View Article2014 National Cash Balance Research Report
Source: Kravitz, 2014 Highlights: • The Cash Balance Plan market surged 22% versus a 1% increase in number of 401(k) plans: Despite a strengthening economy, the 401(k) market remained flat between 2011...
View ArticleSummary of the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions for 2014: Q1
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, G14-QSPP2, September 2014 From the summary: For the 100 largest public-employee pension systems in the country, cash and security holdings totaled $3,365.4 billion in the...
View ArticleHow Much Are Public School Teachers Willing to Pay for Their Retirement...
Source: Maria Donovan Fitzpatrick, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NBER Working Paper No. 20582, October 2014 From the abstract: Public sector employees receive large fractions of their...
View ArticleCEO Pension Benefits: Bigger Than the Pay Advantage?
Source: Carol Hymowitz, Margaret Collins, Bloomberg Businessweek, January 8, 2015 For many new retirees, the biggest worry isn’t about how they’ll keep themselves busy after years of the 9-to-5 grind....
View ArticleThe In-State Equity Bias of State Pension Plans
Source: Jeffrey R. Brown, Joshua Matthew Pollet, Scott J. Weisbenner, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NBER Working Paper No. w21020, March 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract:...
View ArticleAssessing the Credit Quality of America’s Cities – Part Three: Long-Term...
Source: Richard A. Ciccarone, MuniNet Guide, April 7, 2015 Pensions aren’t the only big liability facing America’s cities. Add to the list bonded indebtedness, other post-employment benefits (OPEB),...
View ArticleHow Will Longer Lifespans Affect State and Local Pension Funding?
Source: Alicia Munnell, John-Pierre Aubrey, and Mark Cafarelli, Center for State and Local Government Excellence, Issue Brief, April 2015 From the summary: Americans are living longer – and that...
View ArticleUnderfunding Annual Pension Contributions: Examining the Factors Behind an...
Source: Michael Thom and Anthony Randazzo, State and Local Government Review, Vol. 47 no. 1, March 2015 (subscription required) From the abstract: Inadequate contributions are one factor behind the gap...
View ArticleA look at today’s pension equity plans
Source: William J. Wiatrowski, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Beyond the Numbers, Vol. 4 No. 7, April 2015 The decline in the share of workers covered by traditional pension plans over the past 35...
View ArticleThe Time Has Come For Standardized Total Cost Disclosure For Private Equity
Source: Andrea Dang, David Dupont, Mike Heale, CEM Benchmarking, April 2015 Given the level of detail and timing of private equity manager reports, can pension funds disclose investment costs in a...
View ArticleState Personal Income Taxes on Pensions and Retirement Income | Tax Year 2014
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, April 2015 From the summary: Most states that levy a personal income tax allow people who receive retirement income to exclude part of it from their...
View ArticleSome Union Pension Cuts Likely As New Federal Rules Take Shape
Source: Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA), into law on December 16. Related: Central States Pension Fund Rescue Plan Source: Central States Pension Fund, 2015 This site is an...
View ArticlePublic Plans Data
Source: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, National Association of State Retirement Administrators, State and Local Government Excellence, 2015 The new PPD has more data… • over 150...
View ArticleEmployee Benefits: Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday
Source: Nevin Adams and Dallas Salisbury, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Issue Brief, no. 401, July 2014 From the summary: In 2013, the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)...
View ArticlePublic Employees’ Pension Dilemma
Source: Charles Chieppo, Governing – Better, Faster, Cheaper blog, September 2, 2014 Today’s municipal workers have to cut the best deals they can, but nobody’s looking out for tomorrow’s workers.
View Article2014 Municipal Finance Conference
Source: The Bond Buyer & Brandeis International Business School, July 31-August 1, 2014 A conference for both academics and practitioners on recent developments in municipal credit markets and the...
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