Adjustments to US State and Local Government Reported Pension Data: Proposed...
Source: Thomas Aaron, Marcia Van Wagner, Timothy Blake, Moody’s, Request for Comment, July 10, 2019 (subscription required) In this Request for Comment, we propose a number of changes to the...
View ArticleU.S. Not-For-Profit Health Care Pensions: 2018 Funded Ratios Remain Solid And...
Source: S&P Global Ratings, July 11, 2019 (subscription required) The U.S. not-for-profit health care sector has benefited from an increase in the median funded status of its pension plans in...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Private Sector Retirement Income From Defined-Benefit...
Source: John G. Kilgour, Compensation & Benefits Review, OnlineFirst, Published July 19, 2019 From the https://doi.org/10.1177/0886368719864480: Traditional employer-sponsored defined-benefit...
View ArticleUS Public Pension Landscape Series – July 24, 2019
Source: Thomas Aaron, Timothy Blake, Moody’s, Sector In-Depth, June 24, 2019 (subscription required) Many US states and local governments, though certainly not all, face heightened credit challenges...
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Infographic: Pension liabilities continue to trouble Illinois, Kentucky,...
Source: Moody’s Investors Service, October 3, 2019 Adjusted net pension liabilities (ANPL) declined in states’ fiscal year 2018 reporting due to healthy investment returns in fiscal 2017, though...
View ArticlePension Reforms and Public Sector Turnover
Source: Evgenia Gorina, Trang Hoang, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Published: June 24, 2019 From the abstract: Over the past decade, many states have reformed their retirement...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Police and Fire Pensions
Source: Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, SLP#69, February 2020 The brief’s key findings are: Pension and retiree health benefits for public safety...
View ArticleExamining the Nest Egg: The Sources of Retirement Income for Older Americans
Source: Frank Porell, Tyler Bond, National Institute on Retirement Security (NRIS), January 2020 From the summary: A new report finds that a large portion (40 percent) of older Americans rely only on...
View ArticleFortifying Main Street: The Economic Benefit of Public Pension Dollars in...
Source: Dan Doonan, Maryna Kollar, Nathan Chobo, Tyler Bond, National Institute on Retirement Security, March 2020 From the summary: As many small towns and rural communities across America face...
View ArticlePension investment losses are poised to inflict material damage on US...
Source: Moody’s, March 24, 2020 (subscription required) Recent US public pension investment losses are likely to severely compound the pension liability challenge facing many state and local...
View ArticlePension Obligation Bonds: Yes or No?
Source: Government Finance Review, Vol. 30 no. 3, June 2020(subscription required)Pension obligation bonds (POBs) are taxable bonds that some state and local governments have issued as part of an...
View ArticleDo Pensions Matter for Recruiting State and Local Workers?
Source: Laura D. Quinby, Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher, State and Local Government Review, OnlineFirst, Published August 7, 2020(subscription required) From the abstract: Many state and local governments...
View ArticleState and Local Government Pension Funding on the Eve of the COVID-19 Recession
Source: John G. Kilgour, Compensation & Benefits Review, OnlineFirst, August 5, 2020(subscription required) From the abstract: This article examines the funding of public pension plans through...
View ArticlePublic Corruption and Pension Underfunding in the American States
Source: Cheol Liu, John Mikesell, Tima T. Moldogaziev, American Review of Public Administration, OnlineFirst, Published February 16, 2021 (subscription required) From the abstract: Unfunded public...
View ArticlePublic Pension Governance and Opportunistic Accounting Choice: A...
Source: Odd J. Stalebrink, Pierre Donatella, The American Review of Public Administration, Volume: 51 issue: 3, April 2021(subscription required) From the abstract: The selection of actuarial...
View ArticlePolice and Fire Pensions in Florida: A Comparison of Conditions After 10 Years
Source: Joseph Vonasek, Robert Lee, Compensation & Benefits Review, OnlineFirst, April 5, 2021(subscription required) From the abstract: This article is an analysis of 31 defined benefit police...
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