Pension Reform

Chicago wants to open a casino to help pay down its public pension debt

Commentary by Swaroop Bhagavatula

Survey finds pensions are not a high priority for young government workers

Commentary by Jen Sidorova

Modeling methodology and approach to analysis of public retirement systems

Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform News: Montana’s proposed reforms, poor 2022 investment results, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Public pension fund trustees have a perfect path to avoid the politics of ESG investing

Commentary by Richard Hiller

Pension changes in House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 threaten Alaska’s budgets

Backgrounder by Ryan Frost and Leonard Gilroy

Scrutinizing NDPERS’ cost claims on House Bill 1040

Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Ryan Frost

A better public sector retirement plan for the modern workforce 

Commentary by Richard Hiller and Rod Crane

The 2022 fiscal year investment results for state pension plans 

Data Visualization by Zachary Christensen, Steve Vu, Jordan Campbell and Anil Niraula

Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell

Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

Data Visualization by Truong Bui, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Truong Bui

Designing an optimized retirement plan for today’s state and local government employees

Policy Study by Richard Hiller, Rod Crane and Anil Niraula

Frequently asked questions about the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan

FAQ by Zachary Christensen, Rod Crane and Richard Hiller

Best practices for pension debt amortization

Policy Brief by Truong Bui, Jen Sidorova and Anthony Randazzo

Best practices in hybrid retirement plan design

Policy Brief by Ryan Frost

Montana Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Pension Solvency Analysis

Solvency Analysis by Leonard Gilroy, Swaroop Bhagavatula, Jen Sidorova and Steven Gassenberger

Arizona State Retirement System (Arizona ASRS) Pension Analysis

Solvency Analysis by Leonard Gilroy, Zachary Christensen and Steven Gassenberger

Florida Retirement System (FRS) Solvency Analysis

Solvency Analysis by Leonard Gilroy, Raheem Williams and Steven Gassenberger

Texas Employee Retirement System (Texas ERS) Pension Analysis

Solvency Analysis by Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform News: Montana’s proposed reforms, poor 2022 investment results, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform News: Modernizing public sector retirement plans, North Dakota reforms, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform News: ESG, public pensions exposed to FTX, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

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