IPFI seeks to ensure that leaders are held responsible for their choices in pension investment, led not by politics but by fiduciary responsibility
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As with all assumptions, projecting public pension investment returns requires focus on the long-term. This brief reviews how investment assumptions are established & evaluated, compares assumptions w/public funds’ actual investment experience. buff.ly/2N4zowg #muniland
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In public pensions, actuaries typically assess and project the financial condition of a pension plan, and determine how much should be contributed each year to provide for the secure funding of benefits in a systematic fashion. buff.ly/2Jq5sZl #muniland
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The New York State Common Retirement Fund, the third-largest U.S. public plan, said it's pressing companies to boost their ethnic and gender diversity -- and will vote against directors who fail to act trib.al/7IK1xbZ
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With lower returns on the horizon, public pensions will turn to riskier assets, Moody’s says on.mktw.net/2O5gjhy
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Low interest rates have hampered public pension asset returns for the last two decades – yet plans have been slow to adjust their assumptions to this reality leading to dramatic growth in unfunded liabilities.
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ESG Investing Trends for 2021
As a fast-growing segment, #ESG faces some challenges but has a lot of opportunity.
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ESG investing has gathered momentum across the globe with more people investing in sustainable funds, as investors look for financial returns while achieving a positive impact.
#privateequity #alternativeinvestments #privatemarkets
ALT BITE Infographic - ESG Investing
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This represents more than a third of the $140.5 trillion in projected total assets under management. #ESG bloom.bg/3aN2X2M
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Getting to a full pension payment and more than $1.5 billion in new educational funding are two things we were told we’d never be able to achieve in eight years, let alone four.
Yet, here we are.
#NJForward
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"In addition to their unfunded pension obligations, state and local governments have $1.2 trillion of net liabilities for other post-employment benefits (OPEBs), primarily health care commitments for retired public sector workers."
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Public pension systems can use stress testing to assess their ability to maintain plan solvency during normal market fluctuations as well as unforeseen economic events like the COVID-19 related recession.
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Puerto Rico’s governor says a federal control board reached a deal that would reduce the territory’s overall debt by nearly 80%, but that his admin. is rejecting it because it would require cuts to the island’s crumbling public pension system. nbcnews.to/3dEuCEF
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NJ Governor Phil Murphy is proposing a 9% increase and spending, no program cuts and the state's first full public pension contribution in 25 years, a plan made possible by $4.3 billion in new borrowing trib.al/0PtlABt
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Several US public schemes have embraced unusual means of securing funding, including renting property to themselves. Although these tactics cannot be used in the UK, the post-Covid landscape could see a variety of new strategies being deployed - on.ft.com/3bOBWLF
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More than 75% of Americans haven’t calculated how much they need to retire. Here’s how to find out cnbc.com/2021/02/17/calculat…
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Public pension risk sharing can increase plan solvency, provide better accountability, and lessen the burden that unfunded liabilities have on taxpayers. reason.org/policy-brief/best…
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To accommodate changing needs and fiscal landscapes, modifications to retirement plan designs and financing structures have a history in state and local government retirement plans. buff.ly/2pPqt6r #muniland
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“More joined-up approach needed across all stakeholders to achieve climate change goals” Read the full Engaging with ESG: Climate Change report here bit.ly/3k0wBUV #ESG #Climatechange #PPILaunch #Pensions #policy
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A Senate committee voted to advance Marty Walsh’s nomination for secretary of labor trib.al/6kyOZvU
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Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's nomination to be secretary of labor. shrm.co/ca9mv3