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28SepSeptember 28, 2023

Kenya. 11,000 Retired Teachers Yet to Be Awarded Their Pension 27 Years Later

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u on Wednesday assured teachers and lawmakers that the government is entering homestretch when it comes to clearing dues owed to some 11,000 retired teachers who are yet to be paid their pension 27 years later. While appearing before MPs, the Treasury Cabinet Secretary told lawmakers that although the government released Ksh16 billion in May to settle unpaid teachers' pensions dating back to 1997, the funds were insufficient to pay all the claims. According to Prof. Ndung'u,...

September 28, 2023

NewsKenya, Pension Payout, Public Pensions

13SepSeptember 13, 2023

New Report Finds Public Pensions Play a Critical Role in Delivering Retirement Security for Older Americans While Reducing Wealth Inequality by Race and Gender

A new report finds that defined benefit pensions play a critical role in delivering adequate retirement income for older Americans while providing a key buffer against economic hardship for women, Blacks, Latinos, and those without a four-year college degree. The report also finds that the wealth value of lifetime pension income, particularly from public pensions, is distributed more equitably by race and gender than other private financial assets, thereby narrowing the wealth gap among older families. For example, public...

September 13, 2023

NewsEquality, Public Pensions, US

06SepSeptember 6, 2023

U.S. Public Pension Plans Sustain Support for ESG Resolutions

Political rhetoric about the aims and efficacy of environmental, social, and governance-focused investing has turned heated in the past year. Public pension funds—irretrievably tied to politics by nature of their public funding—continued demonstrating strong support for ESG shareholder resolutions in the 2022 proxy season, according to a Morningstar review of some of the largest U.S. pension funds. The full study can be found here. These resolutions varied from calls for companies like Costco COST and Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to proposals for...

September 6, 2023

NewsESG, Public Pensions, US

18AugAugust 18, 2023

Public Employee Pensions and Municipal Insolvency

By Sean Myers This paper studies how municipal governments jointly manage spending, credit market borrowing, and public employee pensions. I model governments as levered investors who must meet non-defaultable pension obligations and may value government spending more than citizens. I quantify the model using California city-level data, including a new record of fiscal emergencies, tax increases required to maintain essential services. After the financial crisis depleted pension funds, cities engaged in excessive risk-taking: the fiscal emergency option encouraged gambling for...

August 18, 2023

Articles, System Sustainability2023, Funding, Pension Management, Public Pensions, Risk, US

23JulJuly 23, 2023

Public pensions reporting act

By Minister of Justice A valuation report filed pursuant to this section shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the guides and Recommendations for the preparation of an actuarial report in connection with a pension plan, published by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, and shall include such additional information as the Minister may from time to time require. Read book “here”

July 23, 2023

Books, Books, Regulation, Reports2023, Canada, Public Pensions

20JulJuly 20, 2023

US Public Pensions Invest Record $1.6 Trillion in Alternative Assets

US public pensions have boosted their exposure to private equity to $622 billion, the highest in at least two decades, as part of a push for higher investment returns, according to a new report by the Equable Institute. Private equity makes up 13% of the state and local retirement plans’ investments as of 2022, compared to 11% the prior year, according to the nonprofit research group, which cited the latest data available. Overall, alternative assets — like private equity, hedge...

July 20, 2023

NewsInvestment, Public Pensions, US

19JulJuly 19, 2023

U.S. public pension funds unlikely to hit investment targets this year – report

State and municipal pension funds will likely miss their investment targets this year and will probably not see meaningful improvements in their unfunded liabilities or funding ratios, according to Equable Institute's "State of Pensions 2023" report released on Tuesday. Unfunded liabilities climbed to $1.57 trillion in 2022, bringing the national aggregate funding ratio to 75.4% due to negative investment returns, Equable said in a release issued in conjunction with the report. Equable now projects that the aggregate funding ratio for U.S....

July 19, 2023

News, UncategorizedInvestment, Public Pensions, US

06JulJuly 6, 2023

Ghana: Govt Owes Pension Schemes Gh¢2.6 Billion… Finance Minister Reveals

The Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has revealed that government's indebtedness to various pension schemes at the end of May 2023 is GH¢2.63 billion. The amount comprise of Tier 1 of the Controller and Accountant General's Department mechanised payroll, GH¢1.62 billion, Tier 1 of subverted institutions, GH¢188.59 million, Tier 2 of mechanised payroll, GH¢808.21 million and Tier 2 of subvented institutions GH¢6.1million. "Mr Speaker, the government paid GH¢2.67 billion to various pension schemes in...

July 6, 2023

NewsGhana, Public Pensions

27JunJune 27, 2023

U.S. public pension funding dips in May – Milliman

The overall estimated funding ratio of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans fell to 73.7% as of May 31 from 74.8% a month earlier, according to the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding index. During the month of May, Milliman estimated that public pension plans had an aggregate investment return of -1%, with an estimated range of -1.8% to -0.3%. "Despite the slight drop in funded status, May marks the eighth month in a row where the funded ratio has stayed...

June 27, 2023

NewsFunding, Public Pensions, US

23JunJune 23, 2023

Ghana. Pensioners Bondholders begin third round of picketing

Members of the Pensioners Bondholders Forum have begun a third round of picketing at the Ministry of Finance to demand payments on due coupons, principals, and interest on bonds. The picketing is set to be carried out on Thursdays and Fridays of every week until government honours its obligation to bondholders. Speaking in an interview on the first day of picketing, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, the convener of the Forum, said that although the Government said it has directed the Controller...

June 23, 2023

NewsGhana, Pension Payout, Public Pensions

September 2023

Kenya. 11,000 Retired Teachers Yet to Be Awarded Their Pension 27 Years Later

New Report Finds Public Pensions Play a Critical Role in Delivering Retirement Security for Older Americans While Reducing Wealth Inequality by Race and Gender

U.S. Public Pension Plans Sustain Support for ESG Resolutions

August 2023

Public Employee Pensions and Municipal Insolvency

July 2023

Public pensions reporting act

US Public Pensions Invest Record $1.6 Trillion in Alternative Assets

U.S. public pension funds unlikely to hit investment targets this year – report

Ghana: Govt Owes Pension Schemes Gh¢2.6 Billion… Finance Minister Reveals

June 2023

U.S. public pension funding dips in May – Milliman

Ghana. Pensioners Bondholders begin third round of picketing