The brief’s key findings are: Public pension plans have boosted their holdings in alternative assets, defined as private equity, hedge funds, real estate, and commodities. This shift …
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July 5, 2017
August 8, 2018
Issue Brief
How Do Fees Affect Plans’ Ability to Beat Their Benchmarks?
by Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford
The brief’s key findings are: One way that public pension plans assess their investment performance is to compare returns by asset class to selected benchmarks. …
July 18, 2018
Issue Brief
What Explains Differences in Public Pension Returns Since 2001?
by Jean-Pierre Aubry, Anqi Chen, Alicia H. Munnell and Kevin Wandrei
May 30, 2014
Working Paper
The Impact of Mandatory Coverage on State and Local Budgets
by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Anek Belbase
December 21, 2017
Issue Brief
The Funded Status of Local Pensions Inches Closer to States
by Jean-Pierre Aubry, Caroline V. Crawford and Alicia H. Munnell
The brief’s key findings are: Since 2001, the aggregate funded status of local pension plans has lagged behind that of state plans, but the gap …
June 23, 2015
Issue Brief
The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2014-2018
by Alicia H. Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry
The brief’s key findings are: During 2014, public plans adopted new accounting standards for reporting purposes but continued to use the traditional standards for funding …
April 14, 2015
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How Will Longer Lifespans Affect State and Local Pension Funding?
by Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli
The brief’s key findings are: Rising life expectancy makes defined benefit pension plans more expensive. The question is the extent to which state and local …
September 1, 2013
Issue Brief
State Hybrid Retirement Plans
by Keith Brainard and Alex Brown
Although hybrid plans have been in place in public sector retirement systems for decades, this plan design has received increased attention in recent years. This …
March 1, 2014
Issue Brief
Using Automatic Escalation in Public Sector Retirement Plans to Increase Savings
by Paula Sanford, Ph.D.
This brief looks at how automatic escalation features can help public employees save more for retirement, and the challenges and opportunities state and local governments …