Tag: COLA

Research March 4, 2020

Milwaukee Could Learn a Thing or Two from Wisconsin’s Healthy Pension

Research from Wisconsin Policy Forum dissects the disparities between the state’s three largest pensions and lessons to be learned from its best.

Newsmakers February 18, 2020

New Mexico Pension Reform Breezes Through State Senate

Bill proposes $76 million infusion from state, as well as sweeping contribution and COLA changes.

Pensions February 10, 2020

Georgia Teachers Win Big in Bill Meant to Help Retirement System’s Insolvency Woes

Legislation mandating stiff rules on state educators is scaled back after consistent opposition.

Asset Management Culture December 20, 2019

US Supreme Court Declines to Review Cranston Pension Case

Rhode Island city had been sued for suspending police, firefighter COLAs.

Risk September 25, 2019

Ohio Public Pension Seeks Legislative Approval to Reduce COLAs

Cuts are expected to save pension an estimated $3.44 billion.

Newsmakers June 10, 2019

Rhode Island Supreme Court Upholds Cranston Pension Cuts

High court reluctantly rejects challenge to 10-year suspension of COLAs.

Regulation January 9, 2019

New Mexico Considers New Solvency Proposal

Proposes three-year suspension on COLA adjustments to help attain 100% funded status by 2043.

Newsmakers October 19, 2017

OPERS Board to Cut COLAs in 2019

New plan must still be approved by the General Assembly.

Newsmakers August 23, 2017

Ohio PERS Considers Cutting COLA for Retirees

System floats idea of basing COLA on CPI, capped at 3%.

Industry White Papers

Optimizing Pension Risk Transfer Timing and Execution Pension risk transfer transaction timing is always important — but now more than ever.

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q3 Update

Investing in Real Estate, Look to New York—Here’s Why Capitalizing on near-term opportunities

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q2 Update

Emerging Markets and Covid-19: Crisis or opportunity…or both? 2020 will be a challenging moment for Emerging Markets’ economies. But there will likely be a wide open Emerging Markets “door” that sees governments fall back on privatisation to bridge fiscal holes. In an environment of tight domestic monetary conditions and reduced cross border flows, the buyers of these assets have considerable advantage.

Meditations in an emergency Multi-Asset Strategist Adam Berger discusses the macro and market impact of the coronavirus and offers his "playbook" for the coming weeks and months, including thoughts on rebalancing and opportunistic investments.