
Tag: New Jersey


New Jersey Freezes Nearly $1 Billion in Spending Over COVID-19
Economic impact of virus could lower state pension valuation.

NJ Plan Seeks to Let Police Officers and Firefighters Retire Early
Called the ‘burnout bill’ by advocates, pension beneficiaries could retire after 20 years, but get no health benefits.

New Jersey State Pension Returns 16.35% in 2019

Pension Debt Accounts for Over Half of All Debt for US States

NJ Pension Fund Returns 6.27% Misses Benchmark, Target

New Jersey Pension Fund Just Shy of 3.09% Benchmark
Real return is the $76 billion plan’s best-performing asset class.

New Jersey to Cut Its Hedge Funds in Half

Alternatives Are Moving New Jersey’s Funding Needle

NJ Gov Vetoes Bill, Says It Could Jeopardize State Pension
Phil Murphy rejects proposed legislation as too broad and challenging to implement.

New Jersey Pension Fund Axes Stake in Private Prison Contractor
Action follows American Federation of Teachers’ critical report on Trump’s immigration policy.

NJ Panel Calls for Overhauling Public Workers’ Pensions
Put beginning teachers and government workers into a hybrid plan to trim the state’s funding deficit, group says.

New Jersey Making Big Push on ESG Investing
State pension system targets arms sales, using contractors instead of employees, and foreclosures on hurricane victims.

NJ Gov. Shifts Police, Firefighter Pensions to Unions
Moving the $26 billion retirement plan eases their concern that it may end up bailing out weaker plans.

N.J. Seeks Retirees Owed Money by MetLife
More than 1,000 residents were not paid because the company said it couldn’t find them.