Here’s why you should be worried about state and local pensions
Right now, across America, about 26 million people are relying on state and local pension plans to take care of them in their retirement years....
Some Republican senators are talking openly about Social Security cuts
If a Republican-controlled Congress comes for your Social Security benefits in the next few years, don’t say they didn’t warn you. They did. Sen. Mike...
This U.S. pension plan faces a bigger crisis than the U.K.’s
Could the U.S. pensions behemoth be hit by the kind of crisis that just swept across the U. K.? Don’t bet on it, says ratings...
Pension Strategy Left Funds Vulnerable to Rate Increases
Sept. 29, 2022 12:33 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) A pension-fund strategy that aims to reduce volatility without lowering returns created the first...
Pension Funds Plunge Into Riskier Bets—Just as Markets Are Struggling
U.S. public pension funds don’t have nearly enough money to pay for all their obligations to future retirees. A growing number are adopting a risky...
Pensions’ Bad Year Poised to Get Worse
State and local government retirement funds started the year with their worst quarterly returns since the beginning of the pandemic. Things have only gone downhill...