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Comments on Montana House Bill 226 (2023)

Comments on Montana House Bill 226 (2023)

By Steven Gassenberger

The changes offered in HB226 would address how PERS is only optimal to a fraction of public employees at an ever-rising cost, and turn the system towards best practices in public retirement benefit design.

Testimony: Montana House Bill 228 (2023)

Testimony: Montana House Bill 228 (2023)

By Steven Gassenberger

The impact of cash flow on public pensions

The impact of cash flow on public pensions

Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans

Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans

By Jordan Campbell

Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

By Truong Bui, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

Keeping politics out of public pension investing

Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Steven Gassenberger

How to address Montana’s underfunded public pension plans

Commentary by Steven Gassenberger

Montana Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Pension Solvency Analysis

Solvency Analysis by Leonard Gilroy, Swaroop Bhagavatula, Jen Sidorova and Steven Gassenberger

Testimony: Legislation in Montana Would Use Marijuana Tax Revenue to Pay for Pensions

Testimony by Steven Gassenberger and Geoffrey Lawrence

Montana Public Employee Retirement System (MPERS) Pension Solvency Analysis

Policy Study by Jen Sidorova, Swaroop Bhagavatula, Steven Gassenberger and Leonard Gilroy

Public Pension Plans’ Funded Ratios Have Been Declining for Years

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell

Map: Comparing State Pension Plans’ Assumed Rates of Return

Data Visualization by Truong Bui and Zachary Christensen

Assessing the Financial Sustainability of Montana’s Largest Public Pension Systems

Policy Study by Truong Bui, Andrew Abbott and Steven Gassenberger

Federal Court Upholds Chattanooga COLA Adjustments

Commentary by Daniel Takash

Pension Reform Data Visualization

The 2022 fiscal year investment results for state pension plans

Data Visualization by Anil Niraula, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell

Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

Data Visualization by Truong Bui, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform Policy Studies

Designing an optimized retirement plan for today’s state and local government employees

Policy Study by Richard Hiller, Rod Crane and Anil Niraula

Frequently asked questions about the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan

FAQ by Zachary Christensen, Rod Crane and Richard Hiller

Best practices for pension debt amortization

Policy Brief by Truong Bui, Jen Sidorova and Anthony Randazzo

Pension Reform Newsletters

Pension Reform News: Modernizing public sector retirement plans, North Dakota reforms, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform News: ESG, public pensions exposed to FTX, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

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