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Pension Solvency Overview: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Of Texas

Pension Solvency Overview: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Of Texas

By Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn

The Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas reported an unfunded pension liability of$35.4 billion in 2017. An analysis of historical TRS reports going back to 2001 makes it possible to identify the key factors driving growth in TRS’ unfunded liability.

Map: Comparing State Pension Plans’ Assumed Rates of Return

Map: Comparing State Pension Plans’ Assumed Rates of Return

By Truong Bui and Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform Newsletter

Pension Reform Newsletter

By Zachary Christensen

The Teachers Retirement System of Texas Is Increasingly Relying on Risky Investments

The Teachers Retirement System of Texas Is Increasingly Relying on Risky Investments

By Steven Gassenberger

Pension Reform Newsletter — June 2019

Pension Reform Newsletter — June 2019

By Zachary Christensen

Texas Teacher Pension Funding Bill Passes, But More Still Needs to Be Done

Commentary by Zachary Christensen and Steven Gassenberger

Pension Reform Newsletter — April 2019

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Analysis of Texas Senate Bill 12 and Its Impacts on Texas Teacher Pension Solvency

Commentary by Zachary Christensen, Steven Gassenberger and Truong Bui

Texas Supreme Court Grants Dallas Police and Fire Pension System a Legal Victory

Commentary by Anil Niraula

Pension Reform Newsletter — March 2019

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Texas Cities Take on More Pension Risk than the Rest of the Country

Commentary by Zachary Christensen

Protecting Public Education and the Texas Teacher Retirement System

Commentary by Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn

Fort Worth Employees Vote for Meaningful Pension Reform

Commentary by Andrew Abbott and Zachary Christensen

Here’s What Texas Should Do, And Avoid, To Reform School Finance

Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

Pension Reform Policy Studies

North Carolina Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System: A Pension Solvency Analysis

Policy Study by Raheem Williams, Truong Bui, Jen Sidorova, Leonard Gilroy and Joseph Coletti

Analysis of the New Mexico PERA Pension Solvency Task Force’s Preliminary Recommendations

Policy Study by Anil Niraula, Andrew Abbott and Leonard Gilroy

Continuing Reform: Challenges Persist With the Florida Retirement System (FRS)

Policy Study by Raheem Williams, Steven Gassenberger and Leonard Gilroy

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Pension Reform Newsletter by Alix Ollivier

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Pension Reform Newsletter by Alix Ollivier

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