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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.

Fitch Downgrades San Antonio Over Fiscal Inflexibility

Fitch Downgrades San Antonio Over Fiscal Inflexibility

By Steven Gassenberger

Fort Worth Takes Steps Toward Meaningful Pension Reform

Fort Worth Takes Steps Toward Meaningful Pension Reform

By Zachary Christensen and Andrew Abbott

Pension Reform Newsletter — December 2018

Pension Reform Newsletter — December 2018

By Zachary Christensen

Unfunded Liabilities Are Forcing Texas TRS Pension Contributions Ever Higher

Unfunded Liabilities Are Forcing Texas TRS Pension Contributions Ever Higher

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

Texas TRS: Examining the 7.25 Percent Assumed Rate of Return

Commentary by Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn

Teacher Retirement System of Texas: Why 80 Percent Funded Is Not Enough

Commentary by Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn

How the Texas Teacher Retirement System’s Unfunded Liability Grew to $35.4 Billion

Commentary by Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn

New Research Examines Why Public Pension Funding Gaps Are Widening

Commentary by Anil Niraula

City Budgets Bend Under Growing Pension Costs and Dwindling Revenues

Commentary by Anil Niraula

Fort Worth Employee Pension Challenge Requires a Multifaceted Solution

Commentary by Zachary Christensen and Andrew Abbott

The Texas Teacher Pension System Lowers Its Investment Return Assumption

Commentary by Marc Joffe

How Return Volatility and Cash Flow Effects Impact Pension Funding

Commentary by Truong Bui

Evaluating Solutions for Austin’s Billion Dollar Pension Crisis

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy, Anthony Randazzo, Daniel Takash and James Quintero

Pension Reform Policy Studies

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

Policy Brief by Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy, Steven Gassenberger and Vance Ginn

A 2018 Evaluation of LAUSD’s Fiscal Outlook: Revisiting the Findings of the 2015 Independent Financial Review Panel

Policy Study by Lisa Snell, Aaron Garth Smith, Tyler Koteskey, Marc Joffe and Truong Bui

Evaluating Solutions for Austin’s Billion Dollar Pension Crisis

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy, Anthony Randazzo, Daniel Takash and James Quintero

Pension Reform Newsletters

Pension Reform Newsletter — December 2018

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Pension Reform Newsletter — November 2018

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

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