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Recognizing Leadership and Innovation in Public Pension Communication: NCPERS 2024 Award Winners Revealed

The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) proudly announced the winners of the Public Pension Communicator of the Year Awards yesterday during the 2025 Pension Communications Summit. 
The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) proudly announced the winners of the Public Pension Communicator of the Year Awards yesterday during the 2025 Pension Communications Summit.

 

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Pensions Help to Recruit and Retain Public Safety Professionals

By: Tyler Bond, National Institute on Retirement Security 

Defined benefit pensions help state and local governments to recruit and retain firefighters, police officers, and other public safety professionals. Retention rates in public safety pension plans are remarkably high, but states that have closed plans have seen turnover rates increase noticeably.

 

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User Stories for Communications Managers

By: Laurie Mitchell, Tegrit

When your organization is tweaking an existing pension administration system, conducting a significant upgrade, or buying new, that is your opportunity to elevate your communication tools. Modern advice is to avoid solution-specific requirements and instead express a requirement as a need in a user story. This article focuses on the kinds of user stories communications managers need most.

 

 

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Strong Strategic Plans Are the Foundation for Good Governance

By: Brad Kelly and Peter Landers, Global Governance Advisors LLC 

Pension funds should make strategic planning a priority, as it is essential for strong and effective governance and oversight of the fund. Effective governance helps in securing the pension promise and retirement security for plan participants.

 

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Why Effective Communication Matters for Public Pensions

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  • On: 01/02/2025 17:28:58
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With declining financial literacy rates, growing distrust and scrutiny of government agencies, and increasing opportunities for misinformation to spread rapidly, pension funds face a growing number of obstacles with their communications.

 

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Recognizing the December 2024 Class of NCPERS Accredited Fiduciaries

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  • On: 01/02/2025 17:26:38
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NCPERS would like to recognize the 22 public pension trustees and staff who most recently passed the exam to earn the prestigious Accredited Fiduciary (AF) designation.

 

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Canada Looks at Changing Pension Investing Rules to Promote "Asset Recycling"

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  • On: 01/02/2025 10:50:18
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In the pension investing context, “asset recycling” refers to a policy where a particular level of government sells off to investors some portion of a publicly-held infrastructure asset (e.g., a toll road, a harbor or port, an airport) with an associated income stream attached, and then uses the proceeds to invest in additional needed infrastructure. 

 

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