Media Responses
NCPERS Responds to the Media
- Media Response: "Public Pensions Aren't Causing State And Local Budget Gaps- The Pandemic Is." Forbes, January 8, 2021
- Media Response: "The Path to Illinois Pension Reform." The Chicago Tribune, September 9, 2020
- Media Response: "Can States Afford Rising Public Pension Debts?" Forbes, July 30, 2020
- Media Response: "COVID-19 will turn the state pension problem into a fiscal crisis." The Conversation, June 16, 2020
- Media Response: "Two Decades Ago Progressives Warned of a Retirement Crisis. It Didn't Happen." Forbes, June 5, 2020
- Media Response: "The next covid-19 victim? Public pension funds." Washington Post, April 27, 2020
- Media Response: "Coronavirus Is Making the Public Pension Crisis Even Worse." New York Times, April 13, 2020
- Media Response: "The Bottom Line: Illinois’ Public Pension Debt Is A Moral Issue." Forbes, February 26, 2020
- Article: "Reforms May Be the Downfall of Pension Funds." Bloomberg, February, 7, 2020
- Article: "Public pension plans are changing -- how does that affect participants?" BenefitsPro February 6, 2020
- Article: "State and Local Pensions Share Their Own Best Practices." Plansponsor, January 29, 2020
- Article: "Public pension funds trim costs in 2019 – NCPERS survey." Pensions & Investments, January 27, 2020
- Media Response: "Worried about the retirement savings crisis in the U.S.? Don't be." Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2019
- ​Article: "OP-ED: How Home Equity Improves Retirement Security." Chief Investment Officer, May 31, 2019
- Article: "Public Pensions Share What They’re Doing to Boost Funding Levels." ValueWalk, March 21, 2019
- Article: "Exchanges, Investors Face Off Over SEC Transaction Fee Pilot." Pensions & Investments, March 4, 2019
- Article: "Public Pensions Report Strong 2018 Returns." PlanSponsor, February 8, 2019
- Article: "Public Pension Plans Funding Grows in 2018, Assumed Return Rates Dip." Chief Investment Officer, February 8, 2019
- Article: "CalPERS and Other Big Pension Funds are Getting More Conservative, Report Says." The Sacramento Bee, February 6, 2019
- Article: "Average Funding Ratio for Public Pension Plans Increases in 2018 — NCPERS Survey." Pensions & Investments, February 5, 2019
- Article: "Birmingham Pension Shortfall Puts Retirees at Risk." Birmingham News/Al.com, December 10, 2018
- Media Response: "The Pension Hole for U.S. Cities and States is the Size of Japan's Economy." Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2018
- Media Response: "Auto IRAS Could Do More Harm Than Good." Washington Post, July 24, 2018
- Media Response: "Who's to Blame for Underfunded Pensions?" Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2018
- Media Response: "Don't Slash Public Pensions." New York Times, April 27, 2018
- Media Response: "Collapse of U.S. Pension Funds is No Longer a Distant Prospect." Bloomberg, April 20, 2018
- Media Response: "The pension nightmare for California’s cities is getting scarier." Sacramento Bee, February 26, 2018
- Media Response: "Anti-pension missive does not compute, House Republicans should keep asking smart questions." Lexington Herald, February 19, 2018
- Media Response: "The Risk Pension Funds Can't Escape." Wall Street Journal, February 15, 2018
- Media Response: "California Governor Candidates Dodge Pension Cuts Brown Foresees." Bloomberg, February 12, 2018
- Media Response: "Pensions: a better way forward." Lexington Herad Leader, September 8, 2017
- Media Response: "What Those State- Run Plans Aren't Telling You." BenefitsPro, June 21, 2017
- Article: "Move to 401(k) plans is damaging to national retirement security." The Hill, June 12, 2017
- Media Response: "In Puerto Rico, Teachers' Pension Fund Works Like a Ponzi Scheme." New York Times, March 13, 2017
- Media Response: "The State of Teachers' Pensions." New York Times, March 9, 2017
- Media Response: "America's utterly predictable tsuanami of pension problems." Washington Post, February 23, 2017