Media Responses

NCPERS Responds to the Media

• Article: "North Carolina Lowers Assumed Rate of Return for State Pensins to 6.5%." Chief Investment Officer, February 5, 2021
• Article: "Public Pensions Increasingly Rely on Investment Earnings." Chief Investment Officer, February 5, 2021
• Article: "Public pension trends in 2020." Benefits Pro, February 2, 2021
• 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