NCPERS in the News

NCPERS In the News

• Article: Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act, PlanSponsor, January 6, 2025
• Article: Pension Funds Mount Defenses Against Growing Cyberthreats, Chief Investment Officer, October 28, 2024
• Article: This 401(k) Lawsuit Showcases the Power of a 50-Year-Old Law, MarketWatch, October 15, 2024
• Article: Survey: Public Pension Funds Begin to Rebound Along with Public Sector Wages, PSHRA, October 4, 2024
• Article: US SWF Tipped to Follow Catalyser Model, fDi Intelligence, October 3, 2024
• Article: Public Pension Funds Recovering From Pandemic-Era Staffing Issues, Chief Investment Officer, September 23, 2024
• Article: Recruitment, Retention at Public Pension Funds Improves as Benefits and Wages Rise – NCPERS Survey, Pensions & Investments, September 23, 2024
• Article: Retirement Income Worries Often Overblown, Survey Shows, InvestmentNews, August 22, 2024
• Article: Dallas Pension Investments Have Taken a Hit. But the Fund Says That's Not the Whole Story, The Dallas Morning News, August 21, 2024
• Article: Reduction in Pension Benefits Leaders to Wider Income Inequality, Study Finds, PlanSponsor, August 20, 2024
• Article: Study: Decline in DB Plans Widens Income Inequality Gap, Chief Investment Officer, August 20, 2024
• Article: State Pension Funds Eye Crypto Investments, Cheered on by Lobbyists, The Washington Post, August 4, 2024
• Article: Ohio State Teachers Compensation Fight Spotlights Public Pension Plan Pay Scales, Pensions & Investments, July 24, 2024
• Article: Canada's Pension Spat Exposes Global Institutional Capital Fight, fDi Intelligence, July 11, 2024
• Article: Are There 'Hidden Costs' in Pension-to-401(k) Shift?, 401(k) Specialist, July 2, 2024
• Commentary: The Myth That Public Workers Don't Care About Pensions, Governing, May 13, 2024
• Article: How's Compensation Trending at U.S. Public Pension Plans?, Pensions & Investments May 1, 2024
• Article: NCPERS Seeks Pension Fund Participation in Compensation Data-Collection Effort, PlanSponsor, April 26, 2024
• Article: NCPERS and CBIZ to Distribute Employee Compensation Survey, Chief Investment Officer, April 26, 2024
• Article: NCPERS to Host Chief Officers Summit in June, Chief Investment Officer, March 21, 2024
• Article: Pensions Back Away from Considering ESG Factors: Survey, FundFire, February 26, 2024
• Article: U.S. Public Pension Plans' Average Funding Ratio Declines to 75.4% in 2023: Survey, Benefits Canada, February 22, 2024
• Article: Investment Earnings Still Bulk of State and Local Pension Plan Funding - NCPERS, Pensions & Investments, February 21, 2024
• Article: Public Retirement Systems' Investment Management Expenses Dip to 4-Year Low, Pensions & Investments, February 14, 2024
• Article: Asset Management, Admin Fees Dropped, per Recent Public Sector Pension Data, Chief Investment Officer, February 13, 2024
• Article: Research Shows 4-Year Low for Admin Fees in Public Sector Plans, PlanSponsor, February 13, 2024
• Article: Plan Sponsors Seek Out External Cybersecurity Firms for Identifying, Addressing Risks, Pensions & Investments, February 7, 2024
• Article "Public Pension Communications Pros Recognized" PlanSponsor, January 23, 2024
• Commentary: "Public Pensions Are Losing Top Talent. Isn't It Time to Rethink Compensation?" Governing, December 6, 2023
• Article: "LPs Are Saying 'Enough!' and Moving On" Buyouts, October 2, 2023
• Article: "Pennsylvania SERS Will Join Pilot Project to Combat Securities Fraud" Chief Investment Officer, September 29, 2023
• Commentary: "A Simple Solution to the Looming Retirement Security Crisis" Pensions & Investments, August 30, 2023
• Article: "Public Pension Fund Costs Not Impacting Public Education Resources, Study Says" Pensions & Investments, April 14, 2023
• Article: "NCPERS Study: Pension Expenditures Do Not Crowd Out Education Funding" Yahoo Finance, April 13, 2023
• Article: "Are Defined Benefit Pension Funds Still Useful Recruiting, Retention Tools?" Chief Investment Officer, March 1, 2023
• Article: "Are Pensions the Answer to the Public-Sector Worker Shortage?" Route Fifty, February 13, 2023
• Article: "Study Finds U.S. Public Pension Plans' Average Funding Ratio Reached 77.8% in 2022" Benefits Canada, February 9, 2023
• Article: "Public Pension Funding Ratios Increased in 2022, NCPERS Study Finds" Yahoo Finance, February 7, 2023
• Article: "Public Pension Fund Returns Fell in 2022" 401k Specialist, February 7, 2023
• Article: "Public Pension Funding Status Rose in 2022, NCPERS Says" Chief Investment Officer, February 6, 2023
• Article: "Public Pension Return Assumptions Fall in 2022, NCPERS Says" PlanSponsor, February 6, 2023
• Article: "Public Pension Funds Lowered Expectations for Returns as Expenses Spiked in Fiscal 2022" Pensions & Investments, February 6, 2023
• Podcast: "Laboratories of Democracy" The Accidental Plan Sponsor, February 2, 2023
• Article: "Retirement Industry People Moves" Planadvisor, January 9, 2023
• Media Response: "Blade Gets Pension Coverage Wrong" The Blade, November 27, 2022
• Article: "Hank Kim: Vermont's pension sky is not falling." VTDigger, March 23, 2022
• Article: "How higher interest rates could lift CalPERS and CalSTRS pension plans: 'Good for savers'." The Sacramento Bee, March 18, 2022
• Article: "Public pension plans: Returns up, expenses down, more death audits, fewer staff." Benefits Pro, February 17, 2022
• Article: "Public pension plans stay on cost-efficient course-NCPERS." Pensions & Investments, February 3, 2022
• Article: "Public Pension Systems Pared Costs and Assumptions in 2021, NCPERS Study Finds." AdvisorNEWS, February 2, 2022
• Article: "Fiscal sustainability of DB pensions more important than overall liabilities: report." Benefits Canada, January 6, 2022
• Article: "NCPERS study offers new tool to measure fiscal health of public plans." Pensions & Investments, January 5, 2022
• Article: "NCPERS Proposes New Measure for Public Pension Sustainability." Plansponsor, January 5, 2022
• Article: "‘Like telling a 30-year mortgage holder it’s all due at year’s end’ — Pressure on underfunded public pensions relies on flawed math." MarketWatch, January 6, 2022
• Article: "Do Public Pensions Need a Shift in Investment Strategies?" Plansponsor, December 7, 2021
• Media Response: "PSERS doesn't deserve the bad rap | Opinion." The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 30, 2021
• 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