Public Safety Conference Archives
2024 Final Agenda
2024 Presentation Slides:
- The Economy, Markets and an Election…Oh My!
- Private Equity Principles - The Next Wave of Responsible Investment
- Exploring the Role of Duration in Pension Portfolios Going Forward
- Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
- A New Paradigm for Tomorrow’s Public Pensions
- Regulatory and Legislative Updates for Public Safety Retirement Plans
- How the LEOFF Plan 2 Board Got Unanimous Support for a Major Benefit Increase
- The Role of Defined Benefit Pensions in Recruiting and Retaining Public Safety Professionals
- DROP Zone: The Ins and Outs of Deferred Retirement Option Programs
- The New Model: Public Pension Funding Policies and Practices
- Political Interference in Trustee Fiduciary Duty and Pension Plan Investment Selection
- Recruitment and Retention Findings for Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Findings for Public Safety
- Retiree Medical Trust: Enhancing Retirement Benefits for Recruitment and Retention
of Public Safety Employees - Let's Talk about COLAs (We Don't Mean Coke or Pepsi)
- The State of Public Pensions: A Review of the NCPERS 2024 PRS Study
2022 Final Agenda
2022 Presentation Slides
- Capital Market Developments for Public Safety Funds
- Historic and Current Market Volatility – What Are Implications to Investors?
- Dispelling Presumptions about My Assumptions: A Closer Look at Actuarial Assumptions for Public Safety Pensions
- Police and Firemen’s Retirement System of New Jersey – Path to True Pension Reform
- Surprise Healthcare Bill Regulatory and Litigation Developments
- The Impact of Market Volatility and Inflation on Public Investments
- Actuarial Assumptions Unique to Public Safety Pensions
- Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Reducing Retiree Inflation: Preparing Your Portfolio for What’s Next
- Public Safety-Who We Are and Why It Matters
- Private Alternative Considerations in a Public Safety Pension Plan Portfolio
- Cybersecurity and Pension Websites
- Hidden Challenges Ahead for the Public Safety Workforce
- Tools to Deal with Retiree Health Care Costs, including Creation of a Retiree Medical Trust
- Applying the Principles and Methods of Journalism to Pension Communications
- The Emergence of Secondaries as a Mainstream Private Equity Investment Category
- The Application of New Metrics to Measure Pension Health
- The Real Deal for the Public Sector: Retirement Income Adequacy Study
- Retooling Communication: Why Pension Plans Are Indispensable Tools
2019 Final Agenda
2019 Presentation Slides
- Current Trends in Asset Allocation
- Capital Market Developments for Public Safety Plans
- Asset Allocation Strategies for Police & Fire Plans
- Pension Oversight & Administration in the Digital Age – What’s All the Hype
- Beyond Active vs. Passive: The Challenges for Public Safety Plans
- Adventures in Uncertainty
- Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update
- A New Vision for Investment Diversity
- Technology Oversight Considerations Affecting Public Safety Pensions
- Plop, DROP, Fizzle: Discussion of the Sustainability of DROP Plans
- Now You Have Sworn Members in Your Civilian Plan, What Do You Do?
- Truth About Affordability and Crowding Out Effect of Pensions
- Measuring Pension Risk: It’s Not Just for the Actuary
- Rates: Why So Much Negativity
- The Impact of the Economy and Technology on Real Estate Investing for Public Safety Plans
- How Risky is Your Approach to Manager Selection?
- Core Plus Real Estate: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why Now
- Nature or Nurture: What Really Drives Differences in Life Expectancy
- National Institute on Retirement Security’s Research on Public Safety Workers Views on Retirement
2019 Conference Videos
- Pension Oversight & Administration in the Digital Age-- What's All the Hype?
- Adventures in Uncertainty
2018 Final Agenda
2018 Presentation Slides
- Is Now the Time for Public Safety Plans to Consider International Small Cap?
- To Delegate or Not Delegate Investment Decision Making
- Fiduciary Considerations in Determining Actuarial Assumptions
- Long Term Care Solutions
- Withholdings, Garnishments, and Forfeitures: Impacts on Public Safety Plans and the Board’s Responsibility
- Financial Wellbeing: An Untapped Plan Benefit?
- Using a Medicare Marketplace to Reduce OPEB Liabilities and Honor Commitments to Retirees
- Public Safety Retirement Funds: Evolving Risks and Opportunities
- Why Public Pension Plans Should Consider Stress Testing
- Target Date Funds for Public Safety Plans
- Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Colorado’s Solution to Funding Presumptive Cancer and Cardiac Expenses