Archive: Jean-Pierre Aubry

Fiscal year 2022 was a difficult one for state and local pension plans, with the decline in the stock market erasing much of the gains from 2021. And, recent media reports by Pensions and Investments, the Wall Street Journal, and others have suggested that alternative investments are one reason why reported returns don’t look worse.S…

The brief’s key findings are: FY 2022 has been hard for state and local pension plans, with large investment losses and rising outlays due to inflation. The aggregate funded ratio fell from 78 percent to 74 percent, negating much of the gains from the previous year. The impact of rising inflation on pension finances, though,…