Tag: public pensions

Paper fortune teller with financial choices for an investor

Alternative investments do not appear to have helped state and local pension portfolios. My co-authors – JP Aubry and Anqi Chen – and I have been laughing at ourselves over a recent brief.  We were concerned that our topic and findings were explosive!  So we had it reviewed by everyone under the sun, and st…

Bronze metal City of Dallas seal on the concrete wall beside the steps to City hall Plaza

Changes impact current retirees, current employees, and current and future taxpayers. At the end of May, the Governor of Texas signed a pension reform bill for the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System (and separate measures for Houston’ three pension plans).  This legislation reduces benefits, reforms the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP), and raises revenues…