Tag: state and local pensions

The projected funded ratio for state and local pension plans in FY 2025 is 77.7 percent, 1.5 percentage points higher than 2023 – the date of our last funding update. These gains seem quite modest, given that the S&P index increased more than 40 percent between June 2023 and June 2025…

Yes, fixed income was hit by rising interest rates, but it’s a small share of plan portfolios. My colleagues JP Aubry and Yimeng Yin just released an update on state and local pension plans. Their analysis compared 2023 to 2019 – the year before all the craziness began. Think of the unusual events that hav…