Articles about Retirement Boards that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees.
Pension Deal Edges Detroit a Step Closer to Recovery
April 16, 2014NewsNew York TimesApril 16, 2014Detroit’s pension boards and a retirees’ group say they have reached tentative agreements with the ...Read More
JEFF JACOBY PUBLIC PENSION OPINION IS COMPLETELY OFF BASE
April 10, 2014NewsAPRIL 10, 2014: In the Sunday, March 23, 2014 edition of the Boston Globe, conservative opinion columnist Jeff Jacoby penned ..."Public pensions are eating taxpayers alive"
ALERT: BOSTON MEMBERS ON ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY
February 26, 2014NewsHelp With Your Form 1099-RWe’ve been receiving calls and emails from Boston members who receive an accidental (work ...Read More
Mass. pension fund posts 15.2% gain for ’13
January 22, 2014NewsManagers add $7.9 billion to accounts, with biggest increases coming from US stocksBy Beth HealyGlobe Staff January 22 ...Read More
Gov. Patrick Files Final Budget Proposal
January 22, 2014NewsIncludes 3% COLA & Funding Schedule ChangesJANUARY 22, 2014: Within the final budget proposal of his eight-year tenure as ...Read More
Ralph White Reelected in Landslide
December 10, 2013NewsNew 3-Year Term On State Retirement Board DECEMBER 10, 2013: The Association’s Ralph White has been reelected to ...Read More
Judge Approves Detroit Pension Cuts
December 4, 2013NewsSituation In Mass. Vastly Different DECEMBER 4, 2013: A federal bankruptcy judge has granted approval for the City of Detroit ...Read More
Massachusetts Joins Institutional Carbon Clash
November 22, 2013NewsNOVEMBER 21, 2013: An article in today’s DCDB Daily Free E-Newsletter says that Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver General ...Read More
MACRS EXECUTIVE BOARD VOTES TO OPPOSE DIVESTITURE OF FOSSIL FUEL IN PENSION FUNDS
September 13, 2013NewsSEPTEMBER 13, 2013: Yesterday, the 18-member Executive Board of the Mass. Association of Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRS) unanimously voted ...Read More
HAVERHILL CITY COUNCIL TABLES COLA BASE VOTE
September 11, 2013NewsBase Increase Opposed By Mayor Fiorentini SEPTEMBER 11, 2013: Last night, the Haverhill City Council tabled a request by the ...Read More