Articles about Retirement Boards that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees.
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 ...
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 ...
LOCAL SYSTEMS INCREASING PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVORS
September 10, 2013NewsBoards Adopting Laws Sponsored By AssociationSEPTEMBER 2013 VOICE: One of the guiding principles of this Association has always been to ...
STATE BOARD ELECTION UNDERWAY
September 9, 2013NewsWhite is CandidateSEPTEMBER 9, 2013: Although no longer President of the Association, Ralph White will remain active in the public ...
FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS
September 5, 2013NewsBusy Schedule For Public Service CommitteeSEPTEMBER 5, 2013: With the summer recess now in the rearview mirror, the state Legislature ...
Pension Fund Reaches $50 Billion Mark
March 1, 2013NewsContinues Climb From '08 DisasterMARCH 2013 VOICE: A strong investment earnings last year, 2012, of 13.82%, has pushed the ...
Pension bonds risky for state and local governments-Moody’s
December 19, 2012NewsMunicipal bonds that states and local governments use to pay for some of their public pension obligations rarely improve the ...
STATE RETIREMENT BOARD MOVES TO NEW HOME
November 26, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 26, 2012: It was a busy Thanksgiving weekend for the staff of the State Board of Retirement who were ...
PENSION FUNDS
November 1, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 2012 VOICE: Buoyed by a strong market surge, the Commonwealth’s $50 billion Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT) Fund ...
Mass. needs more realistic goal for pension fund returns
June 24, 2012NewsBoston Globe Editorial, June 24, 2012In some ways, lowering expectations for returns on the state’s pension fund investments is ...