One side effect of aggressive monetary policy is an increasing strain on public pensions, which rely upon consistent investment returns in order to meet their obligations. Some pension funds have been ...

Reports of the public pension crisis are greatly exaggerated. A little digging and you discover that while there are some states and cities that truly do face a pension crisis, for the most part it is ...

A sharp spike in U.K. borrowing costs this year triggered memories of the 2022 "mini-budget" crisis, which rocked the country's pension funds and led to emergency market intervention by the Bank of ...

Experts are sounding the alarm over a potential financial crisis as millions are "opting to save in cash for retirement" ...

There's a lot more than $10,000 at stake in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy's 2024 Policy Innovation Challenge, but that's what the winning team of students will take home, ...

State (and local) government pension funds are woefully underfunded: $3.8 - $5.2 trillion which needs to be set aside now. This has been caused by insufficient annual funding over the years, and ...

For years, leaders have debated solutions for Chicago's public pensions, but new ideas are urgently needed. Last fall, the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy launched its inaugural ...

While private-sector pension terminations and freezes are grabbing headlines, the situation is every bit as grave for government pension systems. Like many of the remaining traditional defined-benefit ...

Years ago, when my family went to a popular Mexican restaurant, my young son started reaching for a raw habanero pepper. I told him not to put it in his mouthbut, in a typical act of offspring ...

A sharp spike in U.K. borrowing costs this year triggered memories of the 2022 "mini-budget" crisis, which rocked the country's pension funds. However, industry participants told CNBC pension funds ...