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Retirement and Pension Information

COLA-Related Information

Press Release Cost-Of-Living-Adjustment for eligible payees - July 2023 

2023 COLA Press Release

Press Release Cost-of-living adjustment for eligible payees - July 2022

2022 COLA Press Release

Maryland State Retirement and Pension system: Retiree News and Notes, August 2022​ newsletter.  "Retirees to see monthly benefit increase with July 2022 COLA"

 

Maryland State Retirement and Pension System:

By the Numbers

SRPS By the Numbers - April 2023

SRPS By the Numbers - March 2022 

SRPS By the Numbers - February 2022

Maryland State Retirement and Pension System:

Popular Annual Financial Reports

 Popular Annual Financial Report for fiscal year 2021 

Popular Annual Financial Report for fiscal year 2020

Maryland State Retirement and Pension System:

Press Releases & Opinion Pieces

Washington Post Letter to the Editor and the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System response to it "Opinion: Maryland is wasting its pensioners’ money" (2/11/2022) 

Press Release 1-5-2023 - Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Seeks Nominees to Serve as a Public Member of the Investment Committee

 

Maryland State Retirement and Pension System:

AARP Information

AARP in the States- Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

  January/2023

National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS)

 

Full Pensionomics Report 2023

Pensionomics-MD 2023

Pensionomics-MD 2021

Pensionomics 2018

Pension Benefits and Retiree Spending

NRTA In the Know - Get the Latest News:

 

March 15, 2022

February 28, 2022

August 12, 2021

July 23, 2021

April 9, 2021

NRTA Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution

Retirement Plans:

NRTA - Comparing Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

See all Retirement News Highlights from 2021 and 2022 here.

2023 Retirement News Highlights

Retirement News - March 2, 2023 "End of the road for defined benefit plans? Not quite" PLANSPONSOR
 
Retirement News - February 28, 2023 "Maryland SRPS backs FPA Core Plus Fund VI" Institutional Real Estate
 
Retirement News - February 28, 2023 "Lierman transition team recommendations: improve customer service, boost minority business participation" Maryland Matters

Retirement News - February 27, 2023 "Pension Divestment Bills Are Back on the Table in Several Blue States" FUNDfire

Retirement News - February 22, 2023 "Maryland lawmakers reelect Dereck Davis treasurer" The Washington Post

Retirement News - February 14, 2023 "Indiana PRS would lose $6.7 billion over 10 years if ESG funds banned – report" Pensions & Investments

Retirement News - May 17, 2023 "'Institutional Courage' Must Be at the Center of DEI Efforts: Panel" FUNDfire

 

Retirement News - May 15, 2023 "How States Can Account for Climate Risks to Pension System Assets" Pew

 

Retirement News - May 15, 2023 "Debt-ceiling apocalypse could offer opportunities as well, observers say" Pensions & Investments

 

Retirement News - May 8, 2023 "Looking to future, public plans cut assumed rates of return" Pensions & Investments

 

Retirement News - May 3, 2023 "Fed approves quarter-point rate increase, its 10th straight hike" Pensions & Investments
 
Retirement News - May 3, 2023 "New NIRS Report Details Alaska Public Worker Exodus After Switch to DC Plan" PLANSPONSOR
 
Retirement News - April 27, 2023 "Closing Pensions For Public Workers Has Proven A Mistake" FORBES

Retirement News - April 26, 2023 "Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman pushes for modernization during first 100 days in office" The Baltimore Sun

Retirement News - April 25, 2023 "Political notes: Kopp on board" Maryland Matters
 
Retirement News - April 25, 2023 "Anti-ESG Measures Approved in Two More States" FUNDfire
 
Retirement News - April 24, 2023 "A Case Study in Pension Bailouts" The Wall Street Journal
 
Retirement News - April 20, 2023 "How Maryland’s pension became a billion-dollar business for Wall Street" Baltimore Sun

Retirement News - April 19, 2023 "Baltimore County changes rule to shield retirement decisions from the public" Baltimore Sun

Retirement News - April 19, 2023 "Several States Approve COLA Increases for Pension Funds, Other States Still Considering" PLANSPONSOR

Retirement News - April 12, 2023 "Inflation eases again in March, but remains at 5 percent" The Washington Post

Retirement News - April 6, 2023 "Private Equity May Be A Ticking Time Bomb For Public Pension Plans" HuffPost

Retirement News - April 3, 2023 "Maryland State Retirement Agency Is Adding COO" Chief Investment Officer

Retirement News - March 31, 2023 "Vermont Senate advances fossil fuel divestment bill despite pension officials' opposition" Pensions & Investments

Retirement News - March 30, 2023 "Maryland Pension Flags Child Labor Concerns to PE Manager" FUNDfire

Retirement News - March 24, 2023 "Investors push 'freedom to invest responsibly' to counter anti-ESG" Pensions & Investments

Retirement News - March 23, 2023 "Some Public Pension Funds Are Pulling Back on Private Equity" The Wall Street Journal
 
Retirement News - March 22, 2023 "Federal Reserve raises benchmark rate by 0.25 point despite bank turmoil" The Washington Post
 
​Retirement News - March 21, 2023 "Managers weigh impact of Credit Suisse takeover on debt markets" Pensions & Investments
 
​Retirement News - March 15, 2023 "Why Pensions’ Private Equity Returns Could Be a 'Red Flag'" FUNDfire
 
​Retirement News - March 14, 2023 "Why Job Reshoring Is Merely a Trickle" Chief Investment Officer
 
​Retirement News - March 8, 2023 "Does your public pension fund hold risky crypto-related investments? It can take a fight to find out" MarketWatch 

Retirement News - March 6, 2023 "China’s Power in Emerging Markets Creates Headache for Global Investors" The Wall Street Journal

Retirement News - March 2, 2023 "Institutional investors think private markets will do better in long term – survey" Pensions & Investments

Retirement News - February 8, 2023 "Biden urges bigger stock buyback tax, Republicans to raise debt ceiling in State of the Union" Pensions & Investments
 
Retirement News - February 2, 2023 "Oklahoma joins in ESG backlash, creating its own boycott list" Pensions & Investments
 
Retirement News - February 2, 2023 "US pension funds are on the brink of implosion – and Wall Street is ignoring it" The Guardian
 
Retirement News - February 2, 2023 "DOL's ESG rule under attack by Republican lawmakers" Pensions & Investments
 
Retirement News - February 1, 2023 "Fed OKs 25-basis-point rate hike as inflation slows" Pensions & Investments

Retirement News - February 1, 2023 "California bills call for CalPERS, CalSTRS to divest fossil fuels, company climate disclosure" Pensions & Investments

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