Public pensions

Municipal bond market participants offered their views on how California will confront housing, education and transportation challenges.

One proposal is to use the Chicago water system to fund the Windy City’s public employee pension plans.

Candidates in the mayoral and governor's races acknowledge daunting pension burdens without offering concrete solutions.

The district will bring $75 million of new money and refunding bonds to market.

Pennsylvania’s two largest public pension systems are paying much higher private equity fees than they report -- a nearly $4 billion differential -- a finance professor told an oversight panel.

Alton still needs a long-term public safety pension funding solution, S&P Global Ratings said as it downgraded the city.

The flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve can be a misleading signal of recession, New York City’s Bureau of Asset Management said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer want to double energy efficiency investment to $4 billion over three years.

Thefirefighters' pension fund says Chicago shorted it $3.3 million, and wants to use an Illinois law to intercept state grant funds.

A $10 billion POB deal would be a tougher sell now that Rahm Emanuel has said he won't seek another term.

The state's special commission on pension funding is exploring contributions of real-estate assets to an independently managed trust.

The median net pension liability in the nation’s 15 largest cities jumped 16% on a per capita basis in fiscal 2017, S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday.

Such a move might allay fears in the capital markets while removing lawmakers from decision-making, according to consultant Jim Millstein.

Wilshire Consulting said the aggregate funded ratio for U.S. state pension plans remained unchanged between and first and second quarters of 2018 at 70.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from the previous 12 months.

The Rahm Emanuel administration told aldermen that a POB could save $6 billion and ease future tax and fee hikes.

Citi's assessment is conditioned on pension obligation bonds being part of a package to tackle the city's pension liabilities.

A State Supreme Court ruling jeopardizes San Diego’s pension reform measures, exposing the city to millions in unanticipated costs.

Recommendations released by a bipartisan New Jersey panel last week aimed at attacking the state’s beleaguered finances centered largely on combating soaring pension and benefit costs.

Bond investors had mixed reactions to the city's announcement that it is exploring a pension bond deal.

California's highest court said city officials failed to negotiate with labor unions before bringing its pension overhaul to a vote.