Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Pension Plan Funding

Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Pension Plan Funding

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Blue Ribbon Panel in the news

• Expert Public Pension Panel Recommends Improved Financial Management, Increased Disclosures and Stronger Actuarial Standards​, Society of Actuaries press release
• Panel Seeks Greater Disclosures on Pension Health, New York Times
• Funding - and Returns - for U.S. Public Pensions Improve, Reuters
• Blue Ribbon Panel Recommends Better Reporting Standards for Public Pension Health, The Oregonian
• A Pathway to Stronger Plans, Pensions & Investments
• Experts Call for Actuarial Changes, Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News
• Public Pension Reform in Detroit, Free Press
• Group Wants Transparency on Pension Shortfalls, Des Moines Register
• How do We Pay for $1 Trillion in Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities?, Denver Business Journal
• Panel Proposes New Discount Rate for Public Pension Funds, Pensions & Investments
• US Public Section Pensions ‘Need Improved Financial Management,’ Public Finance International
• Panel Warns Against Use of Pension Obligation Bonds, Bond Buyer
• Public Pension Funding Panel Formed, Benefits Pro

Blue Ribbon Panelists

• Chair: Bob Stein, FSA, MAAA, CPA, retired, Ernst & Young
• Co-Vice Chair: Andrew Biggs, American Enterprise Institute
• Co-Vice Chair: Douglas J. Elliott, The Brookings Institution
• Bradley Belt, Orchard Global Capital Group and Palisades Capital Management, formerly of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• Dana Bilyeu, formerly of Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada
• David Crane, Stanford University, formerly advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (California)
• Malcolm Hamilton, FSA, FCIA, C. D. Howe Institute, retired, Mercer
• Laurence Msall, Civic Federation (Illinois)
• Mike Musuraca, Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC, formerly of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
• Bob North, FSA, FSPA, FCA, MAAA, EA, New York City Retirement Systems
• Richard Ravitch, State Budget Crisis Task Force, formerly Lt. Governor (New York)
• Larry Zimpleman, FSA, MAAA, Principal Financial Group

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