At the recent NIRS policy conference, we heard loud and clear from a diverse group of thought leaders that our retirement infrastructure has reached a breaking point.  They said that inaction is no longer an option. 

Retirement experts and policymakers from the U.S. and the Netherlands convened in Washington, D.C. earlier this summer at an event for a dialogue on each country's retirement policy experience. 

Since the release of Out of Balance? Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation Over 20 Years by the Center fo­­­r State & Local Government Excellence and NIRS, it has garnered attention from reporters, bloggers, policy analysts and others.

While the nation focuses on the financial market reform bill, less attention is on a critical pension provision that will be a lifeline for American employers.  On June 25th, the President signed legislation to help private sector employers struggling to recover from the worst financial crisis of our lifetime.

With the Federal Reserve’s newly-released Flow of Funds data for 2009, we can take a fresh look at how pension funds are investing.