In the News • November 25, 2008
BNA Daily Report for Executives, November 25, 2008 An analysis of public plan investment behavior released Nov. 24 showed that public plan fiduciaries reacted prudently to the market downturn in 2000 and can be expected to do the same in response to the current market collapse. The report, In It For the Long Haul, published by […]
Press Release • November 24, 2008
November 24, 2008, Washington, D.C. – A new analysis of public pension investment data indicates that public plans exhibit prudent investment behavior – even during volatile market conditions. The results are contained in a new report, “In it for the Long Haul: The Investment Behavior of Public Pensions,” released today by the National Institute on […]
In the News • November 24, 2008
Plan Sponsor, November 24, 2008 Rebecca Moore on new NIRS analysis of public pension investment data that indicates that public plans exhibit prudent investment behavior even during volatile market conditions. Report co-author Dr. Jeffrey Wenger remarked, “The results underscore that public pensions are suitable for plan participants when debt and equity markets are tranquil or […]
In the News • November 24, 2008
Pensions & Investment, November 24, 2008 Barry Burr reports that public pension plans are better positioned than other institutions to recover from the worldwide financial market collapse because they rebalance regularly, follow leading peer funds, and keep their long-term strategic asset allocation. This is according to Christian E. Weller, associate professor of public policy at […]
In the News • November 24, 2008
On Nov. 24, 2008, Global Pensions reports on NIRS new report, which finds that that US public pension plans exhibit prudent investment behaviour in bear and bull markets. These institutional investors don’t get caught up in a “herd mentality” — even during turbulent times. A report by NIRS revealed that despite market uncertainty, institutional investors had largely […]