Special Reports

October 01, 2012

Funded status of public pension plans: 2012

Severely underfunded public defined benefit plans will have to try a bit of everything to shrink liabilities, from benefit cuts to contribution hikes to accelerated payments, and paying more attention to costs overall.

STORIES FROM THE ISSUE
Public pension funding ratios still tumbling
Solving the public pension plan funding crisis
Some public pension execs worry new GASB rule will add fuel to fire
RELATED STORIES FROM THE ARCHIVES
Payoff from California pension reform will take awhile
Public pension plans brace for legal challenges to cuts
More state pension plans cutting assumed return rates
Public pension plans prepare for switch to mark-to-market accounting
CHARTS AND DATA
Graphic: Public pension fund databank
Funded status of public DB plans
Public DB plan rankings
Public pension fund investment returns
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