Pension plans for state government retirees are strained. ESG funding in pension plans prioritizes “woke” values over return on investments, while exposure to China stocks has some fund managers worried.…
Senate Republicans have passed a bill, in assistance with the House, that would block Pres. Biden from forcing companies to adopt an ESG investment agenda for employee retirement plans. This blocks the…
Your money may be used to argue for viewpoints that you may disagree with, and in ways that you did not consent to. Moreover, your money may be invested in…
North Carolina’s pension plans for government employees did well this past fiscal year, growing 10.6% to $93.9 billion. That was below the median gain for all public pension funds in…
North Carolina’s state employees have many people to thank for the good job done regarding their pensions. Treasurer Janet Cowell manages the state’s pension fund and as reported by Morningstar,…
Greensboro Police Chief Ken Miller gets more than a few inches in this Greenville News write-up on the six finalists for Gville police chief: Miller said in a phone interview…
From today’s release of the investigative report into the Department of Public Instruction comes these key findings and recommendations, as well as a fascinating state auditor’s note. First: KEY FINDINGS…
Well, the holidays have past and it’s time new Chief Investment Officer, Kevin SigRist, for the North Carolina Retirement Systems to start working (announced as the new CIO on December…
WTVD asked the John Locke Foundation to react to the state treasurer’s efforts to detect fraud, waste, and abuse within the state retirement system.
View in your browser. Although in the news for her lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon, underperformance from North Carolina’s state treasurer Janet Cowell merits greater attention. A…
Anthony Greco’s latest CarolinaJournal.tv report covers the latest meeting of the oversight board for North Carolina’s state pension fund. As he reports, the board took no action to address the…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Jana Benscoter’s report on the pay supposedly part-time state legislators collected for their work in 2009. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on some…