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State agencies, departments file proposals for 2025 legislative session • Iowa Capital Dispatch The proposals include measures on issues like ESG investments, school safety and open containers of THC drinks in vehicles.

Iowa’s proposed anti-ESG legislation is like other states efforts that have reduced revenues and put taxpayers at risk. https://buff.ly/4fON9uv #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics 

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State agencies, departments file proposals for 2025 legislative session • Iowa Capital Dispatch The proposals include measures on issues like ESG investments, school safety and open containers of THC drinks in vehicles.

@AGIowa has introduced legislation that would prohibit fiduciaries from managing the states' public pension plans if they consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. https://buff.ly/4fON9uv #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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Biden signs bill to increase Social Security benefits for millions of public workers The Social Security Fairness Act repeals two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for some public workers who also receive pensions.

President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act this past weekend, repealing limits on social security benefits for police, firefighters, teachers and other public employees. https://buff.ly/4gENgKn #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Biden signs bill to increase Social Security benefits for millions of public workers The Social Security Fairness Act repeals two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for some public workers who also receive pensions.

A big win for retired public sector workers as a new law repeals limits on Social Security benefits. https://buff.ly/4gENgKn #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Biden signs bill to increase Social Security benefits for millions of public workers The Social Security Fairness Act repeals two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for some public workers who also receive pensions.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed this past weekend by President Biden, repeals limits on benefits for retired public workers who also get pension income. https://buff.ly/4gENgKn #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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A handful of conservative AGs file unusual lawsuit - Alliance for Prosperity & a Secure Retirement Index funds are wildly popular with retirees and people investing in their future retirement. Instead of picking individual stocks, investors can choose blocks of stocks — like the whole S&P 500, the…

Top government lawyers from several states are suing three investment advisors in a politically motivated move that could harm their own citizens’ investments in some of the most successful funds on the planet. https://buff.ly/4gvAhL4 #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Politics, pensions, and retirement security in the days ahead - Alliance for Prosperity & a Secure Retirement With the elections behind us and the end of 2024 just a few weeks away, new risks of political interference in public pension investing and retirement security are coming into focus. Some newly elected...

With the elections behind us and the end of 2024 just days away, new risks of political interference in public pension investing and #retirement security are coming into focus. https://buff.ly/3ZJ9wgd #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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Pension board votes to remove BlackRock due to ESG violations • Indiana Capital Chronicle The board of trustees for the Indiana Public Retirement System voted to dismiss BlackRock from handling the state’s portfolio.

Indiana’s public retirees are getting solid financial results from @BlackRock, state officials admit, but in a victory for politics over performance, they’re dumping the firm for what they call “woke corporate policies." https://buff.ly/3VFHQGD #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people. The bill is a longtime priority for former public employees.

Congress voted to repeal federal laws that limit Social Security benefits for people who also have public-sector pensions, giving full SS benefits to 2.8 million Americans. https://buff.ly/4gKNwqP #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Pension board votes to remove BlackRock due to ESG violations • Indiana Capital Chronicle The board of trustees for the Indiana Public Retirement System voted to dismiss BlackRock from handling the state’s portfolio.

Indiana’s pension board liked @BlackRock’s financial performance, but not its  supposedly “woke corporate policies.” For @INPRS, politics trumps performance when it comes to their state retirees... https://buff.ly/3VFHQGD #apsr#pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely 

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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people. The bill is a longtime priority for former public employees.

Limits on Social Security benefits for people who also have public pensions — firefighters, first responders, teachers, and others public servants — will disappear under legislation overwhelmingly approved by Congress. https://buff.ly/4gKNwqP #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people. The bill is a longtime priority for former public employees.

Nearly 3 million people — teachers, first responders, police officers — will get Social Security that had been limited because they also get public pensions. A big win for public employees! https://buff.ly/4gKNwqP #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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A recent survey by @RetirementRsrch reveals a disconnect: While many small business owners want to offer #retirement plans, misconceptions about costs hold them back. https://buff.ly/3ZGRERG #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics 

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Elections are behind us, and you can expect a revived debate over pensions blocking, allowing, or encouraging ESG and other non-financial factors to enter into decisions about public pension investing and, more generally, public finance. https://buff.ly/3ZJ9wgd #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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After @INPRS staff admitted @BlackRock had “done a great job” and “fees have been low”, Indiana’s pension board still opted to kill the firm’s contract — putting culture-war politics ahead of financial results. https://buff.ly/3VFHQGD #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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The main barriers to small business owners thinking about offering #retirement plans are concerns about the stability and size of the firm and the perceived costs of a plan, a recent survey by @RetirementRsrch found. https://buff.ly/3ZGRERG #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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Indiana’s state pension system axed an investment adviser accused of putting ESG considerations ahead of financial goals — and will now choose from three firms that are on other states’ ESG boycott lists... https://buff.ly/3VFHQGD #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Individual investors aren’t playing political games. They’re purchasing securities when ESG-related news is positive for their stock’s performance, and selling when the implications are negative, according to a new study. Just as a fiduciary should. https://buff.ly/49nTPhu #apsr #retiresecurely

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Social Security costs are higher than revenue. Without changes, the program will run out of money in a decade. A @Bankrate survey finds more than 70% of adults fear their benefits will disappear. https://buff.ly/4ikBaqQ #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely 

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As the election year ends, state officials across the U.S. are redoubling their efforts to blacklist investment advisers they accuse of injecting non-financial factors into their decisions about pensions and public finance. https://buff.ly/3ZJ9wgd #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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Providing retirement plans for employees of small businesses isn’t as expensive as many owners and managers think. @SmallBizFuture, an #apsr member, outlines some options: https://buff.ly/4irHb5s #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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Seven more organizations recently joined #apsr to protect public pensions from politics, to keep the focus on fiduciary responsibility and sound investments, to maximize returns, and to ensure public servants will have what they need to #retiresecurely https://buff.ly/3BudArf

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Indiana’s public retirees are getting solid financial results from @BlackRock, state officials admit, but regardless they are still choosing politics over performance and dumping the firm for what they call “woke corporate policies.” https://buff.ly/3VFHQGD #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely

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Indiana’s pension board liked @BlackRock’s financial performance, but not its supposedly “woke corporate policies.” For @INPRS, politics trumps performance when it comes to state retirees. https://buff.ly/3VFHQGD #apsr #pensionsnotpolitics #retiresecurely 

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With the elections behind us and the end of 2024 just a few weeks away, new risks of political interference in public pension investing and retirement security are coming into focus. https://buff.ly/3ZJ9wgd #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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Small companies can provide retirement plans for their employees for less money than they think, according to @SmallBizFuture, an #apsr member. They’ve got how-to tips: https://buff.ly/4irHb5s #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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The Alliance for Prosperity and a Secure Retirement is happy to welcome seven new members that joined the coalition over the past several weeks to help fight to keep politics out of pensions and public finance. https://buff.ly/3BudArf #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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The impact of the recent US Presidential election on ESG matters is expected to be wide-ranging, with a broad pullback expected in federal rulemaking, alongside the reversal of several policies, @thomsonreuters writes. https://buff.ly/41scOpg #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics 

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The Texas GOP’s war on ESG is not really about the freedom to invest your money to match your values. These laws and lawsuits aim to bail out the oil and gas industry, @cltomlinson writes in the @HoustonChron. https://buff.ly/4fZYVDi #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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“But for many Republicans, it's politically unacceptable for investors to want to be aware of — or agitate against — the degree to which the companies they own are contributing to and preparing for the climate crisis,” @Axios writes. https://buff.ly/4iqROW0 #apsr #retiresecurely #pensionsnotpolitics

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