COVID-19 Resources
Recent, Relevant Articles
“Recession and Market Decline Impacts on Public Pension Plans.” June 2020.
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“Coronavirus: 1.5 million people plan to delay retirement.”
Yahoo Finance, May 30, 2020.
https://sports.yahoo.com/coronavirus-over-a-million-people-plan-to-delay-retirement-161910485.html
“Industry’s reaction to the coronavirus could be good news for diversity push.”
Pensions & Investments, May 18, 2020.
https://www.pionline.com/special-report-gender-diversity/industrys-reaction-coronavirus-could-be-good-news-diversity-push
“Boost likely for impact investing thanks to coronavirus disruption. Asia-Pacific investors seeing some delays in green bonds but confident of progress returning.”
Pensions & Investments, May 18, 2020.
https://www.pionline.com/esg/boost-likely-impact-investing-thanks-coronavirus-disruption
“COVID-19 puts manager assets into deep dive. First quarter's 10% fall for publicly traded firms worst since 2008 crisis.”
Pensions & Investments, May 18, 2020.
https://www.pionline.com/money-management/covid-19-puts-manager-assets-deep-dive?utm_source=p-i-issue-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200515&utm_content=hero-headline&CSAuthResp=1589849592652%3A0%3A365086%3A391%3A24%3Asuccess%3A55D655E559D1CBBF18FAD0CE4162B81A#cci_r=365086
“As Virus Ravages Budgets, States Cut and Borrow for Balance. Balanced-budget laws are on the books in 49 states, and that means hard choices over cuts and borrowing as help from the federal government remains in limbo.”
New York Times, May 14, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/virus-state-budgets.html
“Milliman: 100 largest public plans’ funding rebounds in April.”
Pensions & Investments, May 14, 2020.
https://www.pionline.com/pension-funds/milliman-100-largest-public-plans-funding-rebounds-april?utm_source=p-i-daily-consultants&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200514&utm_content=hero-readmore&CSAuthResp=1589490088588%3A0%3A365086%3A391%3A24%3Asuccess%3ABBD9552D34D151736DF283C7ABAB5E94#cci_r=365086
“Vanguard says DC losses not so bad in long-term view. The market declines investors faced in the first quarter are much more muted when compared to longer time frames.”
Pensions & Investments, May 11, 2020.
https://www.pionline.com/defined-contribution/vanguard-says-dc-losses-not-so-bad-long-term-view?utm_source=p-i-defined-contribution&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200518&utm_content=hero-readmore&CSAuthResp=1589849816024%3A0%3A365086%3A391%3A24%3Asuccess%3ABF0F3B5D9249589EB47589444E318968#cci_r=365086
Managing Pensions Through and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Scenario Thinking Can Help Us.”
The AMBACHTSHEER Letter, May 1, 2020,
https://kpa-advisory.com/the-ambachtsheer-letter/current
“As coronavirus devastates state budgets, conservatives target public worker pensions.”
Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2020.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-04-24/coronavirus-public-worker-pensions
“Coronavirus: The spread, its impact on the S&P 500 and possible.” recovery
https://www.pionline.com/video/coronavirus-spread-its-impact-sp-500-and-possible-recovery
Pensions & Investments, April 22, 2020
Pension Rights Center. “Is My Retirement Plan at Risk Due to the COVID-19 Crisis?” http://www.pensionrights.org/blog/my-retirement-plan-risk-due-covid-19-crisis
Compiled Sources
Pensions & Investments Latest Coverage on the Coronavirus
https://www.pionline.com/coronavirus
The Motley Fool’s live guide on what investors should do during the stock market crash and the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.fool.com/coronavirus/?page=1
Reinhart Law’s Coronavirus Resource Center
https://www.reinhartlaw.com/coronavirus/
National Institute on Retirement Security’s research on the importance of traditional pension plans
www.nirsonline.org