Growing Value and Activism Bring New Scrutiny to Public Pension Funds

Controlling about $3 trillion public pension funds are too big to ignore. Some use their influence to boost shareholder rights or support social causes. In the face of ”pension envy” from private sector workers some governments have adopted defined contribution plans – and some of those have regretted the decision. The issues were explored at a Wharton Impact Conference called ”The Future of Public Employee Retirement Systems.”

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