Last month, the Foundation hosted its first-ever full day summit on pension reform: Rethinking Retirement: Solutions to Secure Texas’ Public Pension Plans. And while the day was filled with a number of terrific panels and presentations, one of the event’s best discussions came as panelists delved into the defined benefit vs. defined contribution debate! Don’t miss it!
Keeping Politics Out of State Pensions: A Multi-State Survey of Proxy Voting Practices
State pensions, including Texas, have been influenced by the wave of political activism within the finance industry and need to develop tools to ensure they stop supporting such activism. Key points – Consolidation in the finance industry has enabled progressive political activists to coopt the industry to advance their agenda on issues ranging from climate...
