This Muni Lowdown podcast features Managing Editor Paul Greaves discussing public pensions with Jean-Pierre Aubry, associate director of research at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and Curation Editor Stephanie Fagnani.Jean-Pierre kicks off the podcast explaining the center’s Public Plans Database that is leveraged to analyze plans.The conversation shifts to discussing the key takeaways from the research brief that Jean-Pierre served as the lead author for entitled The Funded Status of Public Plans Keeps Improving – Albeit Modestly.Jean-Pierre segues into why any improvements to funded ratios going forward will be at best, modest.Jean-Pierre transitions into discussing why the increasing share of new hires are important in understanding the cost side of the equation for public pension plans.Jean-Pierre concludes with thoughts on the challenges to developing and/or maintaining a fiscally sound pension plan.

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