Dallas Police & Fire Pension

“Half of a Texas Homeowner’s Property Taxes Would be Needed to Pay Pension Contributions”

By Candy Evans / November 22, 2016 /

Watchdog.org is a great site to read (and subscribe to) for nitty gritty (gritty) fiscal news. Doing a little search, back in 2011, Watchdog ran this headline: Pension reformers warn of looming breaking point, cite governments’ ‘actuarial bullshit’ That was when legislators in tiny Rhode island voted overwhelmingly to remove pension benefits from all its employees…

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Dallas Police and Fire Pension Names James A. Perry Chief Investment Officer

By Joanna England / August 24, 2015 /

After a few negative headlines, including a potential FBI inquiry and some trepidation about some serious losses, the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System has created a new position to oversee the $3.1 billion portfolio that funds the retirement income of our city’s first responders. The pension system has brought in Texas Tech University System assistant…

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