Mississippi Business Journal » retirement system http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 PEER recommends changes to PERS administration http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/peer-recommends-changes-to-pers-administration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peer-recommends-changes-to-pers-administration http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/peer-recommends-changes-to-pers-administration/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:56:11 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=67859 JACKSON — The PEER Committee has released a report on its review of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS). The scope and purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive look into the decision-making processes of the PERS board of trustees, its staff and its contractual advisors to determine whether the PERS [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/peer-recommends-changes-to-pers-administration/feed/ 1 Good news for state employees, jury still out on plan’s math http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/23/good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/23/good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:01:41 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=62948 In a move that will make everyone who works for Mississippi feel better, state government will be asked to put $44 million more into the Mississippi retirement system next year to shore up the program for an estimated 30 years, the system director has told lawmakers. Pat Robertson, executive director of the Public Employees Retirement [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/23/good-news-for-state-employees-jury-still-out-on-plans-math/feed/ 0 Lawmaker considering subpoena of Schloegel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/10/lawmaker-considering-subpoena-of-schloegel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lawmaker-considering-subpoena-of-schloegel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/10/lawmaker-considering-subpoena-of-schloegel/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:03:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=47058 JACKSON — A top Mississippi lawmaker says budget writers deserve to hear directly from the leader of a governor’s commission that’s studying the Public Employees Retirement System. House Banking Committee Chairman George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, says he’s considering issuing a subpoena for Gulfport Mayor George Schloegel, the man appointed by Republican Gov. Haley Barbour to study [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/10/lawmaker-considering-subpoena-of-schloegel/feed/ 0 Hood renders opinion on possible PERS changes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/hood-renders-opinion-on-possible-pers-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hood-renders-opinion-on-possible-pers-changes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/hood-renders-opinion-on-possible-pers-changes/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:32:54 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46293 JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has sent a letter to Pat Robertson, executive director of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), giving his opinion on possible changes and/or recommendations from the PERS Study Commission. Hood wrote that whatever changes might be considered or recommended, the “law requires the state to honor the commitment it [...]

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