I don’t know of anything more conservative than putting money away today for a future expense,” Senator Daniel Sparks said.

State Senator Daniel Sparks explained on the floor that the PERS unfunded liability is about $26 billion, $6 billion of which has been added since 2020.

The Public Employment Retirement System of Mississippi is not on life support. That was the message PERS leadership told senators Wednesday during a hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol to address ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Lawmakers in the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would put a large chunk of cash into the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) of Mississippi. However, they have ...

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) plans to target real estate debt funds and niche sectors such as self-storage in 2026, as the pension fund remains an active investor despite a slight ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The state’s public employees retirement system has a mounting debt. Lawmakers are still discussing potential solutions to pay it off. The House Select Committee on PERS met ...

The pension fund’s follow-on allocation to the JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) builds on the relationship that began in May 2016 with a $100m commitment. This was then expanded with ...