Strs files ohio

Our latest edition is out in print and online now. Subscribe today and start reading. In a recent speech to private equity investors, Securities and Exchange Commission SEC chairman Gary Gensler said hedge funds and private equity firms must provide far greater transparency about the fees that they are charging their clients.

This ultimately could help workers preparing for retirement and families paying for their college educations. Efforts to increase transparency and expose the widespread abuses by high-flying Wall Street players of the pension funds of teachers, firefighters, cops, and bus drivers could soon be coming to a head in Ohio.

That changed in , when the fund began to cut the cost-of-living adjustment COLA he had been promised as part of his pension when he retired. Outraged, Dennis started two Facebook pages — one public, one private — that now have a combined twenty-four thousand members, all united to hold the STRS Ohio accountable.

All retirees have gone at least 5 year without a COLA. The best pension systems don't rate last in the United States by providing the least value for employee contributions. The money was well spent and identified many issues.

Top among the issues was money being lost to Wall Street in fees, cost and carried interest. Here's why. However, these costs were adjusted upwards by their own consultant, CEM Benchmarking, to Clearly, if STRS investment costs were higher than the So with that, one controversy is now being replaced with another. Here's why there is reason for skepticism; how can FY STRS investment costs only be 12 basis points and include carried interest?

In investment costs, thought to be too low, were redacted by their own advisor, CEM. Without including carried interest, investment costs were stated as In , STRS states investment costs "after all management fees and costs, including carried interest and other fund expenses" are only 12 bps. How is this credible? Let's hope our Board Chair and other trustees find out and can offer an explanation.

Editorial Board Toledo Blade. Needless to say the review found problems — some of them already well-documented. Siedle is a former attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Click here to read the editorial online. This first in-person meeting of the pension board in over a year was open to the public and hundreds of angry Ohio retired school teachers showed up to let it be known they had lost confidence in pension managers.

To my knowledge, the board was never told staff was drafting such a response. Come to your own conclusions about whether secrecy, pervasive conflicts of interest, abusive Wall Street business practices, hidden and excessive investment fees, and potential violations of law may be undermining the financial performance of these retirement funds.

Click here to read Siedle's full article. By Edward Siedle, Contributor, Forbes. State and local government pensions assure workers and retirees that they enjoy the same protections as the comprehensive federal law, ERISA provides to corporate participants. Read the full article online. Diane Grendell and Rep. Phil Plummer introduce Ohio House Bill Short title: Regards state retirement system duties, fees, and salaries.

Read Ohio House Bill A public records lawsuit will ask the Ohio Supreme Court to force the State Teachers Retirement System to release information that investment firms have claimed is proprietary or a trade secret.

Click here to read the full article online. STRS is costing us billions by having an IRA investment return assumption that is significantly lower than what is actually earned. In return, they work more years and receive less benefits. It's time to stop the madness and time to become proactive!

It is only through a COLA that retired teachers can keep up with inflation. Many of Ohio's teachers work in rural areas and retire with very modest pensions. They rely heavily on their promised and earned COLA. Members attended via webinar software but were not permitted to address the Board during Public Participation. In-person meetings of the Board resumed on August 19th. Many thanks to Ohio's teachers who have travelled to Columbus to attend the Board meetings!

The Association shall encourage individuals to improve the social and economic changes and issues relevant to their retirement. Click here to visit ORTA's website.

John Bos is a retired teacher and administrator from Shawnee Public Schools. John is an advocate for quality affordable health care for retirees.

Bob Buerkle has been lobbying the Ohio Legislature on behalf of Ohio's teachers since Bob is a retired teacher from Cincinnati Public Schools. Buddy the Bulldog is our mascot. John is a retired teacher from Wapakoneta City Schools. He is a retired teacher from the Cincinnati Public Schools. Cindy Murphy is our webmaster and social media coordinator.

Cindy is a retired educational media specialist from Cuyahoga Falls City Schools. Baseless allegations, made with disregard for truth or accuracy, or frivolous complaints will not be tolerated. People making such allegations may be subject to legal actions by the individuals accused of fraudulent conduct.

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