First Public Pension Fund Files For Bankruptcy: Will Yours Be Next?
April 28, 2012
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http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/04/28/first-public-pension-fund-files-for-bankruptcy-will-yours-be-next/
A $231 million public employee pension fund has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The assets on hand cannot pay the $931 million in claims the fund faces, and the trustees plan to “restructure” their obligations under bankruptcy law. In other words, they will be cutting the benefits they pay to a level the fund can afford.
[thanks to snorf]