Weekly FYI
AI on Both Sides of the Cyber Battlefield: What 2026 Means for Public‑Sector Cybersecurity
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping cybersecurity from both sides of the ongoing cybersecurity battle. On one side, as Cyber Security...
Recognizing Influential Women in U.S. Public Pension Plans
Barron’s 2026 list of the “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance” has been announced and NCTR is proud to...
Will Large Institutional Investors – Including Public Plans — be Prohibited from Buying Single-Family Homes?
On March 12, 2026, the Senate passed the bipartisan housing package (H.R. 6644, renamed The 21st Century ROAD to Housing...
Are Social Security Benefits Now Tax-Free? Understanding the 2025 SS Taxation Changes
In 2025, President Trump vowed to eliminate federal income taxes on Social Security (SS) benefits, and on June 30, 2025,...
Congressional Committee: Medicare Part B Premiums Could Double Over the Next Decade
The “NCTR FYI” for March 11, 2026, contained a story that focused on the burden of out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare spending...
Health Spending, Retiree Income, and How to Combine Pension and Health Affordability in Retirement
The burden of out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending relative to income is a key measure of retirement well-being, according to a...
ICYMI: IRS Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) System will be Retired for Tax Year 2026
Last July, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) system will be retired for...
Reason Foundation Addresses Public Pension Crypto Exposure
Bitcoin was once considered to be a fringe digital experiment, seen by most institutions in its first years (2009–2013) as...
Public Pensions’ Crypto Investments
Perhaps the threshold question regarding crypto and governmental plans is the extent to which public pensions are invested in this...
Looking Ahead: Public Pensions and Crypto
Reporting that eleven state funds suffered roughly 60 percent paper declines on MicroStrategy positions has, on its face, likely served...