The mission of the Pennsylvania Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (PAPERS) shall be to encourage and facilitate the education of its membership in all matters related to their duties as fiduciaries overseeing the assets of the pension funds with which they have been entrusted. It will be PAPERS' primary purpose to conduct an annual educational forum that provides the basis for improved financial and operational performance of the public employee retirement systems in the State. PAPERS will function as a central resource for educational purposes and act as a networking agent for all public plan staff and board members. To learn more about PAPERS, please click here.

Click here for a 2012 Forum registration form.

Click here for the Forum's tentative agenda. 

Click here for information about hotel reservations and driving directions.

2012 Forum Sponsors

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Gold Sponsors

• Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check

Silver Exhibitors

• Euclid Specialty Managers

Silver Sponsors

• Alliance Bernstein
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP
• BNY Mellon
• Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions
• Delaware Investments
• Federated Investors
• Lord Abbett & Co.
• Neuberger Berman
• Ryan Labs Asset Management

Participant registration for the 2012 Fall Workshop
will begin in July, 2012

Click here to view the Spring 2012 issue (Volume 7, Number 1)

PAPERS has begun a new free educational opportunity!  Plans are to sponsor online "webinar" programs eight (8) times each year, providing participants with access to experts discussing topics of interest to those working in and for public pension systems.  Watch this page for announcements of upcoming webinars and instructions for registering.

Participants in the Certified Public Pension Trustee (CPPT) certification program will receive one credit for calling in to each webinar and successfully completing the follow-up test. 

If you missed hearing the webinars live, you may click on the link below to access the most recent recorded program. 

Earlier recorded programs may be found under the "Library" tab of this website.

Capital Markets 101: Wall Street and The Fed Bring Meaning to Your Life

https://papers.webex.com/papers/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=9579887&rKey=dd29607db09e7d84

Speaker – Zane Brown, Fixed Income Strategist and Partner at Lord Abbett

Presented April 4th, 2012

Zane Brown’s presentation is a high-level overview of the Federal Reserve, Wall Street, Capital Markets, and how they all relate to the management of public pension funds.