• Retirement Matters – April 2025

    Retirement Matters – April 2025

    By Joanne Bump U.S. Household Net Worth — The U.S Household Net Worth (or assets less liabilities) reached a new peak in 2024 as the unemployment rate and household…

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  • Chair Talk – March 2025

    Chair Talk – March 2025

    By Cheryl Streberger Dear Lansing SERA members, it has come to my attention that the Lansing SERA executive board voted on March 5, 2025, to sever the relationship…

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  • Retirement Matters – March 2025

    Retirement Matters – March 2025

    By Joanne Bump Making Sense of Federal Uncertainty — Federal employees have been fired to cut waste and fraud. Consider the advice of Deep Throat, a character in the…

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  • Capitol News – March 2025

    Capitol News – March 2025

    By Mary Pollock SCRAP THE CAP UPDATE Upon SERA’s inquiry, we are told by Sen. Sarah Anthony’s office that the actuarial study about alternatives for defined benefit State…

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  • Capitol News – February 2025

    Capitol News – February 2025

    By Mary Pollock SCRAP THE CAP UPDATE SERA has been informed by Anthony Estell, Director of the Office of Retirement Services, that the actuarial study authorized in the…

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  • Retirement Matters – February 2025

    Retirement Matters – February 2025

    By Joanne Bump 50th Anniversary of State of Michigan, Deferred Compensation Plan (DC) — You may have heard the phrase that — “We stand on the shoulders of those…

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