Category Archives: Interesting Info

Mandatory retirement of police and fire at age 65.

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Dale Kowacki

Please click here to see the letter I just uploaded to our website regarding the law that mandates retirement at age 65  for all members from police and/or fire positions.  Until the law changes, there are no exemptions.  Dale

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Lost days between jobs: You will lose days (or weeks) of service credit if you are not careful how you plan your transition between jobs.

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dale Kowacki

Most of the retirement systems in Massachusetts are in the habit of marking your “start date” as the day you first work – and paid for – in their system.  For example, if your last day of work with us … Continue reading →

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Calculate an Estimate of your Retirement Benefit

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Dale Kowacki

We just added a way for our members to calculate what their retirement benefit might be at a future date.  Click here to go to the calculator. Thank you to the State Retirement Board for sharing this with us.

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Assessment Questions

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dale Kowacki

This is great, and just what we want!  On Tuesday I posted a copy of the FY2012 assessment spreadsheet for all to inspect, and in response, people have been asking some good questions – particularly: “Why did mine go up/down … Continue reading →

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Interesting article on investment manager Daruma

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dale Kowacki

Embedded in their latest quarterly newsletter, one of our investment managers – Daruma, had a link to a feature article about them in another investment newsletter – Value Investor Insight.  It provides good background on Daruma’s investment strategies so I … Continue reading →

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