SPECIAL REPORT: America's Looming Pension Crisis - It's Worse Than You Imagine | Stephanie Pomboy

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America's pensions are in big trouble. Many are underfunded vs their payout commitments. Many are being recklessly managed, overinvested in far too speculative assets for the safety of their constituents.

Ted Siedle is a former SEC attorney. His firm, Benchmark Financial Services, Inc. has pioneered over $1 trillion in forensic investigations of the money management industry. He's nationally recognized as an authority on pensions and investment management matters, having testified before the Senate Banking Committee regarding fund scandals and is an expert in various Madoff-related and other litigations.

In 2017, he secured the largest SEC whistleblower award in history of $48 million, and in 2018, the largest CFTC award in history at $30 million.

Join me and Stephany Pomboy as we interview Ted and take your questions live.

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0:00 - Impending retirement crisis warning
2:26 - State of public pensions & mismanagement concerns
7:00 - Wall Street’s exploitation of pensions as “dumb money”
10:32 - Risks of alternative assets & high fees
18:02 - Leverage in pension investments amplifying risks
21:02 - Illiquidity & lockups delaying pension crisis
23:05 - Potential triggers
29:06 - Unaddressed fraud despite investigations
33:28 - Potential for federal bailouts.
36:00 - Social tensions from pension bailouts
43:06 - PBGC’s refusal to recover looted pension funds
47:02 - State budget pressures & underfunding thresholds
49:44 - Hidden risks in opaque fees & exotic investments
53:41 - Abuse at the beneficiary level
57:20 - Protecting pension participants from risks
1:02:44 - Most-needed reforms
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