It’s time to adopt POMV structure for Permanent Fund – Opinion – Angela Rodell, CEO

In Board of Trustees, Uncategorized by Paulyn

“Since 2003 the Board of Trustees has endorsed using a percent of market value, or POMV, methodology for determining how much should be drawn from the Alaska Permanent Fund. A POMV establishes a limit to the amount that can be drawn from the Fund and is based on its average annual market value over five years.  … We have had a constitutional and statutory contract with Alaskans in place since the Fund’s creation more than 40 years ago, an agreement as to how deposits and withdrawals are made. As the Alaska Permanent Fund is central to policy decisions pertaining to the composition of state funding, it’s time for Alaskans to establish a new contract to support the evolution and continued health of the Fund by adopting a POMV structure. …”

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