Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems

What Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems does

The Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS), also known as TEXPERS, is a statewide, voluntary nonprofit educational association organized in 1989 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The organization serves trustees, administrators, professional service providers, employee groups, and associations engaged in the management of Texas public employee retirement systems — a segment that includes pension funds for police and fire departments, municipal employees, airport authorities, hospital districts, regional planning commissions, river authorities, transit authorities, community colleges, and university medical centers.

TEXPERS' core product surface is event-driven and educationally focused. Flagship offerings include an Annual Conference, a Summer Educational Forum, Advanced Trustee Training (priced at $150 for TEXPERS members / $250 for non-members), Basic Trustee Training for new trustees, and a biennial Legislative Workshop. These are supplemented by digital channels: the TEXPERS Blog, the TEXPERS Deep Dive Podcast, TEXPERS On-Demand (a gotostage.com-hosted video archive), the Pension Outlook research publication, and a library of legislative and policy reports. The underlying technology stack is conventional rather than proprietary — a public website (texpers.org), a member-management portal (texpers.memberclicks.net), and third-party video hosting — with no APIs, SDKs, or disclosed AI/ML components.

The business model combines six membership tiers (Retirement System, Employee Group & Association, Associate, Consultant, Actuary, and Vendor) sold on an approval-gated subscription basis, pay-as-you-go event registration fees, and tiered corporate sponsorships (Presenting, Annual, Silver, Table). Membership approval is vested in the Board. Go-to-market is event-led and content-led, reaching members through conferences, forums, trustee training programs, webinars, the blog, and email. Revenue, headcount (1–10), and ownership are not publicly disclosed; control rests with a member-elected Board of Directors, and the organization is CPE-credentialed by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy and provides Pension Review Board–approved trustee education.

Name

Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems

Legal name

Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems

Website

https://texpers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TEXPERS is a 1989-founded, Austin-based nonprofit educational association serving Texas public-pension trustees, administrators, and service providers through conferences, trustee training, publications, and an on-demand video platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pension Industry Education and Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Services & Insurance (FINRA, CFP, IAR, Insurance CE) (EDAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD) (EDAAALAE)

Keywords

• Public pension education
• Trustee training programs
• Pension industry conferences
• Continuing professional education
• Retirement system advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: TEXPERS generates revenue through various membership categories including Retirement System Membership, Employee Group & Association Membership, Associate Membership, Consultant Membership, Actuary Membership, and Vendor Membership. All memberships are subject to approval and membership fees are required after approval.
2. Event Registration Fees: Revenue is generated from conference and training event registrations. The 2026 Advanced Trustee Training costs $150 for TEXPERS members and $250 for non-member retirement systems. Separate fee events include the Golf Tournament and The Hat Affair brunch during the Summer Forum.
3. Corporate Sponsorships: The organization receives sponsorship revenue from companies including Dimensional Fund Advisors (Presenting Sponsor), Wolf Popper LLP (Annual Sponsor), Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. (Silver Sponsor), and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (Table Sponsor).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

TEXPERS is a statewide, voluntary nonprofit educational association that delivers trustee training, conferences, workshops, publications, and membership services for the Texas public employee retirement systems community. Its offerings include the Annual Conference, Summer Educational Forum, Basic and Advanced Trustee Training, Legislative Workshop, the TEXPERS On-Demand video channel, the Pension Outlook publication, and six membership categories for retirement systems, employee groups, associates, consultants, actuaries, and vendors. Programs are designed to help members satisfy Texas Pension Review Board mandatory Minimum Educational Training (MET) requirements and earn CPE credit through TEXPERS's status as a Texas State Board of Public Accountancy CPE program sponsor.

Product overview

TEXPERS is a statewide voluntary nonprofit educational association organized in 1989 that provides training, conferences, publications, and membership services for public employee retirement systems in Texas. The organization operates a platform-plus-services model centered on educational programming including the Annual Conference, Summer Educational Forum, Advanced Trustee Training, and Legislative Workshops. These core educational products are supplemented by digital platforms including TEXPERS On-Demand (video content) and the TEXPERS Blog (industry news and insights). TEXPERS also publishes research materials including the Pension Outlook publication. The organization offers multiple membership categories including Retirement System, Employee Group & Association, Associate, Consultant, Actuary, and Vendor memberships, each providing varying levels of access to training programs and continuing education credits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• TEXPERS 2026 Annual Conference attendance
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and flagship.

• Wolf Popper LLPcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2026Wolf Popper LLP is an annual sponsor of TEXPERS conferences and publications. Wolf Popper is a law firm specializing in securities litigation and investor protection.
• Intercontinental Real Estate Corp.secondaryGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2026Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., an Associate Member of TEXPERS, participated as a Silver Sponsor of the TEXPERS 2026 Summer Educational Forum. The firm provides real estate investment advisory services to institutional investors including pension funds.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLPsecondaryGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 June 2026Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP served as a Table Sponsor for The Hat Affair: A Brunch Extravaganza during the TEXPERS 2026 Summer Educational Forum. BLBG is a securities litigation law firm.
• Dimensional Fund AdvisorsflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 March 2026Dimensional Fund Advisors served as the Presenting Sponsor of the TEXPERS 2026 Annual Conference. Dimensional is an investment management firm providing retirement system trustees and administrators with insights on how investment advice has evolved.
• Northern Trust Asset ManagementcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNorthern Trust Asset Management is an Associate Advisor Member of TEXPERS. The firm provides market outlook content and investment insights for TEXPERS publications, including their annual market and economy outlook analysis.
• William BlairsecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerWilliam Blair is an Associate Advisor Member of TEXPERS. The firm contributes investment content including analysis on equity valuations and market trends for small- to mid-cap strategies through TEXPERS blog publications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS): NIRS is a national nonprofit research and education organization focused on retirement security, producing studies and educational content aimed at policymakers and public plan stakeholders — a broader, research-led analogue to TEXPERS' educational mission.
• Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): GFOA is a larger, established association serving state and local government finance professionals including pension and benefits officers — broader than TEXPERS but overlapping in CPE-eligible training and government finance policy advocacy.
• National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA): NASRA serves state-level retirement system administrators nationwide with research, education, and policy work — overlapping TEXPERS' educational mission but focused on state-level (not local) systems and broader geographic scope.

Direct peers

• National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS): NCPERS is the national membership association for public pension funds, offering conferences, trustee education, and legislative advocacy — the same core functions TEXPERS performs but at the national level rather than Texas-only.
• Public Pension Financial Forum (P2F2): P2F2 is a membership association for public pension financial professionals that provides education, networking, and best-practice sharing — a direct functional peer to TEXPERS' professional development programs for pension finance staff.
• California Association of Public Retirement Systems (CALAPRS): CALAPRS is a state-level peer serving California's public retirement systems with education, training, and networking — directly analogous to TEXPERS' role in Texas and the closest 1:1 structural comparable.

Others

• Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA): PRIMA serves public-sector risk and benefits professionals with education and conferences — adjacent to TEXPERS' educational mission in the public-sector employee benefits ecosystem rather than direct competition.

Emerging players

• International Foundation of Retirement Education (InFRE): InFRE provides retirement-plan-related education and certifications for plan administrators — adjacent to TEXPERS with overlapping audience of public-sector benefit professionals but more certification-focused.
• National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA): NAPPA serves attorneys representing public pension funds with educational programming and legal updates — overlapping TEXPERS' audience of public pension professionals but specializing in legal rather than governance/trustee training.

Regional players

• Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA): FPPTA is a state-level peer providing trustee education and advocacy for Florida public pensions — comparable in mission and structure to TEXPERS but serving a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/texpers1
• Facebookfacebook.com/texpers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-association-of-public-employee-retirement-systems/?viewAsMember=true

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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