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Annual review of the Employees’ Pension Plan investment performance for the calendar and plan year ended December 31, 2018.
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SUMMARY:
Annually a presentation of the Plan’s calendar year investment performance is made to the Trustees. For calendar 2018, the Plan realized a negative investment return of (2.65%), versus a customized benchmark of negative (4.62%), placing the plan in the 29th percentile of public pension plans per the Wilshire Public Plan Sponsor Universe.
For the last three calendar years, the plan had an average annualized return of 6.41%, versus a benchmark of 5.72%, placing the plan in the 38th percentile of public plans.
Staff continues to seek diversification and decreased volatility in investment returns for the Plan via alternative investment categories. In recent years, new categories introduced have included timber investments, core plus real estate, and infrastructure.
The investment committee, with the assistance of the Plan’s investment consultant, CapTrust Advisors, closely monitors underperforming money managers and will continue to recommend terminations and replacements when appropriate.