Pension Matters

State Employees Retirement Fund
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2012

January

As of January 2012, pensions for retirees born after 1952 in the state of Michigan will no longer be exempt from state income taxes...

2011

December

The Office of Retirement Services and the Department of Treasury, Bureau of Investments has developed more online access to pension information...

November

Finally — a Raise! SSA COLA for 2012 is scheduled to be 3.6%...

October

The ruling on the legality of Gov. Rick Snyder’s senior pension tax is close at hand, according to Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Young, Jr....

September

September was welcomed with relief from a market off 15% though August and the average stock off 25%. With that in mind and a look to the future, Board members were asked to...

August

Per the most recent Pension Profile, the fund continues to be lead by domestic equities at nearly 35% with a slight increase in real estate holdings and absolute and real return investment strategies...

July

Last month Council Chair, Bob Kopasz, Legislative Chair, Mary Pollock and I met with Jon Braeutigam, Chief Investment Officer and Robert Brackenbury, Chief Administrative Officer for the Bureau of Investments...

June

I attended the State Employees Retirement System Board meeting today where they received the actuarial pension and healthcare valuations for the period ending 9/30/10...

May

I attended the recent State Employees Retirement System Board Meeting. Greg Parker, Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Bureau of Investments in the Department of Treasury provided a report. According to the report there are 50,462 retirees..

April

A recent acquisition of Accuri Cytometers by Becton, Dickinson & Co (NYSE:BDX) for $205 million represents the first cash return on investment for InvestMichigan according to...

March

The January, 2011 Market Value Report from Treasury shows the retirement funds are invested at 35.9% domestic equity; 20.2% alternative investments; 15.2% fixed income...

February

A recent article in Forbes by Edward Siedle chastises the Florida Board of Trustees for the Florida Retirement System for shifting large sums of pension funds to “alternative investments.”...

January

Fund has recovered from it downturn beginning in May. However, as to overall growth, it has not gained much over its peak in March...

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