Cliffwater: U.S. state pension plans’ 10-year returns drop in latest annual report
U.S. state pension plans saw average median returns of 8.6% and 5.8% for the 10 and 20 years ended June 30, 2020, respectively, said Cliffwater’s most recent annual state pension performance report.
State plans saw an average annualized return of 9.7% for the 10 years ended June 30, 2019.
Pensions & Investments’ Pension Fund Returns Tracker shows that the two top-performing state pension plans for the 10 years ended June 30, 2020, were the $22 billion Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System, Oklahoma City, and the $89.9 billion combined defined benefit plans portfolio managed by the Minnesota State Board of Investment, St. Paul, both returning 9.7%. The $3.4 billion Nashville & Davidson County Metropolitan Government Employee Benefit Trust Fund returned 9.6%. All returns cited are annualized figures.
Cliffwater’s report showed that by asset class, state plans’ U.S. equities returned a median 13.2% for the 10 years ended June 30, 2020; private equity, 12.7%; real estate, 10.7%; international equities, 6.1%; absolute return, 5.2%; and fixed income, 4.6%. For the 20 years ended June 30, 2020, private equity returned a median 9.3%; real estate, 8.8%; U.S. equities 6%; fixed income 5.9%; and international equities 3.8%.
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