Wisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget bill (2025 Act 15) provides ETF one-time funding of $71 million to support the replacement of the antiquated pension administration system.
Two questions I am typically asked: How did the Trust Funds perform? What can we expect this year? I realized that my yearly answers don't change much.
"It ain’t over till it’s over." That was certainly true for 2023. Just when it looked like many of the same issues that investors faced in 2022 would hold down returns, 2023 finished strong.
Despite significant headwinds in the commercial real estate market, SWIB’s $12 billion real estate portfolio remains a strong, long-term asset for the WRS.
Dec 17, 2021 5:00pm Report
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The results of the 3-year investigation of experience of the Wisconsin Retirement System are presented in this report. The investigation was made for the purpose of updating the actuarial assumptions used in valuing the actuarial liabilities of the Wisconsin Retirement System in compliance with Section 40.03(5)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Edwin Denson discusses the events and trends that impacted the financial markets in 2024, the performance of the WRS Trust Funds, and what we might expect this year.
