Last week, the investment staff of CalPERS — the $300 billion California pension fund — announced that they want to reduce its target of 7.5 percent annual returns. According to Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos, achieving a 7.5 percent annual return is no longer realistic. Holy cow!
The implications of this proposal, if adopted, are significant and “would trigger more pain for cash-strapped cities across California and set an increasingly cautious tone for those who manage retirement assets around the country.”
Can you imagine how many people are going to be affected? Here’s the bottom line. The pension system, across our great nation, is underfunded and in trouble.
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