Texas Municipal Retirement System Highlights: March Board Meeting Casey Srader, TMRS Advisory Board Representative As previously reported, for calendar year 2018, the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) total fund performance ended at -2.43%, net of fees. Dismal investment returns in the last quarter of 2018, especially in December, negatively impacted the overall calendar year investments. … Read more
TMRS investment staff continue to pursue new investment opportunities in the areas of private equity, real return, and real estate for portfolio diversification as outlined in the TMRS Investment Policy. TMRS staff discussed and reviewed current cash flows and cash levels. TMRS cash needs to continue to evolve as the portfolio has been invested/diversified over … Read more
The TMRS Board met on December 6-7 in Austin. Casey Srader, GFOAT’s representative on the TMRS Advisory Board and the City of Plano’s budget manager, attended the meeting. To view the meeting summary, click here.
PURPOSE OF MEETING: The TMRS Board of Trustees (Board) directed the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Benefit Design to call a meeting of the Committee to provide an overview of the recent Board decisions pertaining to the 86th Legislative Session. The purpose of the meeting was two-fold: To provide an overview of the benefit … Read more