Louisiana School Employees' Retirement System Archived LSERS investments return 14.01 percent for fiscal year ended June 30, 2013

LSERS investments return 14.01 percent for fiscal year ended June 30, 2013

Baton Rouge – Louisiana School Employees’ Retirement System generated an investment return of 14.01 percent for fiscal year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013. This performance contributed to an increase of over $134 million to the value of LSERS plan assets. This places LSERS in the 9th percentile when compared to pension plans with assets of $1 billion and greater, according to Bank of New York Mellon. Over the last 3 years LSERS averaged 13.24% annualized market rate of return.
LSERS paid over $139 million in retirement benefits that provided economic security to approximately 13,000 retired non-instructional personnel of the Louisiana public school systems.