A service of Salisbury University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

6.46% Return for Maryland Pension Fund

Don Rush

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System says its portfolio returned 6.46% on investments for the last fiscal year.

System officials announced Wednesday that falls short of the system's 7.45% assumed actuarial return rate.

The fund's performance raised the system's assets to $54.2 billion. That's an increase of $2.4 billion over the year before.

Chief Investment Officer Andrew Palmer says the system's returns reflect strong performance of private equity assets and nominally fixed income assets, along with positive but more modest returns in the remainder of the asset classes.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.