What's New?
Report Shows Savings
WRS Performance
Preliminary
year-to-date
as of 12/31/11
Core 1.4%
Variable -3.0%

Investment Strategy

Managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) is a diligent process. Overall investment decisions for the Core Fund are based on the best opportunities for the long-term objectives of the WRS. A focus on immediate returns will be driven by a very different strategy than one looking ahead to prove retirement benefits for thousands of public employees now and in the future.

SWIB's strategy takes into account that there will be investment gains in some years and losses in others and relies on professional investment management, diversification of investments and a long-term investment strategy to achieve its goal. Meeting this investment objective has helped the WRS to be a well-funded system, as reported in 2007 in a 50-year financial projection by the system's actuary.

Core Fund Versus Benchmark
Ten-Year Average Annual Return