Q1 Market Update Podcast Features SWIB Head Economist Todd Mattina

Check out newest SWIB Podcast Market Update and hear from Todd Mattina, PhD, SWIB’s Head Economist and Asset & Risk Allocation Chief Investment Officer, about the issues that impacted the markets through the first quarter of the year, what we might expect moving forward, and how SWIB is working to help the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) remain among the nation’s most resilient pension funds. Each quarter, we will talk with SWIB staff about the economy, the markets, and how the WRS trust funds are impacted. We will also discuss how SWIB is working to help the WRS remain among the nation’s most resilient pension funds – growing and protecting participants’ benefits and giving them peace of mind to focus on work, life, and the future.

About SWIB

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), created in 1951, is an independent state agency responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF), and other state trust funds. As of December 31, 2025, SWIB managed more than $178 billion of total assets, approximately 87% representing WRS assets. SWIB’s management of the WRS trust funds aims to provide a fully funded public pension for over 703,000 current and former employees of state agencies, the university system, school districts and most local governments. The WRS consistently ranks among the 10 largest public pension funds in the U.S. SWIB, a steady economic pillar for the state of Wisconsin, focuses on growing the trust funds, managing risk, and optimizing costs over the long term.