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SBCERA Launches Investment Survey Focused on Global Credit

February 12, 2024

As capital markets evolve and economic regimes shift, we recognize investment managers may shift their focus to strategies with a greater opportunity to earn risk adjusted returns, including developing new strategies.  

In an effort to stay informed, SBCERA has initiated a project to identify capabilities in global credit via a short survey available at www.SBCERA.org/Global-Credit-Survey.  The results of this survey will help SBCERA identify opportunities for future investment decisions.

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2024 Member Engagement Survey

Members—

Soon, you will be receiving an invitation by email to participate in our upcoming member engagement survey.  We wanted to share a little about the survey and why it’s important.

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2024 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)

This year’s 2.0% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) will be effective April 1, 2024. The SBCERA Board of Retirement approved the COLA for Retirees and Beneficiaries at its Board meeting on February 1, 2024.

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Life After Retirement

Member News - January 2024

These periodic electronic newsletters are designed for retirees and beneficiaries. You’ll find our latest news, highlights, and educational resources to help support your life in retirement.  

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Journey to Retirement

Member News - January 2024

These periodic electronic newsletters are designed for active and deferred members. You’ll find our latest news, highlights, and educational resources to help support your retirement planning. 

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Looking Ahead to 2024: A Message from SBCERA’s CEO

December 27, 2023

As we reflect on this last year, I’m proud of the significant milestones we reached at SBCERA that are centered around elevating member experience.  We understand the responsibility we have to you, and we don’t take that lightly. 

Our team remains focused on our service to you, while continuing to plan for the future.

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From all of us at SBCERA, we wish you a happy holiday season.

From all of us at SBCERA, we wish you a happy holiday season.

At SBCERA, we feel fortunate to serve those who serve San Bernardino communities with passion, care, and commitment.

Our members are the reason why we do what we do. To show a small token of our appreciation, some of our team members prepared a special holiday message.

From our families to yours, we wish you a healthy holiday season, full of peace, prosperity, and happiness.

 

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Chief Investment Officer, Don Pierce – CIO Magazine’s 2023 Power 100

Don PierceCongratulations are in order for our Chief Investment Officer Don Pierce, who has been named to Chief Investment Officer Magazine’s 2023 Power 100 list of top investment officers.

They note: “It is no simple task to foresee the future. Yet in reviewing our Power 100 list, one thing is for certain: Those who have made it to the CIO seat and on this 2023 list mostly, and perhaps crucially, continue to guide their funds through volatile times and are disciplined enough to navigate whatever is ahead.”

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SBCERA and SEIU Local 721 Fact-Finding Report

After more than two years of bargaining for a successor Memorandum of Understanding, on October 16, 2023, SBCERA and SEIU Local 721 participated in a fact-finding hearing to resolve the impasse. Both sides presented their case to a panel including SBCERA’s chosen representative, SEIU’s chosen representative, and the Chair of the panel who is a neutral third party from the State Mediation and Conciliation Service (SMCS) agreed upon by SBCERA and SEIU.

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National Retirement Security Month

National Retirement Security Month

This month, SBCERA joins the nation in celebrating National Retirement Security Month (NRSM), a time dedicated to raising awareness and helping our members take concrete steps toward their retirement goals. 

We recognize the importance of comprehensive retirement planning, and we’re committed to empowering you on your journey to retirement and beyond. In recognition of NRSM, we’ve prepared a list of information and resources that can help you prepare for your future.

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Life After Retirement

Member News - October 2023

These periodic electronic newsletters are designed for retirees and beneficiaries. You’ll find our latest news, highlights, and educational resources to help support your life in retirement.  

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Journey to Retirement

Member News - October 2023

These periodic electronic newsletters are designed for active and deferred members. You’ll find our latest news, highlights, and educational resources to help support your retirement planning. 

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SBCERA’s Senior Investment Officers, Amit Thanki and Thomas Kim – CIO Magazine’s 2023 Class of “NextGens”

August 15, 2023

Congratulations to our Senior Investment Officers, Amit Thanki, and Thomas Kim on being named Chief Investment Officer Magazine’s (CIO) 2023 Class of “NextGens”! 

Each year, CIO asks for nominations for up-and-coming trailblazers who are exceeding expectations in public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, wealth funds, and any other categories of institutional asset allocators.

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SBCERA Reports Preliminary Net Investment Return for the 2022-23 Fiscal Year

July 31, 2023

The San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association (SBCERA) announces a preliminary 5.0% net return on investments for the 12-month period that ended June 30, 2023. Assets stood at $14 billion at the end of the fiscal year.

SBCERA has a long-term investment strategy, focused on income, and we’ve built an investment portfolio designed to generate positive returns over decades—rather than weeks or months.

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SBCERA Welcomes Newest Trustee, Eric Raley

Please join us in welcoming our newest Trustee, Eric Raley!

Eric ran for SBCERA’s vacant General Member Trustee seat uncontested and will serve a term of office from July 11, 2023, to December 31, 2024.

He will be officially sworn into office as a SBCERA Board of Retirement Trustee at our Board Meeting on Thursday, August 3, 2023.

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