The Wyoming Retirement System posted a 12.3% return for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to documents from the pension fund. WRS outperformed its strategic benchmark of 10.53%.
Assets of the fund rose to $12.1 billion at the end of June. Over the past three, five, seven, and 10 years, the fund returned 10.93%, 11.06%, 9.22%, and 8.3%, respectively.
During these periods, the fund outperformed its benchmark returns of 9.77%, 9.65%, 7.79%, and 7.34%, respectively.
WRS, as of June 30, allocated 34.6% of its assets to public equities, 20.2% to marketable alternatives—including hedge funds, 12.2% to private equity, 11.8% to private real assets, 10.2% to fixed income, 4.8% to private debt, 3.6% to gold through exchange-traded fund exposure, and 2.6% to cash and cash overlay.
WRS administers eight pension plans for more than 700 participating public employers in the state of Wyoming. The system has more than 82,000 members and beneficiaries.
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