Cook County Employees'
Annuity & Benefit Fund
($ millions)
Total assets 4,148
Defined benefit 4,148
Employer DB contributions 143
Benefit payments 158
Defined benefit asset mix:
Stocks 37.8%
Fixed income 50.2%
Cash equivalents 5.1%
Real estate equity 5.1%
Other 1.8%
CHICAGO - As of Sept. 30, Cook County Employees' Annuity & Benefit Fund's total employee benefit assets, all of which are defined benefit, increased 25% from June 30, 1996.
Employer contributions to the defined benefit plan increased 5%; benefits paid increased 10%.
Defined benefit managers:
Domestic equities: Madison; Graver, Bokhof, Goodwin & Sullivan; Holland; Ariel; Harris Associates; Wayne Hummer; Fiduciary Management.
Equity and fixed-income: Chicago Asset; Dean Witter Reynolds; Goldman Sachs; Great Lakes; Freedom Capital; Loomis Sayles; Weiss, Peck & Greer; NCM; PanAgora; LaSalle Street; Brinson; Becker VanEtten; Bear Stearns.
Fixed-income: William Blair; Schroder Wertheim; South Shore Bank; Amervest; Killian.
Real estate: Capital Associates.
Other: D.J. Mosier; Tucker Anthony; ANB.
The master trustee/custodian is the Bank of New York.
Key person overseeing the investment management of the fund is John E. Fitzgerald, executive director.
Deere & Co.
($ millions)
Total assets 7,437
Defined benefit 5,820
*401(k)/457 1,617
Employer DB contributions 163
Benefit payments 325
Total DC contributions 126
Internally managed assets:
Defined benefit 2,578
The fund uses:
Stock index futures
Fixed-income futures
Short selling
Defined benefit asset mix:
Stocks 71.8%
Fixed income 20.3%
Private equity 3.4%
Real estate equity 4.5%
Defined contribution asset mix:
Company stock 13.5%
Other stock 45.4%
GICs/BICs 31.2%
Cash equivalents 0.1%
Other 9.8%
MOLINE, Ill. - As of Sept. 30, Deere & Co.'s total employee benefit assets increased 21% from a year earlier. Defined benefit assets increased 18% during the same period; defined contribution assets increased 34%.
Employer contributions to the defined benefit plan increased 120%; benefits paid increased 12%.
Defined benefit managers:
Domestic equities: Batterymarch; Jacobs Levy; LSV; AIT; J.P. Morgan; Rampart.
International equities: Capital Guardian; Templeton; Oeschle; BGI; State Street Global; J.P. Morgan; Govett; IIA; DFA.
Domestic fixed-income: PIMCO; WAMCO; BlackRock.
Real estate: ABKB/LaSalle.
Defined contribution manager: Fidelity
The master trustee/custodian is Mellon/Boston Safe Deposit.
Key personnel overseeing the investment management of the fund are Dennis R. Schwartz, managing director, pensions and investments. Overseeing the defined contribution plan are Hertroc Hornbuckle, vice president, human resources; and Mr. Schwartz.
Delaware Public Employees'
Retirement System
($ millions)
Total assets* 3,800
Defined benefit 3,800
Employer DB contributions 101
Benefit payments 146
*as of June 30
Defined benefit asset mix:
Stocks 59.3%
Fixed income 27.7%
Cash equivalents 4.9%
Private equity 7.4%
Real estate equity 0.7%
DOVER, Del. - As of June 30, the Delaware Public Employees' Retirement System's total employee benefit assets increased 17% from a year earlier. All assets are defined benefit.
Employer contributions to the defined benefit plan increased 12%; benefits paid increased 8%.
Defined benefit managers:
Domestic equities: BGI; Brinson; Cadence; Fidelity; Froley Revy; Lincoln Capital; Mellon Capital; Oaktree; Pecks; T. Rowe Price; and Trinity.
International equities: Marvin & Palmer; Mellon Capital; Oaktree; and Rowe Price-Fleming.
Domestic fixed-income: Lincoln Capital; Mellon Capital; and T. Rowe Price.
International fixed-income: Mellon Capital.
Real estate: Allegis; Citicorp; and J.W. O'Connor.
Private investments: Accel; Advanced Technology; Brentwood; Carlyle; Cherry Tree Ventures; Coller Isnard; Dougery & Wilder; Equity Linked Investors; One Liberty; ONSET Enterprise; Pecks; Spectra Enterprise; Summit; T. Rowe Price; TCW; and Weston Presidio.
Cash and equivalents: T. Rowe Price.
The master trustee/custodian is Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Co.; the global custodian is State Street.
Key personnel overseeing the investment management of the fund are Elva Ferrari, investment committee chair; A. Dale Stratton, board of pension trustees chair; and David C. Craik, pension administrator.
Delta Air Lines Inc.
($ millions)
Total assets 11,300
Defined benefit 8,700
*401(k)/457 2,600
Employer DB contributions 80
Benefit payments 700
Total DC contributions 150
Internally managed assets:
Defined benefit 750
Defined benefit asset mix:
Stocks 67%
Fixed income 20%
Private equity 6%
Real estate equity 3%
Other 4%
Defined contribution asset mix:
Company stock 5%
Other stock 65%
Fixed income 5%
GICs/BICs 25%
ATLANTA - As of Sept. 30, Delta Air Lines Inc.'s total employee benefit assets increased 13.5% from a year earlier. Defined benefit assets increased 16.7% during the same period; defined contribution assets increased 4%.
The master trustee/custodian and global custodian is Citibank.
Key personnel overseeing the investment management of the fund are Jim Taylor, chief investment officer; Chris Campisano, director-equities; Linda Sutton, director-alternative investments; Eli Niepoky, manager fixed-income. Overseeing the defined contribution plan are Mr. Taylor; Leon Piper, vice president-personnel benefits; June Baxter, system manager-retirement and personnel benefits.
Detroit Retirement Systems
($ millions)
Total assets 5,942
Defined benefit 5,733
Total defined contribution 209
Employer DB contributions 93
Benefit payments 257
Total DC contributions 9
The fund uses:
Stock options
Bond options
Stock index futures
Fixed-income futures
Managed futures
Defined benefit asset mix:
Stocks 58%
Fixed income 28%
Cash equivalents 3%
Real estate equity 4%
Mortgages 3%
Other 4%
Defined contribution asset mix:
Stocks 63%
Fixed income 19.5%
Cash equivalents 5.2%
Other 12.3%
DETROIT - As of Sept. 30, Detroit Retirement Systems' total employee benefit assets had increased 15% in 15 months. Defined benefit assets increased 11% during the same period. The defined benefit assets represent the City of Detroit General Retirement System and the Police and Fire Retirement System. The Police and Fire Retirement System also has $209 million in defined contribution assets.
Employer contributions to the defined benefit plan decreased 7%; benefits paid decreased 25%.
Managers for the Police and Fire fund:
Domestic equities: Bankers Trust; Chancellor; Woodford; Loomis Sayles; Putnam; Kenwood; Paradigm, Reinhart & Mahoney; Wilmoco; Capital Guardian; Heartland; Chapman; Kennedy; PNC.
International equities: Putnam; Morgan Stanley.
Domestic fixed-income: Hyperion; Pugh Capital; TCW; Loomis Sayles; Munder; Putnam; Transameria; IncResearch.
International fixed-income: Putnam; John Hancock.
Real estate: MIG; Capozzoli Advisers; Carter; PRIMCO; Midland.
The master trustee/custodian and global custodian is State Street Bank for the Detroit General Retirement System and Comerica for the Detroit Police and Fire Retirement System.
Key personnel overseeing the investment management of the funds are Tom Zdrowski, executive secretary; and Nicholas Degel and Joe Glanton, assistant executive secretaries.
District of Columbia
Retirement Board
($ millions)
Total assets 4,790
Defined benefit 4,790
Employer DB contributions 389
Benefit payments 352
The fund uses:
Stock options
Bond options
Stock index futures
Fixed-income futures
Defined benefit asset mix:
Stocks 67.0%
Fixed income 27.3%
Cash equivalents 4.6%
Real estate equity 1.1%
WASHINGTON - As of Sept. 30, District of Columbia Retirement Board's total employee benefit assets, all defined benefit, increased 28% from a year earlier.
Employer contributions to the defined benefit plan increased 21%; benefits paid decreased 2%.
Defined benefit managers:
Domestic equities: Alliance; BGI; Cowen; Denver; Edgar Lomax; Fidelity Investments; GW Capital; Sasco; State Street Global; Sturdivant; Kenwood; Woodford Gayed.
International equities: Bank of Ireland; INVESCO; State Street Global; Templeton.
Domestic fixed-income: J.W. Seligman; LM Capital; Morgan Grenfell; Western Asset; PIMCO.
Global fixed-income: Western Asset Global.
Real estate: Heitman; LaSalle.
Other managers: Bachow Investment Partners; Corporate Partners; Belmont; Forstmann Little; Inroads Capital; Rice Sangalis Tooles + Wilson; SpaceVest; Syndicated Communications; TSG Capital Group; Venture Fund of Washington.
The master trustee/custodian and global custodian is State Street Bank & Trust Co.
Key personnel overseeing the investment management of the fund are Jorge Morales, acting executive director; Sheila Morgan-Johnson, chief investment officer; and Chris Phillips, investment analyst.
