Inside MERS Investments
An inside look at MERS investments with Chief Investment Officer, Jeb Burns, exploring market performance, future forecasts, and how MERS’ strategy is adjusting to meet the long-range goals of providing stable funding for multi-billion dollar pension fund.
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Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
(Recorded 4/28/2022) A brief review of market performance of the MERS Defined Benefit Portfolio. Jeb discusses investment topics like public and legislative call to divest from Russia, Russian-Ukraine war impact on investments, inflation, and the potential for upcoming market corrections. Email questions to InsideMERSInvestments@mersofmich.com. Visit www.mersofmich.com for more investment information.
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
(Recorded 2/18/2022) A brief review of market performance of the MERS Defined Benefit Portfolio in the last quarter of 2021 and the year overall. Then Jeb takes a look ahead, addressing possible investment impacts of topics like Russian/Ukrainian hostilities, the possibility of Federal Reserve rate hikes, increasing inflation, and the potential for upcoming market corrections. Visit www.mersofmich.com for more investment information.
Who We Are
The Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan is an independent, professional retirement services company that was created to administer the retirement plans for Michigan’s local units of government on a not-for-profit basis.
Our mission is to partner with those who serve Michigan communities to provide retirement benefits and related services to support a secure retirement.