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NOTE 8—DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS—STATE-WIDE (CONTINUED) <br /> The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments is 7.9%. The State Board of Investment, <br /> which manages the investments of PERA, prepares an analysis of the reasonableness of the long-term <br /> expected rate of return on a regular basis using a building-block method in which best-estimate ranges of <br /> expected future rates of return are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to <br /> produce an expected long-term rate of return by weighting the expected future rates of return by the target <br /> asset allocation percentages. The target allocation and best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for <br /> each major asset class are summarized in the following table: <br /> Asset Class Target Allocation Long-Term Expected Real Rate <br /> of Return <br /> Domestic Stocks 45% 5.50% <br /> International Stocks 15% 6.00% <br /> Bonds 18% 1.45% <br /> Alternative Assets 20% 6.40% <br /> Cash 2% 0.50% <br /> E. Discount Rate <br /> The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 7.9%. The projection of cash flows used <br /> to determine the discount rate assumed that employee and employer contributions will be made at the rate <br /> specified in statute. Based on that assumption, each of the pension plan's fiduciary net position was <br /> projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments of current active and inactive <br /> employees. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was applied to <br /> all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension liability. <br /> F. Pension Liability Sensitivity <br /> The following presents the City's proportionate share of the net pension liability for all plans it participates <br /> in, calculated using the discount rate disclosed in the preceding paragraph, as well as what the City's <br /> proportionate share of the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate 1 <br /> percentage point lower or 1 percentage point higher than the current discount rate: <br /> 1%Decrease in 1%Increase in <br /> Discount Rate Discount Rate Discount Rate <br /> 6.9% 7.9% 8.9% <br /> The City's Proportionate <br /> Share of the GERF Net <br /> Pension Liability: $4,139,571 $2,632,720 $1,388,292 <br /> The City's Proportionate <br /> Share of the PEPFF Net <br /> Pension Liability: $4,628,372 $2,374,729 $512,827 <br /> 84 <br />