Investment Objectives

DCRB seeks long-term investment returns in excess of the actuarial investment assumption, which is currently set at 6.25%, net of investment management fees and administrative expenses. In addition to exceeding the 6.25% nominal return over the long term, a secondary return objective is to exceed the annualized total return of DCRB's strategic asset allocation benchmark (the “Total Fund Benchmark”). Furthermore, DCRB’s investment policy includes the following risk management objectives:

1. To maintain a level of risk commensurate with the expected levels of return and consistent with prudent investment practices.
2. Liquidity Risk: to maintain an appropriate level of liquidity to ensure payments of benefits, other Fund obligations and expenses.
3. Diversification Risk: to utilize diversification to manage exposure to asset class, manager, industry, geographic and company-specific risks (i.e., diversifiable risks) in the aggregate investment portfolio, while acknowledging the risks associated with investing in the capital markets (i.e., market risks).

Statements

• Board Statement on the Council of the District of Columbia's Resolution on Fossil Fuels of 2016
• DCRB Investment Policy Statement
• DCRB Statement on Prospective Investment Managers

Asset Allocation

The following chart represents the Fund's current target asset allocation approved by the Board of Trustees on March 18, 2021. The labels denote the asset classes and current targets.