The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, a state pension fund that provides retirement solutions to Arkansas education professionals, has seen its allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) shrink to roughly 1% of the fund, falling to $220 million.
That’s down from a high of almost $290 million at the end of 2019 and $267 million at the middle of June 2021, as the pension investor continues to deal with erosion of positions due to losses and a reshuffling of the managers it invests with.
In the past, the Arkansas Teacher pension fund has always maintained a target for a roughly 1.25% allocation to the ILS asset class.
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