WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – July 20, 2017 – The California State Teachers’ Retirement System announced today that the fund posted a 13.4 percent net of fees return for the 2016-17 fiscal year, with growth being driven by strong performance across all markets, led by non-U.S. equity. As of June 30, 2017, the total fund value was $208.7 billion.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – July 17, 2017 – The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has, for the fifth consecutive year, contributed one of its talented young—under age 40—investment officers, Orintheo Swanigan, to Chief Investment Officer magazine’s Class of 2017 Top Forty Under Forty.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – July 13, 2017 – The California State Teachers’ Retirement System today announced the appointment of Diane Stanton as External Affairs Director. In her new role, Ms. Stanton will provide leadership, management and strategic direction for the CalSTRS External Affairs program, with an emphasis on stakeholder relations, outreach and engagement. Her position reports directly to Public Affairs Executive Officer, Grant Boyken.
With the passage of the CalSTRS 2014 Full Funding Plan, enacted in AB 1469, contribution rates for the Defined Benefit Program are now greater than contribution rates for the Defined Benefit Supplement Program. As a result, when contributions on compensation that is earned for service in excess of one school year (excess service credit) are transferred to the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, the contributions that exceed the required amount are deemed to be excess contributions and by law must be returned.
Excess contributions for both members and employers will be returned to the employer that remitted the contributions associated with the excess service credit. It is the responsibility of employers to return excess member contributions to employees. Returned pre-tax contributions will be considered taxable income in the year employees receive them regardless of when the contributions were initially paid.
Any excess contributions accumulated for members who refund, retire, receive a disability benefit or die will be returned to the employer following the end of each quarter. Excess contributions for active members will be returned annually in October. Interest is not paid on excess contributions as CalSTRS has no legal requirement or authority to pay interest on the return of excess contributions.
If there is an adjustment to reduce a member’s excess service credit from a prior year, employer or member contributions may be due back to CalSTRS.
