Q1 2024
Preliminary Plan Universe Performance
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Plan Universe Performance
The Investment Metrics All Defined Benefit Plan Sponsor Universe posted a median net return of 4.47% for the quarter and 12.78% for the year ending March 2024. Though median performance for all plan types was positive during the quarter, only public defined benefit and endowment & foundation plans outperformed a traditional 60/40 benchmark return of 4.63%. (60% MSCI ACWI Index/ 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index). For the year ending March 2024, endowments & foundations posted the strongest performance with a median return of 14.53%.
Investment Metrics Plan Universe
Investment Metrics Plan Universe is the industry’s most granular analytics tool for plan sponsors including standard and custom peer group comparisons of performance, risk, and asset allocations by plan type and size. The data is sourced directly from over 4,000 institutions using our reporting and analytics solutions including investment consultants, advisors and asset owners. Plan Universe is updated quarterly typically available on or near the following schedule: preliminary data available on the 14th business day after quarter end, a second cut on the 21st business day and final cut on the 29th business day, the data includes 20+ years’ history on:
- Trust Funds, Corporates, Public Plans, Taft-Hartley, Endowments & Foundations, High Net Worth, Health & Welfare, and custom groups.
- Trust Funds, Corporates, Public Plans, Taft-Hartley, Endowments & Foundations, High Net Worth, Health & Welfare, and custom groups.
- Asset Allocations broken into equity (US, global, global ex-US), fixed income (US, global, and global ex-US), alternatives, real estate (public and private), multi-asset and cash. Emerging Markets allocations are available for equities and debt securities.
- Net and gross performances displayed by quartile with full percentiles via download.
- With all information aggregated by Plan Size.
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