Retirement Fund Summary

• The university’s Retirement Fund is designed to continue into perpetuity.
• The university is a long-term investor.
• Investment policy guidelines were adopted by the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 1991 and last amended in June 2009.
• The objective is to provide for the full and timely payment of retirement, disability and death benefits to qualified employees.
• The Retirement Fund is diversified across asset classes to reduce overall portfolio risk.
• Investments in the Retirement Fund are managed by professional money managers.
• The investment and performance of the Fund is monitored by the Office of the Treasurer.

Reviewed 2012-12-20.