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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br />NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />DECEMBER 31, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(61) <br /> <br />NOTE 7 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – STATE-WIDE (CONTINUED) <br />E. Actuarial Assumptions (Continued) <br />The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments is 7.9%. The State <br />Board of Investment, which manages the investments of PERA, prepares an analysis of <br />the reasonableness of the long-term expected rate of return on a regular basis using a <br />building-block method in which best-estimate ranges of expected future rates of return <br />are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce an <br />expected long-term rate of return by weighting the expected future rates of return by the <br />target asset allocation percentages. The target allocation and best estimates of <br />arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized below: <br /> <br />Asset Class Target Allocation <br />Long-Term <br />Expected Real <br />Rate of Return <br />Domestic Equity 45% 5.50% <br />International Equity 15% 6.00% <br />Bonds 18% 1.45% <br />Alternative Assets 20% 6.40% <br />Cash 2% 0.50% <br />Totals 100% <br />F. Discount Rate <br />The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 7.9%. The projection of <br />cash flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that employee and employer <br />contributions will be made at the rate specified in statute. Based on that assumption, <br />each of the pension plan’s fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make <br />all projected future benefit payments of current active and inactive employees. <br />Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was <br />applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension <br />liability. <br /> <br />G. Pension Liability Sensitivity <br />The following presents the Town’s proportionate share of the net pension liability for all <br />plans it participates in, calculated using the discount rate disclosed in the preceding <br />paragraph, as well as what the Town’s proportionate share of the net pension liability <br />would be if it were calculated using a discount rate 1 percentage point lower or 1 <br />percentage point higher than the current discount rate: <br /> <br />Description <br />1% Decrease in <br />Discount Rate <br />(6.90%) <br />Current Discount <br />Rate (7.90%) <br />1% Increase <br />in Discount <br />Rate (8.90%) <br />City’s Proportionate Share of the GERF Net <br />Pension Liability 1,540,116$ 979,496$ 516,510$