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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2020 The State Board of Investment, which manages the investments of PERA, prepares an analysis of the reasonableness on a regular basis of the long-term expected rate of return using a building-block method in which best-estimate ranges of expected future rates of return are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce an expected long-term rate of return by weighting the expected future rates of return by the target asset allocation percentages. The target allocation and best estimates of geometric real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized in the following table: Target Long-Term Expected Asset Class Allocation Real Rate of Return Domestic Stocks 35.5%5.10% International Stocks 17.5%5.30% Bonds (Fixed Income)20.0%0.75% Alternative Assets (Private Markets) 25.0%5.90% Cash 2.0%0.00% Total 100% F. DISCOUNT RATE The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability in 2020 was 7.5%. The projection of cash flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that contributions from plan members and employers will be made at the rate set in Minnesota statutes. Based on that assumption, the fiduciary net position of the GERF and the PEPFF was projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension liability. G. PENSION LIABILITY SENSITIVITY The following presents the City’s proportionate share of the net pension liability for all plans it participates in, calculated using the discount rate disclosed in the preceding paragraph, as well as what the City’s proportionate share of the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate 1 percentage point lower or 1 percentage point higher than the current discount rate: 1% Decrease in 1% Increase in Discount Rate (6.5%) Discount Rate (7.5%) Discount Rate (8.5%) Proportionate share of the GERF net pension liability $3,276,546 $2,044,451 $1,028,072 Proportionate share of the PEPFF net pension liability $6,223,782 $3,122,595 $556,907 H. PENSION PLAN FIDUCIARY NET POSITION Detailed information about each pension plan’s fiduciary net position is available in a separately- issued PERA financial report that includes financial statements and required supplementary information. That report may be obtained at www.mnpera.org. 70