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This is a disclosure brochure for the Tennessee Treasury Managed Fund, an investment option available to participants in the Tennessee State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan and Trust (457 Plan) and the State of Tennessee Deferred Compensation Plan II (401(k) Plan), administered by the Tennessee Department of Treasury. The fund was established on March 27, 2015, through the creation of the State of Tennessee Retiree Group Trust to provide deferred compensation plan participants access to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System's professionally managed investment portfolio. Participants may invest in Units of Interest issued by the Group Trust, with daily purchase and redemption availability on days the New York Stock Exchange and Treasury Department are open. The fund is managed by the Tennessee Department of Treasury with State Street Bank and Trust Company serving as master custodian and GreatWest Life & Annuity Insurance Company providing recordkeeping and administration services.
The fund maintains a diversified, long-term investment strategy with a primary objective of meeting or exceeding the assumed actuarial rate of return through active management across domestic and international equity (public and private), fixed income, real estate, and currency investments. As of March 31, 2015, the fund's target asset allocation included 33% U.S. equity, 25% U.S. fixed income, 13% international developed markets equity, and smaller allocations to Canadian equity, international hedged bonds, real estate, private equity, and cash equivalents. Total annual operating expenses are 0.13%, comprised of 0.11% in investment operation and management fees and 0.02% in fund administration expenses. The fund's one, five, and ten-year returns as of March 31, 2015, were 8.68%, 10.07%, and 6.68%, respectively, outperforming comparative policy indices. Investments in the fund are neither insured nor guaranteed by the State of Tennessee or any federal agency, and participants should consult independent financial advisors regarding suitability for their individual circumstances.
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Tennessee Treasury Managed Fund
(the “Fund”)
| Investment | Option | for | the | Tennessee | State | Employees |
| Deferred | Compensation | Plan | and | Trust |
| and | the | |||||
| State | of | Tennessee | Deferred | Compensation | Plan | II |
| DISCLOSURE | BROCHURE | |||
| Dated: | July | 1, | 2015 |
| Participants | in | the | 401(k) | Plan | or | the | 457 | Plan | should | read | this |
| Disclosure | Brochure | carefully | before | deciding | whether | to | invest | in | the |
Fund.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GLOSSARY
OVERVIEW
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS
EXPENSES AND FEES
INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
UNIT VALUATION
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
ADDITIONAL MATTERS
Portfolio Holdings, Financial Statements and Periodic Audits
How to Invest or Change Investment Allocations
| The | information | presented | in | this | Disclosure | Brochure | is | believed | to | be | accurate | as | of | the | date | printed | on |
| the | cover | page. | However, | the | information | and | opinions | in | this | Disclosure | Brochure | are | subject | to | change | ||
| without | notice. |
| For | more | information | about | the | Fund, | contact | the | Tennessee | Department | of | Treasury, | Andrew | Jackson |
| Building, | ATTN: | Director | of | Deferred | Compensation, | 13th | Floor, | 502 | Deaderick | Street, | Nashville, | TN | |
| 37243; | 615‐532‐2347; | http://treasury.tn.gov/index.html. |
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GLOSSARY
As used in this Disclosure Brochure, the capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth below:
Board – The Board of Trustees of the Retirement System, who are also the trustees of the Group Trust.
| Deferred | Compensation | Program | – | The | State | of | Tennessee | Deferred | Compensation | Plan | II | (also | known | |
| as | the | 401(k) | Plan) | and | the | Tennessee | State | Employees | Deferred | Compensation | Plan | and | Trust | (also |
| known | as | the | 457 | Plan). |
| Fund | – | The | Tennessee | Treasury | Managed | Fund, | a | fund | managed | by | the | Treasury | Department | in | which |
| the | assets | of | the | Retirement | System | are | invested. | Also | known | as | the | Group | Trust. |
| Group | Trust | – | The | State | of | Tennessee | Retiree | Group | Trust | created | March | 27, | 2015 | to | hold | the | assets | of | |
| the | Retirement | System | and | the | assets | of | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | that | Participants | direct | to | |||||
| be | invested | in | the | Fund. | For | a | copy | of | the | Group | Trust | Declaration | for | the | State | of | Tennessee | Retiree | Group |
| Trust | dated | March | 27, | 2015, | as | amended | from | time | to | time, | contact | the | Tennessee | Department | of | Treasury. |
| Investment | Policy | – | The | Retirement | System’s | Investment | Policy, | as | amended | from | time | to | time. | For |
| additional | information | about | the | Investment | Policy, | visit | http://treasury.tn.gov/tcrs/index.html | and | select | |||||
| the | Investment | Policy | and | related | information | under | the | Administration | Information | tab. |
| Participant | – | An | individual | with | an | account | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | who | is | responsible |
| for | selecting | one | or | more | of | the | investment | options | to | which | contributions | will | be | allocated. |
| Retirement | System | – | A | retirement | system | established | under | the | laws | of | the | State | of | Tennessee | for | the |
| purpose | of | providing | retirement | allowances | and | other | benefits | under | the | provisions | of | the | Statute. | Also | ||
| known | as | the | “Tennessee | Consolidated | Retirement | System” | (Tennessee | Code | Annotated | §8‐34‐202). |
| Statute | – | Title | 8, | Chapters | 34 | ‐ | 37 | of | the | Tennessee | Code | Annotated, | as | amended | from | time | to | time. | For |
| additional | information | about | the | Statute, | visit | http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/legislative.htm |
| Treasury | Department | – | Collectively, | the | Tennessee | State | Treasurer | and | the | Tennessee | Department | of |
| Treasury. | For | additional | information | about | the | Treasury | Department, | visit |
http://treasury.tn.gov/index.html.
| Unit | of | Interest | – | A | proportional | interest | in | the | Fund. | The | net | asset | value | of | each | Unit | of | Interest | is |
| calculated | by | dividing | the | value | of | the | net | assets | of | the | Fund | (i.e. | total | assets | minus | total | liabilities) | by | the |
| total | number | of | outstanding | Units | of | Interest | of | the | Fund. | For | additional | information, | please | refer | to | the | |||
| section | of | this | Disclosure | Brochure | captioned | Unit | Valuation. |
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OVERVIEW
| You | should | carefully | consider | your | risk | tolerance, | investment | horizon, | retirement | savings | goals | |||
| and | overall | investment | objectives | prior | to | making | an | investment | in | the | Fund. | You | should | also |
| consider | the | Fund’s | objectives, | risks, | fees | and | expenses, | in | addition | to | considering | the | other | |
| investment | options | available | to | you | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program. |
| The | Tennessee | Consolidated | Retirement | System | (“Retirement | System”) | is | a | retirement | system | ||||||
| established | under | the | laws | of | the | State | of | Tennessee | by | the | General | Assembly | to | provide | defined | benefit |
| pensions | and | other | benefits | for | state | employees, | teachers, | higher | education | employees, | local | government | ||||
| employees | and | employees | of | other | entities | authorized | to | participate. | Effective | March | 27, | 2015, | the | |||
| Tennessee | Consolidated | Retirement | System | trust | was | converted | to | the | Group | Trust | and | unitized | to | |||
| provide | Participants | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | an | opportunity | to | invest | in | the | Retirement | |||
| System | investment | portfolio | managed | by | the | Treasury | Department. |
| The | assets | of | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | that | Participants | direct | be | invested | in | the | Fund | will | be |
| held | in | the | Group | Trust | and | commingled | with | the | assets | of | the | Retirement | System | for | investment | |
| purposes. | Deferred | Compensation | Program | Participants | who | invest | in | the | Fund | will | hold | Units | of | Interest | ||
| issued | by | the | Group | Trust | in | their | Deferred | Compensation | Program | accounts. | Such | Units | of | Interest | are | |
| offered | subject | to | the | right | of | the | Board | or | the | Treasury | Department | to | reject | any | purchase | or |
| redemption | in | whole | or | in | part. |
| If | you | are | already | a | member | or | beneficiary | of | the | Retirement | System, | investing | in | the | Fund | will |
| not | increase | or | decrease | your | monthly | benefit | from | the | Retirement | System. |
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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
| The | primary | investment | objective | of | the | Fund | is | that | of | the | Retirement | System: | to | establish | a | stable, | |
| diversified | investment | portfolio | that, | in | the | long‐term, | will | meet | or | exceed | the | assumed | actuarial | rate | of | ||
| return, | as | adopted | by | the | Board, | in | order | to | provide | sufficient | liquidity | to | pay | pension | benefits | to | the |
| Retirement | System’s | beneficiaries | in | a | timely | manner. | Because | of | the | long‐term | nature | of | the | Retirement | |||
| System’s | investment | objective, | the | time‐horizon | for | the | Fund’s | investment | decisions | is | also | long‐term | |||||
| and | may | exceed | ten | (10) | years. |
| The | assets | of | the | Fund | are | actively | managed | with | allocations | across | domestic | and | international | debt | and |
| equity | (public | and | private), | real | estate, | currency | and | derivatives. | The | Investment | Policy, | as | approved | by | |
| the | Board, | provides | the | strategic | asset | allocation | ranges | and | authorizes | the | Treasury | Department | to | ||
| make | tactical | shifts | in | asset | allocations, | within | the | approved | asset | allocation | ranges, | as | deemed | ||
| appropriate | to | increase | risk‐adjusted | returns. | For | additional | information | about | the | Investment | Policy, | visit | |||
| http://treasury.tn.gov/tcrs/index.html | and | select | the | Investment | Policy | and | related | information | under | the | |||||
| Administration | Information | tab. |
As of March 31, 2015, the Retirement System’s portfolio target and actual asset allocations were as follows:
Asset Class Target Actual
U.S. Equity 33.0% 34.3%
Canadian Equity 4.0% 3.6%
International Developed Markets Equity 13.0% 13.1%
International Emerging Markets Equity 5.0% 4.5%
U.S. Fixed Income 25.0% 27.7%
International Hedged Bonds 4.0% 5.9%
Real Estate 7.0% 6.2%
Private Equity ‐ Traditional 3.0% 2.2%
Private Equity ‐ Strategic Lending 5.0% 2.2%
Short‐Term (Cash Equivalents) 1.0% 0.3%
(Source: Strategic Investment Solutions, Inc.)
| For | the | most | current | quarterly | asset | allocation | information | for | the | Retirement | System, | visit |
| http://treasury.tn.gov/tcrs/index.html | and | select | the | Investment | Consultant | Report | available | under | the | |||
| Board | Meetings | tab. |
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS
| As | with | any | investment, | you | may | lose | money | by | investing | in | the | Fund, | including | the | entire | amount | |
| you | invested. | Investments | in | the | Fund | are | neither | insured | nor | guaranteed | by | the | state | of | Tennessee, | the | |
| Tennessee | State | Treasurer, | the | Fund, | other | state | agencies, | federal | government | agencies | or | any | |||||
| employees | or | directors | of | any | such | entities. | The | Fund | is | not | registered | under | the | Investment | Company | ||
| Act | of | 1940, | nor | is | the | offering | of | Units | of | Interest | to | Deferred | Compensation | Program | Participants | ||
| registered | under | the | Securities | Act | of | 1933 | or | any | state | law. | Additionally, | investments | in | the | Fund | are | not |
| insured | by | the | Federal | Deposit | Insurance | Corporation | (“FDIC”). |
| There | are | numerous | risks | associated | with | investing | in | the | Fund. | This | Disclosure | Brochure | does | not | list | |
| every | conceivable | factor | that | may | affect | the | value | of | your | investment | in | the | Fund. | Certain | principal | risks |
| of | investing | in | the | Fund | are | described | below. | Additional | risks | may | arise. |
| Furthermore, | neither | the | Board | nor | the | Treasury | Department | makes | any | representation | concerning | the | |||
| appropriateness | of | investing | in | any | investment | option, | including | the | Fund, | for | any | Participant. | Other | ||
| types | of | investments | may | be | more | appropriate | depending | upon | a | Participant’s | financial | status, | tax | ||
| situation, | risk | tolerance, | age, | investment | horizon, | retirement | savings | goals | and | overall | investment | ||||
| objectives. | The | investments, | fees, | expenses, | and | other | consequences | and | features | of | alternative | ||||
| investments | may | differ | from | those | of | the | Fund. | Anyone | considering | investing | in | the | Fund | should | consider |
| alternative | investment | options | and | consult | an | independent | investment | adviser | or | other | financial | ||||
| professional | prior | to | investing | in | the | Fund. |
Suitability
| The | long‐term | nature | of | the | Fund’s | investment | objective | will | not | meet | the | needs | of | every | investor. | The | |
| Fund’s | asset | allocation | and | investment | strategies | may | be | changed | at | any | time, | based | on | the | needs | of | the |
| Retirement | System | and | changing | market | conditions. | Neither | the | Board | nor | the | Treasury | Department | will | ||||
| consider | the | age, | investment | objectives, | risk | tolerance | or | estimated | time | until | retirement | of | any | single | |||
| Participant. | Due | to | the | long‐term | nature | of | the | Retirement | System’s | liabilities, | the | time‐horizon | for | the | |||
| Fund’s | investment | decisions | may | at | times | exceed | ten | (10) | years. |
Liquidity
| The | Units | of | Interest | will | be | offered | and | sold | only | to | Participants | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program. | |||||
| There | will | be | no | public | market | for | the | Units | of | Interest | and | the | net | asset | value | of | each | Unit | of | Interest | will |
| be | computed | by | the | master | custodian, | under | the | ultimate | supervision | of | the | Treasury | Department. | The | |||||||
| Units | of | Interest | may | not | be | transferred | or | sold | except | as | permitted | by | the | Treasury | Department. | ||||||
| The | Treasury | Department | may | in | its | sole | discretion | restrict, | reject | or | cancel | a | purchase | or | redemption | ||||||
| (all | or | part) | for | any | reason | and | the | proceeds | may | be | withheld. | This | means | your | ability | to | transfer | ||||
| amounts | out | of | the | Fund | to | another | investment | option | available | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | |||||||
| may | be | restricted | and | your | ability | to | receive | cash | for | your | Units | of | Interest | when | you | take | a | distribution | |||
| from | your | Deferred | Compensation | Program | account | may | be | restricted. | Other | investment | options | ||||||||||
| available | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | may | have | different | restrictions, | limitations | and | ||||||||||
| minimums | and | may | impose | fees | for | redemptions | or | exchanges. | Check | each | investment | option’s | |||||||||
| disclosure | documents | (prospectus) | for | details. |
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Market Risk and Volatility
| Market | risk | involves | the | possibility | that | the | value | of | investments | held | by | the | Fund | will | fall | because | of | a |
| general | decline | in | the | relevant | market | or | adverse | events | affecting | an | individual | investment. | Market | |||||
| volatility | involves | dramatic | market | movements, | like | those | experienced | during | 2008 | and | 2009, | including | ||||||
| substantially | lower | valuations, | reduced | liquidity, | price | volatility, | credit | downgrades, | increased | likelihood | ||||||||
| of | default | and | valuation | difficulties. |
Equity Securities Risks
| Common | stocks | and | other | equity | securities | generally | increase | or | decrease | in | value | based | on | the | earnings |
| of | a | company | and | on | general | industry | and | market | conditions, | and | tend | to | experience | greater | price |
| fluctuations | than | fixed | income | securities. | Security | prices | of | companies | with | small | and | medium | market | ||
| capitalizations | are | often | more | volatile | and | less | liquid | than | investments | in | larger | companies. | Small | and | |
| medium | market | capitalization | companies | may | face | a | greater | risk | of | business | failure, | which | could | increase | |
| their | volatility. |
Sector Risk
| Companies | in | the | same | sector | may | be | similarly | impacted | by | adverse | market, | regulatory, | political | or | |
| economic | events | or | conditions | affecting | that | sector. | To | the | extent | the | Fund | concentrates | its | investments | |
| in | one | or | more | related | industries | or | sectors, | adverse | events | or | conditions | influencing | those | sectors | may |
| cause | significant | losses | to | the | Fund. |
Fixed Income Securities Risks
Fixed income securities are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk and call and prepayment risk.
Credit Risk
| Credit | risk | is | the | risk | that | the | value | of | a | fixed‐income | security | may | decline | because | the | issuer | is | unable | or |
| unwilling | (or | is | perceived | to | be | unable | or | unwilling) | to | make | timely | payments | of | principal | and | interest. | |||
| Lower | quality | or | unrated | fixed‐income | securities, | including | below | investment‐grade | securities | ||||||||||
| (commonly | known | as | “high‐yield” | or | “junk”), | are | subject | to | greater | price | fluctuations | and | are | more | likely | ||||
| to | experience | a | default | than | investment‐grade | securities. |
Interest Rate Risk
| Interest | rate | risk | is | the | risk | of | losses | due | to | changes | in | interest | rates. | The | market | values | of | fixed‐income |
| securities | typically | fall | when | interest | rates | rise. | Fluctuations | in | the | market | values | of | fixed‐income | |||||
| securities | held | by | the | Fund | usually | will | not | affect | cash | income | from | such | securities | but | will | be | reflected | in |
| value | of | the | Fund’s | Units | of | Interest. | Generally, | fixed‐income | securities | with | longer | durations | will | be | ||||
| more | sensitive | to | changes | in | interest | rates. |
Call and Prepayment Risk
| Call | and | prepayment | risk | is | the | risk | that, | during | periods | of | falling | interest | rates, | bonds | or | other | securities |
| may | be | called | or | otherwise | converted, | prepaid | or | redeemed | before | maturity. | If | this | occurs, | the | Fund | may | |
| be | forced | to | reinvest | the | unanticipated | proceeds | in | securities | with | less | favorable | terms. | Prepayment | risk | |||
| is | especially | high | for | mortgage‐ | and | asset‐backed | securities | during | periods | of | declining | interest | rates | ||||
| because | borrowers | will | typically | seek | to | refinance | these | loans. |
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Foreign Securities Risks
| Foreign | securities | may | experience | more | rapid | and | extreme | changes | in | value | than | securities | of | United | ||
| States | companies. | In | addition, | foreign | issuers | are | generally | not | subject | to | the | same | degree | of | regulation | |
| as | United | States | issuers. | Nationalization, | expropriation | or | confiscatory | taxation | or | political | changes | could | ||||
| adversely | affect | the | Fund’s | investments | in | a | foreign | country. | To | the | extent | that | foreign | securities | in | the |
| Fund’s | portfolio | are | not | dollar‐denominated, | there | is | a | risk | that | fluctuations | in | the | rate | of | exchange | |
| between | the | United | States | dollar | and | the | foreign | currencies | in | which | such | securities | are | denominated | ||
| may | negatively | affect | the | value | of | the | Fund’s | investments | in | the | foreign | securities. | The | Fund’s | ||
| investments | in | emerging | markets | are | subject | to | additional | and | greater | risks | than | investments | in | |||
| developed | foreign | markets. | These | risks | include | greater | illiquidity; | significant | price | volatility; | restrictions | |||||
| on | foreign | investment; | possible | repatriation | of | investment | income | and | capital; | and | currency | declines | and |
inflation.
Private Equity Risks
| Private | investment | funds | may | engage | in | speculative | and | alternative | trading | strategies. | Investments | in | |||||||
| private | funds | are | typically | illiquid | and | their | performance | results | can | be | extremely | volatile. | The | managers | |||||
| of | these | alternative | funds | typically | provide | estimated, | unaudited | fund | values | at | least | quarterly; | however, | ||||||
| such | estimated | valuation | may | be | on | a | quarterly | trailing | basis. | As | a | result, | the | value | of | a | Unit | of | Interest |
| will | be | based | on | these | estimates, | which | may | not | be | accurate | at | the | time | the | Fund | calculates | its | net | asset |
| value | per | Unit | of | Interest | due | to | material | changes | in | the | markets | and/or | the | value | of | the | private | funds’ | |
| assets | since | the | dates | of | the | estimate. | Additionally, | fair | valuation | by | private | investment | funds | is | |||||
| inherently | subjective. |
Real Estate Risks
Risks generally associated with investing in real estate include:
(i) possible declines in the value of real estate;
(ii) adverse general and local economic conditions;
(iii) possible lack of availability of mortgage funds;
(iv) changes in interest rates;
(v) inconsistent payments from underlying property users; and
(vi) environmental concerns.
| Additionally, | real | estate | is | often | only | valued | annually | and | valuation | is | inherently | subjective. | As | a | result, | ||||
| the | net | asset | value | of | the | Units | of | Interest | in | the | Fund | will | be | calculated | based | on | these | valuations, | which |
| may | not | be | accurate. | Investments | in | real | estate | are | typically | illiquid. |
Currency and Currency Hedging Risk
| Currency | risk | is | the | risk | that | the | value | of | the | Fund’s | investments | denominated | in | foreign | currencies | will | ||||
| be | adversely | affected | by | unfavorable | changes | in | currency | exchange | rates. | The | Fund | may | at | times | attempt | |||||
| to | hedge | currency | risk | with | derivatives | and | other | transactions. | While | hedging | strategies | are | designed | to | ||||||
| minimize | the | risk | of | loss | due | to | a | decline | in | the | value | of | the | hedged | currency, | they | involve | costs | to | the |
| Fund | that | may | limit | any | potential | gain | that | might | result | from | an | increase | in | value | of | the | hedged | currency. | ||
| Hedging | strategies | may | fail | for | a | number | of | reasons, | including | because | of | imperfect | correlation | between | ||||||
| the | hedge | and | the | currency | position. |
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Securities Lending Risk
| The | risks | in | lending | portfolio | securities | include | the | possible | delay | in | recovery | of | the | securities | or | possible | |
| loss | or | rights | in | the | collateral | should | the | borrower | fail | financial. | If | a | borrower | defaults, | the | value | of |
| collateral | held | by | the | Fund | may | decline | before | the | Fund | can | dispose | of | it. |
Derivatives Risk
| The | Fund | may | engage | in | a | variety | of | transactions | involving | derivatives, | such | as | swaps, | options, | futures | ||
| and | certain | foreign | currency | transactions. | Derivatives | are | financial | contracts | whose | value | depends | on, | or | ||||
| is | derived | from, | the | value | of | something | else, | such | as | an | underlying | asset, | pool | of | assets, | currencies, | |
| interest | rate | or | indices. | The | Fund | may | use | derivatives | for | several | purposes, | including | hedging, | as | a | ||
| substitute | for | a | direct | investment | in | securities | or | other | assets, | or | to | increase | its | exposure | to | a | particular |
| market. | Some | derivatives | are | “leveraged,” | which | means | that | an | adverse | change | in | the | value | of | the | ||
| underlying | asset, | index | or | reference | rate | can | result | in | a | loss | substantially | greater | than | the | amount | the | |
| Fund | initially | invested | in | the | derivative | itself. | The | risk | of | loss | from | certain | derivatives | positions | is | ||
| theoretically | unlimited. | Over‐the‐counter | derivative | transactions | also | involve | the | risk | that | the | |||||||
| counterparty | to | the | transaction | may | be | unwilling | or | unable | to | meet | its | obligations | to | the | Fund. |
Market Regulation Risk
| The | financial | crisis | of | 2007 | – | 2009 | and | other | market | disruptions | have | led | to | increased | governmental | and |
| regulatory | scrutiny | of | the | markets | in | general. | It | is | impossible | to | predict | the | changes | in | regulations | that |
| may | result | from | these | developments, | but | any | regulations | which | restrict | the | Treasury | Department’s | ||||
| trading | access | or | ability, | or | broker‐dealers’ | and | other | counterparties’ | trading | access | or | ability, | could | have | ||
| a | negative | impact | on | the | Fund. |
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EXPENSES AND FEES
| The | expenses | and | fees | are | based | on | actual | expenses | incurred | by | the | Retirement | System | related | directly | |
| to | its | investment | program | during | the | fiscal | year | ended | June | 30, | 2015 | and | projected | expenses | for | the |
| fiscal | year | ended | June | 30, | 2016. | There | are | no | revenue‐generating | fees | paid | to | the | Retirement | System | or |
| the | Treasury | Department | by | Fund | investors. |
| The | table | below | illustrates | the | expenses | that | you | may | pay | if | you | invest | in | Units | of | Interest | of | the | Fund. |
| Investment | Operation | and | Management | Fees | include | external | manager | and | investment | consultant | fees | as | |||||||
| well | as | fees | paid | to | the | master | custodian. | Fund | Administration | Expenses | include | personnel | and | ||||||
| recordkeeping | costs. | Commission | costs | for | publicly | traded | securities | and | management | fees | for | private | |||||||
| equity | investments | are | capitalized, | meaning | commission | costs | and | management | fees | are | not | included | in | ||||||
| the | expenses, | but | are | recorded | in | the | value | of | the | assets. | Deferred | Compensation | Program | Participants | |||||
| who | invest | in | the | Fund | should | be | aware | that | the | expenses | incurred | by | them | may | be | higher | than | the | |
| expenses | of | the | Retirement | System | because | Participants | pay | the | incremental | cost | of | offering | the | Fund | as | ||||
| an | investment | option | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program. |
| The | total | expenses | that | you | pay | may | be | higher | or | lower | depending | on | several | factors, | including |
| the | actual | expenses | incurred | by | the | Fund. |
Investment Operation and Management Fees 0.11%
Fund Administration Expenses 0.02%
Total Annual Operating Expenses 0.13%
| This | example | is | intended | to | help | you | compare | the | cost | of | investing | in | the |
| Fund | with | the | cost | of | investing | in | other | investment | options | available | within | ||
| the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | (refer | to | the | section | of | this | Disclosure | |||
| Brochure | captioned | Additional | Matters | for | more | information | on | how | to | obtain | |||
| information, | including | costs, | on | the | other | investment | options | available). |
| The | example | assumes | that | you | invest | ten | thousand | dollars | ($10,000) | in | the | |
| Fund | for | the | periods | indicated. | The | example | also | assumes | that | your | ||
| investment | has | a | five | percent | (5%) | return | each | year | and | that | the | Fund’s |
| expenses | remain | the | same. |
| Although | your | actual | costs | and | the | return | may | be | higher | or | lower, | based | on |
| the | above‐stated | assumptions, | your | costs | would | be: |
| 1 | Year | 3 | Years | 5 | Years | 10 | Years | |
| $13.34 | $42.00 | $73.52 | $166.74 |
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INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
| The | principal | value | of | your | account | and | the | investment | return | may | fluctuate, | and | the | Units | of |
| Interest, | when | redeemed, | may | be | worth | more | or | less | than | the | amount | contributed. |
| The | performance | information | below | shows | the | Retirement | System | investment | portfolio’s | performance | ||||||
| year‐to‐year | since | its | inception | in | 1977. | Past | performance | is | not | a | guarantee | or | prediction | of | future | |
| performance. | Returns | in | the | bar | chart | are | for | periods | ended | June | 30th | and | calculated | using | a | market, |
| time‐weighted | rate | of | return | method. | The | time‐weighted | rate | of | return | method | values | a | portfolio’s | |||
| performance, | taking | into | account | any | cash | inflows | and | outflows | that | may | have | occurred | during | the | ||
| valuation | period. |
| Retirement | System | Annual | Returns* |
| 1977 | ‐ | 2014 |
(Source: Strategic Investment Solutions, Inc.)
| * | The | Retirement | System | did | not | begin | investing | in | real | estate | investments | until | 1999 | and | private | equity |
| investments | until | 2009. |
35.40%
‐15.27%
‐20%
‐10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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The table below compares the Fund’s returns with those of comparative indexes as of March 31, 2015.
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Tennessee Treasury Managed Fund ‐‐ ‐‐ ‐‐
Comparative Indexes
Retirement System 8.68% 10.07% 6.68%
Policy Index1 8.12% 9.87% 7.04%
Total Fund Allocation Index Index2 8.09% 9.39% N/A
(Source: Strategic Investment Solutions, Inc.)
| 1 | Effective | 1/1/13, | the | Policy | Index | for | the | Retirement | System | is | comprised | |||
| of | the | following | components: | 33% | S&P | 1500; | 4% | S&P | / | TSX | 60 | Index; | 13% | |
| MSCI | EAFE | Investable | Market | Index | (net); | 5% | MSCI | Emerging | Markets | |||||
| Index | (net); | 25% | Citigroup | Large | Pension | Fund | Index; | 4% | Citigroup | TIPS | ||||
| Index; | 3% | Custom | Traditional | Private | Equity | Index | (consisting | of | S&P | 500 | ||||
| + | 3% | Index | lagged | one | quarter | (due | to | reporting | availability | of | ||||
| performance | and | valuation)); | 5% | Custom | Strategic | Lending | Index | |||||||
| (consisting | of | 50% | Barclay’s | High | Yield | 2% | Issuer | Capped | Index | and | 50% | |||
| Credit | Suisse | Leveraged | Loan | Index); | 7% | NCREIF | Property | Index | lagged | |||||
| one | quarter | (due | to | reporting | availability | of | performance | and | valuation); | |||||
| and | 1% | 91‐Day | United | States | Treasury | Bills. |
| 2 | Effective | 1/1/15, | Total | Fund | Allocation | Index | for | the | Retirement | System | is | |
| comprised | of | the | following | components: | 3.73% | S&P | 1500; | 4.1% | S&P | / | TSX | |
| 60 | Index; | 13.3% | MSCI | EAFE | Investable | Market | Index | (net); | 5.1% | MSCI | ||
| Emerging | Markets | Index | (net); | 26.4% | Citigroup | Large | Pension | Fund | Index; | |||
| 6.4% | Citigroup | TIPS | Index; | 6.1% | NCREIF | Property | Index | lagged | one | |||
| quarter | (due | to | reporting | availability | of | performance | and | valuation); | 1.9% | |||
| Custom | Traditional | Private | Equity | Index | (consisting | of | S&P | 500 | + | 3% | Index | |
| lagged | one | quarter | (due | to | reporting | availability | of | performance | and | |||
| valuation)); | 2% | Custom | Strategic | Lending | Index | (consisting | of | 50% | ||||
| Barclay’s | High | Yield | 2% | Issuer | Capped | Index | and | 50% | Credit | Suisse | ||
| Leveraged | Loan | Index); | and | 1% | 91‐Day | United | States | Treasury | Bills. |
For the most current quarterly performance data for the Fund, visit www.empower‐retirement.com.
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UNIT VALUATION
| The | net | asset | value | of | each | Unit | of | Interest | in | the | Fund | is | calculated | by | dividing | the | value | of | the | net | assets |
| of | the | Fund | (i.e., | total | assets | minus | total | liabilities) | by | the | total | number | of | outstanding | Units | of | Interest | of | |||
| the | Fund. |
| The | net | asset | value | of | the | Fund | is | determined | as | of | the | close | of | regular | trading | on | the | New | York | Stock |
| Exchange | (“NYSE”) | each | day | the | exchange | is | open | (typically | 4:00 | p.m. | Eastern | Time). | The | Fund | generally | |||||
| values | its | investments | for | which | market | quotations | are | readily | available | at | market | value. | All | other | ||||||
| investments | and | assets | are | valued | at | their | fair | value, | which | may | differ | from | market | prices. | Market | |||||
| quotations | are | generally | not | available | for | certain | investments, | including | private | equity | and | real | estate | |||||||
| investments. | Private | equity | fund | investments | are | generally | valued | based | on | unaudited, | estimated | |||||||||
| valuations | provided | by | the | fund’s | manager, | which | are | typically | provided | quarterly. | Real | estate | ||||||||
| investments | are | valued | based | on | the | last | provided | estimated | valuation, | which | may | be | several | months | old. | |||||
| The | Fund | translates | prices | for | its | investments | quoted | in | foreign | currencies | into | United | States | dollars | at | |||||
| current | exchange | rates | on | each | day | it | values | its | securities. | Because | foreign | markets | may | be | open | at | ||||
| different | times | than | the | NYSE, | the | value | of | the | Fund’s | Units | of | Interests | may | change | when | Participants | ||||
| are | unable | to | make | purchases | or | redemptions. |
| Fair | value | represents | a | good | faith | approximation | of | the | value | of | an | asset. | Because | of | the | inherent |
| uncertainty | and | subjective | nature | of | fair | valuation, | a | fair | valuation | price | may | differ | significantly | from | the | |
| value | that | the | Fund | would | actually | receive | in | a | sale | of | the | asset. |
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GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
| General | administration | and | responsibility | for | the | proper | operation | of | the | Retirement | System | are | vested | with | |
| the | Board, | including | the | authority | for | investing | and | reinvesting | the | assets. | The | Board | consists | of | twenty |
| members | who | are | outlined | and | named | in | the | Retirement | System’s | annual | report, | which | is | available | |
| online | at | www.treasury.tn.gov. |
| The | day‐to‐day | administration | and | operation | of | the | Retirement | System | and | the | Fund | are | delegated | to | the |
| State | Treasurer, | a | constitutional | officer. | The | State | Treasurer | serves | as | the | custodian | for | and | invests | the |
| assets | of | the | Group | Trust | in | accordance | with | the | Statute, | Group | Trust | Declaration | and | the | Retirement |
| System’s | Investment | Policy. | The | State | Treasurer | appoints | a | Chief | Investment | Officer | who | is | responsible | ||
| (with | the | investment | staff | of | the | Treasury | Department) | for | the | ongoing | evaluation | and | management | of | |
| the | assets. | The | Treasury | Department | engages | outside | investment | managers | to | manage | a | limited | number | ||
| of | asset | classes | or | subclasses, | primarily | international | equity, | and | retains | the | services | of | several | ||
| investment | consultants. |
| State | Street | Bank | and | Trust | Company | serves | as | the | master | custodian, | providing | portfolio | accounting | and |
| daily | valuation | services | for | the | Treasury | Department, | including | the | Fund. |
| Great‐West | Life | & | Annuity | Insurance | Company | serves | as | the | recordkeeper | and | administrator | of | the |
| Deferred | Compensation | Program, | providing | comprehensive | deferred | compensation | plan | administration | |||||
| and | recordkeeping | services | for | the | Treasury | Department, | including | assets | of | the | Deferred | Compensation | |
| Program | invested | in | the | Fund. |
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ADDITIONAL MATTERS
Portfolio Holdings, Financial Statements and Periodic Audits
| The | Fund’s | largest | stock | and | bond | holdings | as | of | the | end | of | the | most | recent | calendar | quarter | are |
| available | by | visiting | www.empower‐retirement.com. | Typically, | this | list | is | updated | fifteen | (15) | business | ||||||
| days | after | the | end | of | a | calendar | quarter. |
| The | Treasury | Department | prepares | the | financial | statements | of | the | Retirement | System | and | the | Fund. | A |
| copy | of | the | annual | report | is | available | on | the | Treasury | Department’s | website, | www.treasury.tn.gov. |
| The | Treasury | Department | is | subject | to | auditing | by | the | State | of | Tennessee, | Comptroller | of | the | Treasury. | A |
| copy | of | the | Treasury | Department’s | annual | audit | report | is | available | on | the | Tennessee | Comptroller | of | the | |
| Treasury’s | website, | http://www.comptroller.tn.gov/sa/AuditReportCategories.asp. |
How to Invest or Change Investment Allocations
| Only | Participants | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program | may | invest | in | the | Fund. | A | Participant | in | the | ||
| Deferred | Compensation | Program | may | move | any | portion | of | his/her | account | balance | into | or | out | of | the | ||
| Fund | on | a | daily | basis | (generally, | any | day | on | which | the | New | York | Stock | Exchange | (“NYSE”) | and | the |
| Treasury | Department | are | open | for | regular | business | activity); | however, | excessive | trading | in | the | Fund | is | |||
| highly | discouraged. | The | Treasury | Department | may | in | its | sole | discretion | restrict, | reject | or | cancel | a | |||
| purchase | or | redemption | (all | or | part) | for | any | reason | and | the | proceeds | may | be | withheld. |
| To | invest | in | the | Fund, | change | investment | allocations | or | for | additional | information | about | the | investment |
| options | available | in | the | Deferred | Compensation | Program, | a | Participant | can: |
Go online: www.empower‐retirement.com
Email: tn401k457@gwrs.com
Call: 800‐922‐7772
| For | more | information | about | the | Fund, | contact | the | Tennessee | Department | of | Treasury, | Andrew | Jackson |
| Building, | ATTN: | Director | of | Deferred | Compensation, | 13th | Floor, | 502 | Deaderick | Street, | Nashville, | TN | |
| 37243; | 615‐532‐2347; | http://treasury.tn.gov/index.html. |
| The | Board | and | Tennessee | Department | of | Treasury | and | its | employees | are | not | authorized | to | provide | legal, |
| financial | or | tax | advice. | Prospective | and | existing | Fund | investors | should | consult | their | personal | legal, | ||
| tax | or | other | advisers | for | inquiries | specific | to | their | circumstances. |
| The | Treasury | Department | operates | all | programs | and | activities | free | from | discrimination | based | on | race, | ||
| sex | or | any | other | classification | protected | by | federal | or | Tennessee | state | law. | Individuals | who | may | require |
| an | alternative | communication | format | should | contact | the | Tennessee | Treasury | Human | Resources | Title | VI | |||
| Coordinator | at | Treasury | Department, | Human | Resources, | 14th | Floor, | Andrew | Jackson | Building, | 502 | ||||
| Deaderick | Street, | Nashville, | TN | 37243; | 615‐741‐4915. |
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