PENSION SAVINGS PLAN ANNUAL REPORT BOARD OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION
2006
ELECTED OFFICIALS of the CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MAYOR
ROCKARD J. DELGADILLO CITY ATTORNEY
LAURA CHICK CONTROLLER
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ERIC GARCETTI PRESIDENT THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
WENDY GREUEL PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE SECOND DISTRICT
JAN PERRY ASSISTANT PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE NINTH DISTRICT
ED REYES First District
DENNIS P. ZINE Third District
TOM LABONGE Fourth District
JACK WEISS Fifth District
TONY CARDENAS Sixth District
RICHARD ALARCON Seventh District
BERNARD PARKS Eighth District
HERB J. WESSON, JR. Tenth District
BILL ROSENDAHL Eleventh District
GREIG SMITH Twelfth District
JOSE HUIZAR Fourteenth District
JANICE HAHN Fifteenth District
BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DIVISION
CALIFORNIA
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, ROOM 867 LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 (213) 485-4846
SYLVIA DREW -IVIE PRESIDENT
NANCY McCLELLAND VICE PRESIDENT
-JOHN PEREZ ANTHONY DE LOS REYES MARISSA CASTRO-SALVATI -VICTORIA A. SCHOOLS COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MAYOR
April 15, 2007 The Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor Honorable Council of the City of Los Angeles Pension Savings Plan Participants I am pleased to submit the City of Los Angeles Pension Savings Plan Annual Report for 2006. The Pension Savings Plan is the retirement program for parttime, temporary and seasonal employees. This program provides an important resource for these employees, in lieu of participating in Social Security, to acquire assets for retirement. The Personnel Department’s ongoing objective is to ensure that participants are able to maximize the benefits available to them under the Plan. Respectfully submitted,
Margaret Whelan General Manager Personnel Department
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PENSION SAVINGS PLAN
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE GENERAL MANAGER PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT (Administration & Contracting Authority)
Staff Support
Personnel Department Employee Benefits Division (Management functions: contracts, RFPs, consultant liaison, distribution processing)
Consultant
Board of Deferred Compensation Administration Advisory to General Manager
Third Party Administration/ Investment Provider
Recordkeeping & Investment Management (Participant Functions: Recordkeeping, Communication, Distributions) (Investment Management – Stable Value Fund)
City Controller/ DWP Payroll (Data/contribution transmission, corrections)
Consulting Services (Advisory Functions: RFP development, bid review, plan design recommendations, investment performance monitoring) City Attorney (Plan counsel, contract review, interpretive guidance, beneficiary and divorce claims)
PLAN STATISTICS Plan Assets - Year-end total Plan assets were $49.9 million vs. $46.3 million in 2005. All assets are invested in the Plan’s stable value fund, meaning there is no market risk associated with these assets. The graph below charts the growth in assets from 2000 through 2006.
As s e t H is to ry - 2 0 0 0 -20 0 6 (in m illions) $4 9.9
$53.0
$46 .3 $ 43.5
$48.0
$4 0.9
$43.0
$37 .5
$38.0
$ 33.2
Dec-06
Jun-06
Dec-05
Jun-05
Dec-04
Jun-04
Dec-03
Jun-03
Dec-02
Jun-02
Dec-01
$28.0
Dec-00
$33.0
Jun-01
$2 8.7
Participant Accounts - As of December 31, 2006, the City’s Plan had a total of 33,592 participant accounts, a 6.3% increase from the prior year, as the City’s hiring of part-time employees continued to remain strong.
Participant Accounts 35,000
26,214 (+2.2%)
27,702 (+5.7%)
29,012 (+4.7%)
29,588 (+2.0%)
31,599 (+6.8%)
33,592 (+6.3%)
30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2001
2002
2003
5
2004
2005
2006
Comparison to Deferred Compensation Plan – Both the Pension Savings Plan and the City’s optional Deferred Compensation Plan (available to full-time employees) are established under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code. However, because each program serves different employee populations, assets in the Deferred Compensation Plan vastly exceed those held within the Pension Savings Plan. Assets - DCP vs. PSP
$2.6 billion Deferred Compensation Plan $49.9 million
Pension Savings Plan $0
$1,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$3,000,000,000
Despite the asset size difference, both programs have similar participant totals, as indicated below:
Participants - DCP vs. PSP
Deferred Compensation Plan
36,784
33,592
Pension Savings Plan 0
10,000
6
20,000
30,000
40,000
Closed vs. Added Accounts – Due to the large number of accounts relative to the asset base, the Pension Savings Plan is a more expensive plan to administer. As a result, program staff in concert with the Plan Administrator strive to facilitate the closing of accounts, which occurs through participants taking distribution following severance of employment or rolling over Pension Savings account balances to the Deferred Compensation Plan if/when they transition to full-time City employment. The graph below indicates the number of new accounts added compared to those closed for 2002-2006:
1 ,8 4 1
2006
3 ,5 9 8 1 ,8 2 7
2005
A c c o u n ts C lo s e d
3 ,6 2 7
A c c o u n ts A d d e d
2 ,1 4 2
2004
3 ,3 0 2 1 ,9 6 4
2003
3 ,6 1 5
2 ,0 7 2
2002 0
1 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0
3 ,5 0 8
3 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
Source of Closed Accounts – The following graph breaks out closed accounts by distributions vs. rollovers for 2002-2006. Rollovers are primarily sent to the Deferred Compensation Plan when participants transition from part-time, temporary or seasonal employment to full-time employment.
2,000
1,794
1,795 1,434
1,600
1,429
1,200 800
760 750
566
722
478 280
400 0 2006
2005
2004
2003
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2002
Distributions Rollovers
Participants at Balance Levels – The graph below breaks out participant accounts by balance level. The average account balance in 2006 was $1,487, virtually unchanged from the 2005 average balance of $1,465.
P a r tic ip a n ts b y B a la n c e L e v e l 1 4 ,0 0 0
1 2 ,1 0 6
1 2 ,0 0 0 1 0 ,0 0 0 8 ,0 0 0
6 ,9 1 0
6 ,0 0 0
4 ,3 2 7
3 ,6 0 5 2 ,4 6 6
4 ,0 0 0
1 ,7 1 4
2 ,0 0 0
1 ,6 5 6
1 ,3 5 4
366
0 Under $100
$ 1 0 1 -$ 2 0 0
$ 2 0 1 -$ 3 0 0
$ 3 0 1 -$ 4 0 0
$ 4 0 1 -5 0 0
$501$ 1 ,0 0 0
$ 1 ,0 0 1 $ 5 ,0 0 0
$ 5 ,0 0 1 $ 1 0 ,0 0 0
O ver $ 1 0 ,0 0 1
Stable Value Fund – All assets within the Pension Savings Plan are invested in the Great-West Stable Value Fund, managed by and provided through the Plan administrator, Great-West Retirement Services. The Stable Value Fund is a separate account held for the exclusive benefit of participants in the Plan. Fund participants receive all of the investment performance of the Fund excluding fixed administrative and investment management fees. Assets are primarily invested in mortgage backed securities and/or asset-backed securities. Following are key features of the Stable Value Fund for 2006: • All Securities Rated - AAA • Average Duration – 2.9 Years • Coupon Yields Range - 4.0% to 8.0% • Investment Management Fee – 0.25% • Administration Fee – 1.58% • 2006 Annual Yield (adjusted, net of fees) – 3.40%
Summary of Investments - 12/31/06 Reperforming 1% Asset-Backed Securities 0%
CMO/Agency Guaranteed Final Maturity 3% Floater
Collateralized Mortg Oblig-SEQ 11%
Collateralized Mortg Oblig-PAC 2%
3% FNMA-Balloons 2%
Adjustable Rate Mortgages 8%
FGLMS Pass Throughs 18%
FNMA Pass Throughs 44% FHLMC Pass-Throughs 8%
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Conclusion The Pension Savings Plan represents a valuable benefit for the City’s many part-time, temporary and seasonal employees. The Personnel Department will continue its mission to administer a program that provides competitive rates of return at a reasonable cost.
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