NJ pension fund boosted by investment gains, despite ‘volatile environment’

By: John Reitmeyer, Budget/Finance Writer

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: October 29, 2026

Words: 1,025

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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Over the last several years, strong investment returns have bolstered state policymakers’ ongoing efforts to improve the fiscal health of the nearly $90 billion pension fund for hundreds of thousands of New Jersey public workers.

But carrying that momentum into the current fiscal year is proving to be more difficult, according to preliminary return estimates reviewed Wednesday during a New Jersey State Investment Council public meeting.

While still subject to final auditing, investment gains recorded …

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