Active members

Your Member Annual Statement reflects the benefit you’ll receive in retirement

Jan. 23, 2025 Mailed each March, your statement includes information such as your future earned benefit, your designated beneficiaries, your vested status, what you could earn if you keep working, your earnings record, and your member contribution balance....

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Will your monthly benefit be enough?

Jan. 13, 2025 Although LAGERS is designed to be the foundation of your retirement security, your retirement will likely include income from more than just your LAGERS benefit....

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Investing for the future

Jan. 10, 2025 Our philosophy is simple: don’t forecast, just listen. Unlike most institutional investment philosophies, which focus on valuations (value of assets), LAGERS believes valuations matter only at the extremes (the peaks and valleys in the market), with returns primarily determined by trends in the market, otherwise known as…...

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A year in review

Dec. 31, 2024 For more than 50 years, Missouri LAGERS has helped local government workers prepare for a secure retirement. This year was no different, and your LAGERS staff worked tirelessly each day to ensure we remain strong fiduciaries of your future benefit....

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Looking back at FY 24, Missouri LAGERS reports strong financial health

Dec. 18, 2024 Membership continues to grow and long-term performance remains strong, with returns over the 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-year periods exceeding the assumed rates....

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In FY 24, LAGERS retirees returned $596 million in economic impact to Missouri

Dec. 16, 2024 Each year, approximately 92% of the income paid to LAGERS benefit recipients remains in the local Missouri economy....

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Chief Investment Officer’s report from the 2024 ACFR

Dec. 18, 2024 Read the LAGERS CIO's investment report from the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report....

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December Board Report

Dec. 13, 2024 The LAGERS Board of Trustees convened for their quarterly board meeting on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the LAGERS office building in Jefferson City....

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Income taxes and your LAGERS benefit

Tax time is a great time to review your withholding amounts and make any changes. You can update your tax withholdings on your myLAGERS account at any time....

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2024 Legislative session concludes with no direct impact to LAGERS

May 17, 2024 LAGERS had a single legislative priority during the session in House Bill 2431 and Senate Bill 898, which sought to modernize LAGERS board composition and election practices....

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