An Ohio Pension Manager Risks Running Out of Retirement Money. His Answer: Take More Risks-By Heather Gillers

The headquarters of the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio in Columbus, where Mr. Majeed is in charge of investments.

PHOTO: HAIYUN JIANG FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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The graying of the American worker is a math problem for Farouki Majeed. It is his job to invest his way out.

Mr. Majeed is the investment chief for an $18 billion Ohio school pension that provides retirement benefits to more than 80,000 retired librarians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other former employees. The problem is that this fund pays out more in pension checks every year than its current workers and employers contribute. That gap helps explain why it is billions short of what it needs to cover its future retirement promises.