September 23, 2022 | News, Press Release
Champaign, IL – The State Universities Retirement System Board of Trustees on Sept. 16 voted to retain Nipun Capital and William Blair for Emerging Market Equity mandates with a 50/50 allocation of assets between the two managers, subject to successful completion of...
September 20, 2022 | News
The Department of Central Management Services (CMS) has recently announced that open enrollment for the state of Illinois Total Retiree Advantage Illinois (TRAIL) Medicare plans will be Nov. 1- Nov. 30, 2022. Aetna PPO will be the only insurance carrier offered under...
September 12, 2022 | News, Press Release
The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) today announced its investment portfolio returned -1.4%, net of fees, for fiscal year 2022, significantly outpacing the policy benchmark return of – 4.9%. When compared to a universe of other large public funds,...
June 9, 2022 | News, Press Release
Champaign, IL – The State Universities Retirement System Board of Trustees on June 3 added to the System’s real assets investments by committing $225 million to Clarion Lion Properties Fund, subject to successful contract negotiations. This is a new fund commitment...
April 26, 2022 | Press Release
Champaign, IL – The State Universities Retirement System Board of Trustees on April 21 added to the System’s real assets investments by committing $100 million to the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF), $50 million to Crow Holdings Realty Partners X and $50 million...
March 15, 2022 | News, Press Release
Champaign, IL – Following the SURS’ Board of Trustees meeting on March 11, Chairperson John Atkinson released the following statement regarding Gov. Pritzker’s call for the state pension funds to take all steps within their authority to explore divestment from Russian...
February 3, 2022 | News, Press Release
Champaign, IL – Gov. Pritzker on Wednesday introduced his fiscal year 2023 budget that includes the full certified state contribution to the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) of $2,118,567,000. To reduce the unfunded liabilities of the five...