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SURS Assigns Up To $30 Million To Real Estate Fund

April 26, 2021 | Press Release

Champaign, IL – The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Board of Trustees approved a commitment of the lesser of $30 million or 10 percent of total fund commitments to Newport Capital Fund III, the closed-end, non-core real estate fund managed by...

A New Way To Save From SURS

April 8, 2021 | News

SURS is offering a new voluntary savings plan called the SURS Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) through participating SURS employers. The SURS DCP will provide members another avenue to save more and generate additional retirement income. Learn more and see if your...

SURS Winter Newsletter Now Available

March 1, 2021 | News

Read details about the upcoming trustee election, new Deferred Compensation Plan, investments, legislation and a letter from our interim executive director. Click here to read.

SURS Wins Award for Communications Excellence

February 25, 2021 | News

SURS has won a first-place Eddy Award from Pensions & Investments newspaper for its communications efforts in promoting the redesign of its defined contribution plan – the Retirement Savings Plan. The Eddy Awards are given annually to private companies and...

SURS Executive Director Resigns

February 19, 2021 | News

Martin Noven, executive director of the State Universities Retirement System (SURS), resigned his position on Feb. 18 to focus his attention on a new career opportunity. SURS Board of Trustees thanked Noven for his accomplishments over the past four years. Noven...

SURS Executive Director Resigns

February 19, 2021 | Press Release

Champaign, IL — Martin Noven, executive director of the State Universities Retirement System (SURS), resigned his position on Feb. 18 to focus his attention on a new career opportunity. SURS Board of Trustees thanked Noven for his accomplishments over the past...

SURS Announces Candidates For Upcoming Board Election

February 18, 2021 | News

SURS will hold a trustee election April 1 – May 3, to fill two expiring annuitant positions. There are also two expiring active-member seats on the board, but because only two active SURS members successfully completed petitions with the required 400 signatures,...

SURS Approves Real Estate Allocation

February 12, 2021 | Press Release

Champaign, IL – The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Board of Trustees on Jan. 29 voted to commit an additional $100 million to the Carlyle Property Investors (CPI) real estate fund subject to completion of subscription documents. An initial...