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The $254 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund over the summer added over $1.5 billion to alternatives, the majority of which went to private equity strategies.

The $65 billion Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois in Springfield (TRS) allocated across multiple asset classes, putting about $1 billion to work in alternatives with private equity leading the way in new activity.

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) in Oak Brook approved multiple alternative investment funds at its board of trustees meeting late last week. The roughly $48 billion public pension plan also approved an investment policy that decreased the maximum commitment ...

The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System in Springfield has added five managers to its private equity and real assets programs following partial redemptions in its diversifying strategies program. The $64 billion pension fund has also improved its funded ratio slightly to ...