Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund

The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund is preparing to search for credit managers to meet its new 3% target asset allocation ($350 million) to the asset class.

Sterling Bay Lincoln Yards has received tax increment financing (TIF) funding from the City of Chicago, but ultimately could not seal a deal with the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund.

New Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund CIO Fernando Vinzons shares his outlook on the current investment environment and on alternative assets. 

Fernando Vinzons has been named chief investment officer at the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund, effective July 11. He joins the $13.1 billion retirement system after spending 14 years at the Cook County Pension Fund, the last four of which he ...

The $13 billion Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund announced a record net return on investments of 28.69% for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. The system handily exceeded its 6.75% investment assumption and is among numerous public pension plans announced ...

Andrew Kelsen was named interim chief investment officer of the $13.1 billion Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund following the recent departure of Angela Miller-May to lead the nearby Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. He has been with the system since 2014 as ...

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) announced that Angela Miller-May will be joining as the $54 billion pension system’s chief investment officer on August 16. She is joining a pension system that is the best-funded in the state at 94% ...

Carlton Lenoir Sr. will serve as executive director of the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (CTPF) as of Aug. 2. The nationwide search led to Lenoir, who was the chief benefits officer at the Springfield-based Illinois Teachers’ Retirement system for the ...

The $12 billion Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund collected proposals this week from potential new private equity investments following the issuance of a search for all qualified MWDBE firms offering a closed-end fund structure. MWDBE, which stands for Minority-Owned, Women-Owned and ...