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Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597

Taft-Hartley plan· Chicago, Illinois

Taft-Hartley plan, based in Chicago, Illinois, reporting $3.0B in assets, for 14,408 participants.

Composed from this allocator's classification, location and filed figures.

Assets
$3.0B
Funded ratio
104.3%
Fund commitments
8
Managers
7
As of · the latest dated event for this allocator; each figure carries its own filing or report date

Nothing material in the last 90 days. Last change: Dec 31, 2024, Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 total assets $2.7B -> $3.0B (+10.0%, 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31).

3 more advisers, 4 more managers and 19 more commitments

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Capital path

who backs this record, through what, into what; each name opens its own path
Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597

Relationship network

54 connected entities22 observed commitments13 repeat counterparties12 dated commitments shown here, 2022 to 2024

From board minutes, annual reports, Form 5500 filings and public records of commitments, consultants and staff in the allocator graph. Commitment amounts are those the allocator disclosed; many are not printed, and none is estimated.

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Managers, funds and consultants are read from the commitments: three or more is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat counterparty. No consultant link is marked current on the source, so none is labelled current or former here. Related plans, people and plan service providers are ordered by what the filing shows.

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Size, funding, policy and commitments, with their basesTaft-Hartley planShow
Taft-Hartley plan
Assets
$3.0B
Total assets, Dec 31, 2024 reported
Funded
104.3%
Jan 1, 2024
Private markets target
no policy read
policy Dec 31, 2024
Commitments
8
3 managers on Schedule C
Plan sponsor: Trustees of Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund Local 597

Allocation policy

Form 5500, as of Dec 31, 2024
Actual allocation lines without a target (as filed)
  • Interest-bearing cash 0.9%
  • Non-interest-bearing cash 0.2%
  • Corporate debt instruments (other) 4.3%
  • U.S. Government securities 4.3%
  • Other investments 0.4%
  • Partnership/joint venture interests 8.2%
  • 103-12 investment entities 3.4%
  • Common/collective trusts 59.3%
  • Registered investment companies 15.6%
  • Real estate (other than employer real property) 3.1%

Consultants and advisers

6 firms

+3 more consultants and advisers advise this allocator

Every name, record and relationship behind this count, with the source on each.

People

No investment staff or executives have been read for this allocator yet.

Manager roster

7 managers on the commitment tape
From the plan’s own commitment disclosures

+4 more managers received commitments

Every name, record and relationship behind this count, with the source on each.

From Schedule C (investment management, code 28)

+2 more Schedule C managers

Every name, record and relationship behind this count, with the source on each.

What changed

4 events
  • Dec 31, 2024Assets changed
    Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 total assets $2.7B -> $3.0B (+10.0%, 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31)
  • Dec 31, 2023Holding endedinference
    Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 no longer reports Multi-Employer Property Trust (NEW Tower Trust Company) (last held $42M at 2022-12-31; absent from the 2023-12-31 filing)
    with NEW Tower Trust Companyaskebsa.dol.gov
  • Jan 1, 2023Funded status changed
    Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 funded ratio 100.4% -> 102.5% (2022-01-01 to 2023-01-01)
  • Jan 1, 2023Assets changed
    Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 plan assets $3.0B -> $2.5B (-16.2%, 2022-01-01 to 2023-01-01)
Board record: approvals, recommendations, searches, terminations and re-up prospects for this system.

Commitments

22 rows, 0 dated closings
DateFundManagerBucketAmountVintageStatusSource
as of Dec 31, 2024U.S. Core Partners Collective Invescollective trustBenefit Trust CompanyPooled vehicles$61.7M heldDisclosed holdingaskebsa.dol.gov
as of Dec 31, 2024Afl-Cio Building Investment Trustcollective trustGreat Gray Trust CompanyPooled vehicles$21.7M heldDisclosed holdingaskebsa.dol.gov
as of Dec 31, 2024NIS High Yield Fund, LLCcollective trustNational Investment Svcs of AmerFixed income$11.5M heldDisclosed holdingaskebsa.dol.gov

+19 more commitments

Every fund and manager this allocator committed to, with the amount, date and source on each.

Size and funding

30 readings
Total assets
$3.0B Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$2.7B (2023-12) · $2.5B (2022-12)
Plan assets
$2.7B Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
$2.5B (2023-01) · $3.0B (2022-01)
Net assets
$3.0B Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$2.7B (2023-12) · $2.5B (2022-12)
Funded ratio
104.3% Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
102.5% (2023-01) · 100.4% (2022-01)
Participants
14,408 Jan 1, 2024 reported Form 5500
14,218 (2023-01) · 13,981 (2022-01)
Contributions
$103M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$97.5M (2023-12) · $96.6M (2022-12)
Benefits paid
$191M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$170M (2023-12) · $165M (2022-12)
Net investment income
$273M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$244M (2023-12) · -$478M (2022-12)
Investment management fees
$1.8M Dec 31, 2024 reported Form 5500
$1.5M (2023-12) · $1.7M (2022-12)

Form 5500 filings

3 plan years
Plan yearParticipantsAssets (SB market)Funding targetFTAPTotal assets (H)Partnerships / JVMaster trustReal estate
2024 to Dec 31, 202414,408Not disclosedNot disclosedn/a$3.0B$245MNot disclosed$93.1M
2023 to Dec 31, 202314,218Not disclosedNot disclosedn/a$2.7B$275MNot disclosed$108M
2022 to Dec 31, 202213,981Not disclosedNot disclosedn/a$2.5B$265MNot disclosed$126M
Service providers and investment entities as filed (Schedule C and D, latest year first)

+96 more service providers

Every name, record and relationship behind this count, with the source on each.

Provenance

Identifiers: EIN-PN 626105084-001
Cross-graph: no entry on another DFX graph
First observed Sep 15, 2026, last observed Nov 3, 2026. Classification confirmed. Every row above carries its source; a reported figure is the subject’s own, a derived one is arithmetic on reported figures, an estimated one is a model or a survey imputation and is never summed into a headline.
Capital chain

Pipe Fitters Retirement Fund, Local 597 sits on 10 traced paths of capital across the graphs.

Consultant to allocator to manager

DFX traced 10 paths of capital through this record

Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.

Derived from allocator disclosures, BDC schedules and SEC filings; confidence is the weakest hop.

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Record history

4 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Total assets changed
    2024-12-31source on record
  • Holding in a pooled vehicle ended
    2023-12-31source on record
  • Funded status changed
    2023-01-01source on record

+1 more change on this record's ledger

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›Connections

every published relationship on the graph

+13 connections on the graph