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State retirement system

Illinois State University Retirement System (SURS)

State retirement systemteachersIL
Assets
$24B
Total assets, Jun 30, 2024 derived
Funded
n/a
not filed
Private markets target
36.0%
policy Jun 30, 2025
Commitments
0
none on the tape
Allocation policy
ACFR, as of Jun 30, 2025
Asset class (as printed)BucketTargetRangeActualGapBasis
Core Fixed IncomeFixed income10.0%reported surs.org
Long DurationFixed income2.0%reported surs.org
U.S. TIPSFixed income5.0%reported surs.org
Long Volatility/Tail RiskHedge / diversifiers2.0%reported surs.org
Systematic Trend FollowingHedge / diversifiers10.0%reported surs.org
Private CreditPrivate credit5.0%reported surs.org
Public Credit Fixed IncomePrivate credit4.0%reported surs.org
Alternative Risk PremiaPrivate equity3.0%reported surs.org
Private EquityPrivate equity11.0%reported surs.org
Global Public EquityPublic equity35.0%reported surs.org
Core Real AssetsReal assets8.0%reported surs.org
Non-Core Real AssetsReal assets5.0%reported surs.org
Consultants and advisers
1 firms
People
2 roles
Chief investment officer
Michael C. Schlachter
Chief Investment Officer (Jun 30, 2025) surs.org
Michael C. Schlachter, CFA Chief Investment Officer
Manager roster
No manager relationship is on the tape for this allocator.
Commitments
No fund commitments are on the tape for this allocator. The tape holds the plans that publish their own private-markets reports; a plan that publishes one and is not here is a gap we can close.
Size and funding
57 readings
Total assets
$24B Jun 30, 2024 derived Census ASPP
$23B (2023-06) · $22B (2022-06)
Fiduciary net position
$24B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
$23B (2023-06) · $23B (2022-06)
Long-term investments
$24B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
$23B (2023-06) · $21B (2022-06)
Total pension liability
$30B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
$29B (2023-06) · $29B (2022-06)
Discount rate
6.35% Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
6.37% (2023-06) · 6.39% (2022-06)
Participants
228,105 Jun 30, 2024 derived Census ASPP
223,813 (2023-06) · 219,568 (2022-06)
Active members
63,063 Jun 30, 2024 derived Census ASPP
61,509 (2023-06) · 60,281 (2022-06)
Beneficiaries
73,303 Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
72,580 (2023-06) · 71,458 (2022-06)
Benefits paid
$3.1B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
$3.0B (2023-06) · $2.9B (2022-06)
Investment expense
$131M Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP
$117M (2023-06) · $111M (2022-06)
What changed
2 events
  • Jun 30, 2024Assets changed
    Illinois State University Retirement System (SURS) fiduciary net position $23.2B -> $24.3B (+4.9%, 2023-06-30 to 2024-06-30)
  • Jun 30, 2024Assets changed
    Illinois State University Retirement System (SURS) total assets $22.9B -> $24.3B (+5.8%, 2023-06-30 to 2024-06-30)
Board record: approvals, recommendations, searches, terminations and re-up prospects for this system.
Provenance
Identifiers: Census PID6 226223
Cross-graph: no entry on another DFX graph
First observed Sep 15, 2026, last observed Sep 15, 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.