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State Employee and Teacher Plan

State retirement systemteachers· Maine

State retirement system, based in Maine, reporting $21B in assets, for 128,666 participants.

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

As of 2026-09-10 · the latest dated event for this allocator; each figure carries its own filing or report date

Assets: $21B
Fund commitments: 20
Managers: 1

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Commitments (20)Consultants Managers

As of 2026-09-10 · the latest dated event for this allocator; each figure carries its own filing or report date

What matters now

$1.03B
approved, 3 funds
$1.03B approved across 3 funds on 10 Sep 2026: Ares Senior Direct Lending Core BYOT Master Fund $500M, Meridiam North America Core Infrastructure Fund I $280M, Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund $250M.
10 Sep 2026 · 2 re-ups with existing managers.
Factboard minutes, 10 Sep 2026For GPs raising in these strategies, placement agentsBoard record →

Capital path

who backs this record, through what, into what; each name opens its own path

Who decides

James A. Bennett Ph.D., CFA, CAIAChief Investment Officer
Scott A. LupkasDeputy Chief Investment Officer
Dr. Rebecca M. WykeChief Executive Officer

State Employee and Teacher Plan

Funds committed to

Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund$250M committed
WhiteHawk V Onshore Fund$250M committed
GTCR Fund XV$145M committed

All 10

Managers

Ares$500M across 1 commitment
Blackstone$375M across 2 commitments
Brookfield$300M across 1 commitment

All 11

Size, funding, policy and commitments, with their basesState retirement systemShow

State retirement system

Assets

$21B

Fiduciary net position, Jun 30, 2025 reported

Funded

not on record

not filed

Private markets target

no policy read

Commitments

19 dated closings

Consultants and advisers

2 firms

Cambridge Associates General consultantthrough Jun 30, 2025 ACFR
Cheiron Actuarythrough Jun 30, 2025 ACFR

People

3 roles

Chief investment officer

James A. Bennett Ph.D., CFA, CAIA

Chief Investment Officer (Jun 30, 2025) mainepers.org

James A. Bennett Ph.D., CFA, CAIA Chief Investment Officer

Scott A. Lupkas Deputy Chief Investment OfficerDeputy CIO
Dr. Rebecca M. Wyke Chief Executive OfficerExecutive director / CEO

Manager roster

11 managers on the commitment tape

From the plan’s own commitment disclosures

Ares$500M, 1 row, 1 re-ups, latest Sep 10, 2026
Blackstone$375M, 2 rows, latest Sep 10, 2026
Brookfield$300M, 1 row, latest Jul 9, 2026

+8 more managers received commitments

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What changed

23 events

Sep 10, 2026Commitment approved
MainePERS (invests itself) approves $20M to JSL Health Capital Fund II
with JSL Health Capital Management, LLCmainepers.org
Sep 10, 2026Commitment approved
MainePERS (invests itself) approves $10M to JSL Health Capital Fund II Special Investment Vehicle
with JSL Health Capital Management, LLCmainepers.org
Sep 10, 2026Commitment approved
MainePERS (invests itself) approves $500M to Ares Senior Direct Lending Core BYOT Master Fund
with Aresmainepers.org
Sep 10, 2026Commitment approved
MainePERS (invests itself) approves $40M to Technology Impact Fund III
mainepers.org
Sep 10, 2026Commitment approved
MainePERS (invests itself) approves $40M to Technology Impact Growth Fund III
mainepers.org

+18 more dated events

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Commitments

21 rows, 0 dated closings

Date	Fund	Manager	Bucket	Amount	Status	Source
as of Sep 10, 2026	Ares Senior Direct Lending Core BYOT Master Fund	Ares	Private credit	$500M	Approvedre-up	mainepers.org
as of Sep 10, 2026	Meridiam North America Core Infrastructure Fund I	Meridiam	Infrastructure	$280M	Approvedre-up	mainepers.org
as of Sep 10, 2026	Blackstone Senior Direct Lending Fund	Blackstone	n/a	$250M	Approved	mainepers.org

+18 more commitments

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Size and funding

58 readings

Total assets

$16B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

$15B (2023-06) · $15B (2022-06)

Fiduciary net position

$21B Jun 30, 2025 reported ACFR

$16B (2024-06) · $15B (2023-06) · $15B (2022-06)

Long-term investments

$16B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

$15B (2023-06) · $14B (2022-06)

Total pension liability

$2.2B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

$2.4B (2023-06) · $2.4B (2022-06)

Discount rate

6.50% Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

6.50% (2023-06) · 6.50% (2022-06)

Participants

128,666 Jun 30, 2024 derived Census ASPP

127,864 (2023-06) · 126,179 (2022-06)

Active members

40,932 Jun 30, 2024 derived Census ASPP

40,586 (2023-06) · 40,121 (2022-06)

Beneficiaries

38,789 Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

39,038 (2023-06) · 38,408 (2022-06)

Benefits paid

$1.0B Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

$982M (2023-06) · $931M (2022-06)

Investment expense

$109M Jun 30, 2024 reported Census ASPP

$115M (2023-06) · $104M (2022-06)

Commitment history

20 decisions the board record started

Vehicle	Manager	Amount	State	Proposed	Approved	Closed	First reported	Other LPs
Ares Senior Direct Lending Core BYOT Master Fund	Ares	$500M	approved	-	Sep 10, 2026	-	-	-
Technology Impact Fund III, LP	Capricorn Investment Group LLC	$40.0M	approved	-	Sep 10, 2026	-	-	-
Technology Impact Growth Fund III, LP	Capricorn Investment Group LLC	$40.0M	approved	-	Sep 10, 2026	-	-	-

+17 more board decisions

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Provenance

Identifiers: Census PID6 228200

Cross-graph: no entry on another DFX graph

First observed Sep 15, 2026, last observed Sep 23, 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.

Not yet on record: funded ratio, private markets allocation target, allocation policy.

Capital chain

State Employee and Teacher Plan sits on 13 traced paths of capital across the graphs.

Allocator commitments to a managerConsultant to allocator to manager

DFX traced 13 paths of capital through this record

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Record history

23 dated events on the change ledger, latest first

Commitment approved
2026-07-09source
Commitment approved
2026-07-09source
Commitment approved
2026-07-09source

+20 more changes on this record's ledger

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›Connections

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+13 connections on the graph

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