Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois confirms $100m commitment

The US public pension has backed Taurus Mining Finance Fund II.

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Institution: Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois
Headquarters: Springfield, United States
AUM: $51.05bn
Allocation to alternatives: 35.40%
Bitesize: $50-100m

Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois has agreed to commit $100 million to Taurus Mining Finance Fund II, a contact at the pension informed Infrastructure Investor. The pension previously committed $80 million to the fund’s predecessor.

As illustrated in the charts below, the pension has committed to three infrastructure funds with a 2018 or 2019 vintage which combined constitute $377 million.

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