Cook County (IL) ERS — assets, returns and funding
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Newest reported year for this plan: fiscal year 2024 —
public plans publish audited figures 6–12 months after year end, and the database compiles
them in batches, so this is the current public record, not a stale copy.
Cook County (IL) ERS (Illinois) reported $13.7bn of assets for fiscal year 2024, a one-year investment return of 9.6%, and was 65.9% funded — meaning the assets on hand covered that share of the benefits it has promised.
| Total assets (FY 2024) | $13.7bn |
| 1-year return | 9.6% |
| 5-year return (annualised) | 7.2% |
| 10-year return (annualised) | 7.2% |
| Funded ratio (GASB) | 65.9% |
How the money is invested (asset allocation)
Share of total assets by sleeve, as the plan reported it for FY 2024 — sleeves the plan does not report are omitted:
| Public equities | 57.0% |
| Fixed income (bonds) | 22.9% |
| Real estate | 7.8% |
| Private equity | 5.7% |
| Hedge funds | 4.7% |
| Cash | 1.1% |
| Commodities | 0.8% |
Figures as reported for fiscal year 2024 · Data: Public Plans Database (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College / MissionSquare Research Institute / NASRA) — used with attribution under its non-commercial terms · Refresh: quarterly pull, annual figures · Limitations: public plans report with a lag — FY figures arrive months after year end; returns are as reported by the plan, net/gross basis varies by plan
See also: all tracked plans · how the private-equity funds these plans invest in have actually performed, from the plans' own disclosures: private market performance, and where plans' numbers diverge on the same fund.