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Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund Adds $2.1 Billion to Illinois Economy in 2023

Analysis finds that each dollar the $12.1 billion pension fund paid out in pension benefits generated $1.40 in economic activity in the state.

By Michael Katz



The Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund’s $1.5 billion in payments to participants living in Illinois in 2023 had a $2.1 billion impact on the state’s economy and supported more than 11,500 jobs, according to its 2024 Economic Impact Statement.

The report found that each dollar it paid out in pension benefits generated $1.40 in economic activity for the state.

“We are proud to serve as an economic engine for the growth of our community and state,” CTPF Executive Director Carlton Lenoir said in a statement. “Our members are active and important members of their individual communities, and this report helps illustrate the impact they make throughout Illinois.”

The report, released annually by the $12.1 billion pension fund, calculates the CTPF’s impact on the state of Illinois and its largest city, Chicago, and includes data on economic impact by legislative district and city ward in Chicago. To assess the economic impact, the report uses standard economic multipliers supplied by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis to measure the direct and indirect effect of payments made to the pension fund’s annuitants.

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According to the report, 82% of the fund’s annuitants who collect a pension remain in the state, with nearly half of them residing in Chicago. Those Chicago-based annuitants received $742 million in pension benefits in 2023, which resulted in approximately $1 billion in total economic impact and supported nearly 5,800 jobs in the city, the report stated.

The pension fund boasts that it leads its peers with $5.9 billion, or 49.3% of its total assets, invested with minority, women, and disadvantaged-owned business enterprises for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. It also said its assets in the firms have increased by more than 3,000% since it first began tracking the data in the early 1990s.

The report also said that approximately $2.2 billion, or 18.7%, of the pension fund’s investment portfolio was invested with Illinois-based investment managers.

“These investments pay dividends for our members and yield excellent overall long-term returns and financial stability for our members,” Lenoir said in the report. “Nearly 20% of those assets are invested with and directly support managers here in Illinois, providing vital opportunity for MWDBE firms and our fund.”


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Kathleen Lutito, Lumen Technologies CIO, to Retire in May

Flora Hedrick will be the new CIO.

By Matt Toledo



Kathleen Lutito, president and CIO of Lumen Technologies’ corporate defined benefit plan, CenturyLink Investment Management, will retire effective May 3, a spokesperson for the company told CIO. When Lutito retires, she will have been at the company for 27 years.

As of December 31, 2023, Lumens defined benefit plan had 24,000 active employee participants, 55,000 active and retired employees eligible for healthcare benefits, and 28,000 retirees and former employees with vested pension benefits, according to the company’s most recent 10-k. Lumen’s defined benefit plan currently has $25 billion in assets.

“[Lutito], and her team has managed assets ranging from $11-25 billion across multiple employee benefit trusts and provided mentorship across the company and the industry. She will be sorely missed as she makes time to serve on various boards and enjoy traveling and spending more time with family and friends.” the spokesperson said.

In the role, Lutito will be succeeded by Flora Li Hedrick, who is currently the head of private investments at MissionSquare Retirement.

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Lutito and Lumen Technologies/CenturyLink Investment Management were honored by CIO at the 2021 Industry Innovation Awards, winning in the category of corporate defined contribution plans. She is also a member of CIO’s Power 100 list.

“Markets and the industry are evolving much faster than they have in the past,” Lutito told CIO in 2021. “We’re getting more data than we ever have; technology is making everything move faster as well. When I look to the future, the role of the CIO is going to be more important than it ever has been because it will be up to the CIO to look at all of the innovations and all of the wobbles and make a decision.”

Lutito began her career at the Colorado Public Employees Retirement System, and later worked at Denver Investment Advisors, where she was a portfolio manager. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Management from Western Colorado University and a master’s in finance from the University of Colorado, Denver.

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