Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (Illinois Teachers) has approved a $250m (€230.5m) commitment to Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund V.

The latest commitment expands the existing partnership between the pension fund and Stonepeak, as Stonepeak already managed $130m of the pension fund’s real assets investments.

As previously reported, the Stonepeak is seeking to raise $15bn for Fund V, a fund planning to make 12 to 15 investments in North American companies across energy transition, transportation, logistics, and communications, with each deal ranging from $500m to $1.5bn and held for 5-7 years.   

Fund IV, the previous fund in the series raised $14bn at its close  in February 2022.

Fund V has not yet completed any investments. Stonepeak is currently focusing on deploying Fund IV’s remaining capital before beginning transactions for Fund V, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß understands. 

Both commingled funds have the same investment strategy. This is to invest in infrastructure assets located in North America.

Stonepeak declined a request for comment.

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