Northern Trust Appointed Custodian for Illinois Firefighters’ Pension Investment Fund
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today its selection by the Illinois Firefighters’ Pension Investment Fund (FPIF) to provide custody services for the combined pension assets of approximately 300 firefighter pension funds across suburban Chicago and downstate Illinois.
- Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today its selection by the Illinois Firefighters’ Pension Investment Fund (FPIF) to provide custody services for the combined pension assets of approximately 300 firefighter pension funds across suburban Chicago and downstate Illinois.
- Created by the Illinois Pension Code in 2019, the FPIF is responsible for consolidating, managing and investing the assets of municipal and fire protection district pension funds across Illinois.
- A nine-member Board of Trustees – made up of four active firefighters, one retired firefighter and four employee representatives – governs the fund.
- “Northern Trust meets the custodial and transition management needs of public pension fund clients with dynamic, multi-faceted solutions.”
In order to consolidate assets from approximately 300 member funds, Northern Trust employed its global Transition Management model to track and report on each stage of the process.