The Board of Trustees of the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, more commonly known as Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (CTPF), has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for climate transition index manager services. The investment manager will provide CTPF with a climate transition index equity strategy according to the following guidelines:

  • Minimum fund/strategy size of $3 billion
  • Ability to structure investment as a separate account
  • Benchmark will be determined based on final product selected

We seek responses from all qualified candidates. The total mandate size will be approximately $400 – $500 million.

Required Information:

All candidate firms must submit their fund information to the Callan manager database, CallanDNA, including any previous fund performance data, where applicable; there is no charge for this process.

RFP Deadlines:

Deadline for written questions from respondents: January 9, 2026 (COB)

Compilation of questions and answers posted to CTPF website: January 16, 2026 (COB)

RFP due date: January 23, 2026, no later than 12:00 p.m. (CT)