Illinois Statutes Chapter 40. Pensions § 5/1-113.15. Qualified fund-of-fund management services

(a) As used in this Section:

“Qualified fund-of-fund management services” means either (i) the services of an investment adviser acting in its capacity as an investment manager of a fund-of-funds or (ii) an investment adviser acting in its capacity as an investment manager of a separate account that is invested on a side-by-side basis in a substantially identical manner to a fund-of-funds, in each case pursuant to qualified written agreements.

“Qualified written agreements” means one or more written contracts to which the investment adviser and the board are parties and includes all of the following: (i) the matters described in items (1), (4), (5), (7), (11), and (12) of subsection (c) of Section 1-113.14; (ii) a description of any fees, commissions, penalties, and other compensation payable, if any, directly by the retirement system, pension fund, or investment board (which shall not include any fees, commissions, penalties, and other compensation payable from the assets of the fund-of-funds or separate account); (iii) a description (or method of calculation) of the fees and expenses payable by the Fund to the investment adviser and the timing of the payment of the fees or expenses; and (iv) a description (or method of calculation) of any carried interest or other performance based interests, fees, or payments allocable by the Fund to the investment adviser or an affiliate of the investment adviser and the priority of distributions with respect to such interest.

(b) A description of every contract for qualified fund-of-fund management services must be posted in a conspicuous manner on the web site of the retirement system, pension fund, or investment board. The description must include the name of the fund-of-funds, the name of its investment adviser, the total investment commitment of the retirement system, pension fund, or investment board to invest in such fund-of-funds, and a disclosure approved by the board describing the factors that contributed to the investment in such fund-of-funds. No information that is exempt from inspection pursuant to Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act shall be disclosed under this Section.