The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, has allocated an additional $445 million in commitments to private equity and real estate, according to a report by Pensions & Investments.

Aliph Capital, a female-led, GCC-centric private equity firm, has secured a $125 million investment for its maiden fund, Aliph Fund I (LP), from ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company.

The Illinois State Board of Investment believes that private markets will outperform public equivalents over the long term and is increasing its private equity target allocation as a result, according to a report by BuyOutsInsider.

Coyote Ventures, a venture firm focused on early-stage women’s health and wellness startups, has secured an LP investment from Bank of America. Bank of America is the largest institutional investor in the fund and follows previous investments from The Case for Her and Tripple Family Office.

The Maryland State Retirement & Pension System has included private equity firms Thoma Bravo, Apollo, Silver Lake in its latest $1.1 billion of investment commitments, according to a report by PE Insights.

Indiana Public Employees Retirement System (INPRS) made an addition commitment to six new alternative investment strategies during June and July totalling £600 million, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has is to make an investment of $15 million in Singapore-based private equity firm KV Asia Capital’s second fund.

The Teachers’ Retirement System of Texas has made an additional private markets’ allocation totalling $685 million to range of funds including commitments to private equity, energy and natural resources, as well as a digital assets venture capital fund, according to a report by AlternativesWatch

The Ocean 14 Capital fund, which focuses exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar ‘blue economy’, has received a commitment of €10 million from the  Constitutional Reserve Fund of Monaco to support its mission of funding sustainable solutions to improve ocean health.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund has become Growth Curve Capital’ latest Limited Partner (LP).