The Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (PMRS) is actively evaluating private credit as part of its US-focused investment strategy while seeking broader asset diversification, according to a report by Bloomberg citing CEO Timothy Reese.
The Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) has made three new alternative investment commitments totalling $120m, further diversifying its portfolio across real estate and private equity, according to a report by Pension & Investments Online.
New State Capital Partners has held the final close of Fund IV with $700m in capital commitments. The fundraising, which was oversubscribed, above its target, and completed in less than six months takes the firm’s overall assets to $1.8bn.
Carr’s Hill Capital Partners Management (Carr’s Hill), a New Orleans-based private equity firm focused on family- and founder-owned businesses in the industrial and infrastructure services sectors, has closed its first fund at $210m.
Arcmont Asset Management has secured mandates totalling €475m for a new Impact Lending strategy from pension asset manager APG, and TIAA, one of the world’s largest institutional investors and a provider of retirement and financial services.
bd-capital, a pan-European, operator-led private investment firm, has held the final closing of its second fund, bd-capital Fund 2 at €430m in total capital commitments – 20% higher than its initial fundraising target of €350m.
Private equity giant Blackstone has raised an $8bn fund – Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies V (BREDS V) – to invest in commercial real estate debt, marking one of the largest such fundraises in history, according to a report by Benzinga.
Capitala Group, an investment firm focused on the lower mid-market, has successfully closed its latest fundraise, exceeding its target with $1bn in commitments, including leverage and separately managed accounts.
PineBridge Benson Elliot (PBBE), a pan-European real estate private equity specialist, has closed its sixth fund, Benson Elliot Real Estate Partners VI (Fund VI), with €500m in total committed capital as of February 2025.
The ACCESS Pool – A Collaboration of Central, Eastern and Southern Shires composed of 11 local government pension schemes, with assets totalling c£52bn – has appointed Adams Street Partners and HarbourVest Partners as its private equity allocators.
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