The Board of Investments of the USD74 billion Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has allocated USD400 million out of a total investment pot of USD4.1 billion to private equity managers. That’s according to a report by AlternativesWatch which credits ‘a fund official’ for the information. LACERA was assisted

Private equity investments helped the Ontario Pension Plan (HOOP) chalk up an annual Gian of over 11 per cent last year, according to a report by WSJ Pro Private Equity. As a result of that performance, the CAD114.4 billion Toronto-based pension scheme now has more assets than it owes in

CalPERS, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, upped it allocation to alternatives by over USD7 billion at then back end of 2021, according to a report by AlternativesWatch. The new funds were allocated to eight opportunistic credit strategies during Q4 2021 with the USD490 billion pension scheme having added private

CalSTRS, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, made more than 50 new private markets investments in the second half of 2020, according to a report by AlternativesWatch. The move bolstered the pension schemes overall private markets allocation by some USD7.4 billion last year. CalSTRS’ private equity investments have produced an

The Oxfordshire Pension Fund Committee has been recommended to approve cutting its multi-asset (DGF) target allocation of 5 per cent to 0 per cent. The Board has also been recommended to increase its allocations to private equity from 9 per cent to 10 per cent, infrastructure from 3.0 per cent

An additional USD430 million in funds has been allocated to existing US apartment partnerships by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), according to a report by I&PE Real Assets. Institutional Multifamily Partners a USD5.2 billion partnership with GID Investment Advisors has been allocated USD350 million by the USD496 billion

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed to making a cornerstone investment in the Estateguru Senior Secured Credit Fund. The new fund has a target size of up to EUR170 million and is aiming to invest in senior secured SME property-backed loans originated primarily in the Baltics, Finland and Germany.

The Minnesota State Board of Investment has approved an additional allocation of more than USD2.6 billion to global private markets investments, according to a torpor by AlternatvesWatch. The USD136 billion board already has a USD18.6 billion private markets portfolio including private equity, private credit, real estate and real assets investments