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The investment committee of the Ohio School Employees Retirement System approved $125 million in commitments to two funds at its November trustees’ meeting.

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund added several firms across real assets and private equity, and about 24% of the capital went to minority-owned and women-owned firms.

The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund added two alternative investment funds managed by Barings and Alterra Property Group at its August board meeting.

The $33 billion Texas Employees Retirement System (ERS) has grown its private equity portfolio via fund and co-investment commitments by roughly $400 million over March and April, officials disclosed this week.

Private credit took the lead today with $1 billion put to work, much of it toward high-end multi-family/retail mixed-used developments.

Private equity deals centered on cybersecurity, tech and fintech led the way today in the AW Research Deal Watch with a total of $370 million in activity.

Barings closed its inaugural Barings Innovation and Growth Real Estate Fund with $680 million in investor commitments. The capital raise expands the firm’s U.S. real estate equity platform to over $13.1 billion. The strategy is focused on capitalizing on fundamental ...

Dealmaking is back in full swing after a holiday lull. AW Research tracked $1.1 billion worth of publicly disclosed deal activity from April 7-11.

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $16.3 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period for the week ending Nov. 4. Private equity: $13 billion Cooperative Ventures invested in Sabanto, a hardware and software company that ...

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $5.6 billion in alternative investment deals announced in the week ending Oct. 28.