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  • LACERS has four semi-finalists for PE consultant RFP
    PEI Staff- 10 February 2017

    The US public pension will discuss further the PE consultant semi-finalists at its Feb.14th meeting.

  • New Jersey pension fund hires new PE consultant
    Annabelle Ju- 2 July 2015

    The NJ Division of Investment entered a five-year contract with TorreyCove

  • New Mexico PERA sets aside $290m for PE
    Chelsea Stevenson- 7 March 2014

    The $14 billion system also plans to commit $80m to real estate funds this year.

  • Maine loses head of alternatives
    Chelsea Stevenson- 5 February 2014

    Ned Creedon has left MainePERS to join the University of Illinois Foundation as its head of private investments.

  • Maine poised with $200m for co-investment
    Christopher Witkowsky- 20 September 2013

    The $11bn retirement system can spend the co-investment capital with its existing private equity and infrastructure managers, without waiting for approval from the board.

  • GTCR targets $3.25bn for 11th fund
    Chelsea Stevenson- 19 September 2013

    The Chicago-based firm launched its fund earlier this year for investments in North American mid-market companies.

  • Rhode Island gets on board EnCap’s latest fund
    Christopher Witkowsky- 17 January 2013

    The state’s investment commission approved committing $20m to EnCap’s Fund IX, which is targeting $4.25bn and already has the support of several public systems in the US.

  • Maine gets $30m access to KKR
    Christopher Witkowsky- 6 January 2013

    The $10bn pension system, which only started investing in private equity in 2008, has added some of the biggest names in the asset class to its portfolio, including KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman.

  • Rhode Island hires Cliffwater for private equity
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    Pacific Corporate Group Asset Management formerly worked as the private equity consultant for the $7.9bn Rhode Island Public Employees' Retirement System.

  • New Jersey paves way for secondaries sales
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The US pension may, if the price is right, sell up to $1bn-worth of private equity holdings on the secondaries market.