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LSERS approves $50m commitment to a real assets focused private equity fund

The US public pension has backed a private equity fund with a primary focus on upstream infrastructure investments.

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Institution: Louisiana School Employees’ Retirement System
Headquarters: Baton Rouge, United States
Total AUM: $1.87bn
Allocation to Alternatives: 21.0%
Bitesize: $10-50m

LSERS has agreed to commit $50 million to Aether Real Assets V, according to a source within the retirement system. Aether Investment Partners is a Colorado-based private equity firm that invests exclusively in real assets including oil and natural gas, metals and minerals, agriculture, and timber.

The $1.87 billion public pension currently allocates 3.5% of its funds to private equity.

As illustrated in the charts below, the Pension most recently committed to Rosemawr Capital IV and Scout Energy Partners V, two 2019 vintage private equity funds.

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