NYSCRF approves $345m in commitments

The US public pension has backed three North America-focused funds.

New York State Common Retirement Fund has committed $300 million to Blackstone Core Equity Partners, $30 million to PVP Fund II and $15 million to Innovation Endeavours III.

The $207 billion US public pension has a 10 percent target allocation to private equity that currently stands at 8.3 percent.

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