SamCERA approves $30m in commtiments

The U.S. public pension has backed a North America and a multi-regional focused fund.

Institution: San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association
Headquarters: Redwood Shores, United States
AUM: $4.25bn
Allocation to alternatives: 16.90%
Bitesize: $10-$50m

San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association announced commitments of $20 million to Great Hill Equity Partners VII and $10 million to Altas Partners Holdings II.

As illustrated in the charts below, the $4.25 billion US public pension has a 7.0 percent target allocation to private equity that currently stands at 6.80 percent. SamCERA committed a total of $30 million to private equity so far in 2019.

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