South Carolina Retirement System approves $75m commitment

The US public pension has backed TA Associates' 13th growth equity fund.

Institution: South Carolina Retirement System
Headquarters: Columbia, United States
AUM: $31.32bn
Allocation to alternatives: 20.40%
Bitesize: $100-200m

South Carolina Retirement System has agreed to commit $75 million to TA XIII, according to the pension’s latest meeting materials. This is the first time South Carolina has committed to a TA Associates private equity fund.

The $31.32 billion US public pension has a 6.90 percent target and current allocation to private equity.

As illustrated below, South Carolina has made seven private equity commitments to funds with a 2018 or 2019 vintage, which combined constitute $1.15 billion.

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