VRS approves $400m in commitments

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

Virginia Retirement System has approved commitments of $200 million each to Littlejohn Fund VI and Apollo Hybrid Value Fund.

The $78 billion US public pension has a 12 percent target allocation to private equity that currently stands at 9.7 percent.

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