Institution: Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System
Headquarters:Â Harrisburg, US
AUM:Â $72.5 billion
Allocation to alternatives:Â 33.2%
Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System has approved a $250 million commitment to International Infrastructure Finance Company III, according to materials from a January investment meeting.
Mariner Investment Group launched the infrastructure debt vehicle in August 2020 with a fundraising target of $1 billion and a $1.5 billion hard-cap. IIFC III seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by providing regulatory relief capital to top-tier bank counterparties backed by portfolios of primarily seasoned infrastructure finance, project finance, asset-backed finance and commercial real estate loans.
PSERS allocates $652.5 million to private infrastructure investments, comprising 0.9 percent of its total investment portfolio. The public pension has a target allocation to private infrastructure of 4 percent.
As illustrated below, PSERS’ recent private infrastructure commitments have primarily been to energy and renewables-focused vehicles that invest globally.
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