MCERA Flags Liquidity Concerns at Board Meeting
Merced County Employees’ Retirement Association struck a cautious tone on private markets during a recent board meeting, telling trustees liquidity will matter more as the $1.5B plan moves toward a cash-flow negative position. Staff flagged the pension’s 16% private equity and 6% direct lending allocations, both above policy targets, while trustees also pressed on manager oversight, fees, and underperformance even as direct lending remained a relative bright spot.
Boston Retirement System approved an €8.5M commitment to CapVest Equity Partners VI, completed its real estate search with $30M to Brookfield Real Estate Solutions II and $20M to Berkshire Value Fund VI, and shifted $160M from non-US equity to core fixed income while continuing an international equity manager search. Korea Post reportedly picked Madison Investments and Blackstone for a $150M overseas real estate secondary mandate, Baltimore ERS approved interviewing Caro for a real estate credit allocation, and Cambridge Retirement System renewed Segal Marco Advisors for five years.
On the GP side, fundraising stayed active across strategies. Quad-CregisteredFund XI after closing its prior vintage at $1.1B, and the fund already has a $200M commitment from MassPRIM, while Stoneshield Capital reportedly raised €1B for Opportunity Fund IV in about four months. JPMorganfiled for a public-private credit interval fund with quarterly 7.5% buybacks and potential monthly repurchases, Apollo Debt Solutions secured a $500M warehouse facility for its private credit fund, and Synergy Sports Capital talked pricing conviction in emerging sports investments following its recent LOVB Salt Lake deal.
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