NYSTRS Deploys $1.3B+ Across Nine Private Market Funds

New York State Teachers' Retirement System committed approximately $1.36B across nine private market funds spanning real estate, infrastructure, private credit, and private equity. The $150B pension spread commitments across a range of managers, including €200M to Aermont Capital RE Fund VI, $150M to Cabot Industrial Value Fund VIII, $150M to Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, and $100M to KKR Global Infrastructure Investors V, along with $400M split between two Manulife | Comvest private credit vehicles. The board also renewed one-year contracts with five existing public equity managers.

In other LP activity, the Nebraska Investment Council approved up to $150M in commitments across private equity, infrastructure, and real estate, and separately awarded an approximately $2B core-plus fixed income mandate to Federated Hermes, replacing its existing passive aggregate bond exposure. Meanwhile, the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority committed $90M to Capitol Meridian Partners Fund II and an additional $100M to ITE Rail Fund, an open-ended infrastructure vehicle managed by Industrial Transportation Equipment that PPA first backed in December 2024 and fully deployed by last October.

On the GP fundraising side, EQT's real estate arm closed EQT Real Estate Europe Logistics Value Fund V at €3.1B, above its €2.5B target, calling it the largest pan-European sector-specific closed-ended real estate fund to date. Silver Rock Capital Partners closed its 2025 tactical allocation vintage at more than $4B, surpassing its $3B 2022 predecessor, and Redwood Capital Management is targeting $1B for a new fund focused on long-term illiquid credit, with a strategy designed to invest continuously rather than solely during market dislocations.

Elsewhere, Franklin Templeton reported $13.2B in private markets fundraising for its fiscal second quarter, with fiscal year-to-date totals at $22.7B and an annual target raised to $25B–$30B. Three evergreen wealth channel vehicles spanning secondary private equity, real estate, and private credit are collectively raising approximately $200M per month, with each fund now exceeding $1B in AUM. CEO Jenny Johnson said the pace has held steady despite broader market volatility.

Real assets were the largest allocation bucket in Q1.

Nearly 40% of all capital went to infrastructure and real assets strategies, with a growing focus on energy transition and digital infrastructure.

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Endowment portfolios don’t change often.

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