Oregon Recalibrates PE Strategy; WSIB Commits $1.21B

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund is deliberately constraining new private equity commitments as it reassesses portfolio construction, citing an allocation that sits at 24.78% versus a 20% target. The roughly $100B pension has slowed pacing over several years and is limiting new illiquid relationships, even as it maintains an active pipeline and prepares for a broader asset allocation review later this year. Recent deployment has been selective, with $200M committed across two credit strategies despite reviewing more than 60 opportunities in 2025.

Across other allocators, Washington State Investment Board approved nearly $1.21B in commitments spanning co-investment vehicles with Fisher Lynch Capital and venture funds managed by General Catalyst. New York City’s comptroller launched a $4B housing initiative across the city’s pension system, including a $750M initial pipeline and a $500M expansion of an existing rehabilitation program. In Europe, Danish pension P+ is seeking private equity managers with defense expertise as it builds out a new unlisted equity strategy with an increased focus on co-investments.

On the GP side, Partners Groupclosed its eighth private equity secondaries program with more than $9B in commitments, already 60% deployed into a seeded portfolio. Sequoia Capital has reportedly secured $7B for a new expansion-stage fund targeting later-stage opportunities across the US and Europe. Cisneros Group has raised roughly two-thirds of a $1B target for a Venezuela-focused reconstruction strategy, with potential follow-on funds under consideration.

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