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New York State Common Retirement Fund approved more than $1.475 billion in commitments spanning real estate, private equity, and private credit, including $300M each to Patient Square Equity Partners II, GID Mainstay Fund, and Blue Owl Real Estate Fund VII, plus $225M to CVC Catalyst III and $200M to Asana Partners Fund IV.
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Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds recommended over $1.17 billion in commitments, including $300M each to WCAS XV and Sixth Street TAO 6.0, $250M to Artemis Real Estate Partners Fund V, $176M to Verdane Edda IV, and $150M to Lion Industrial Trust, alongside a review of core, non-core, and global fixed income strategies.
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Florida State Board of Administration disclosed more than $2 billion in Q1 2026 commitments across private credit, private equity, and real estate, highlighted by $400M to Red Hills Co-Invest Partners, $250M each to Apalachee Partners US Dynamic HY and Strategic HY, $150M to Sunrise Credit Partners, and $150M to CBRE Asia Value Partners 7.
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North Carolina Retirement Systems approved a sweeping slate of commitments totaling over $10 billion, anchored by a $2B internal real assets staging portfolio, $1.5B to Blackrock World REIT, $1B to Arc Infra SMA, $1B to Gladius Arx Fund, $500M to NCRED-B, and additional allocations across hedge funds, infrastructure, venture capital, and co-investments.
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CPP Investments disclosed Q4 2026 commitments exceeding $7 billion, including $1.5B to Blackstone Credit SMA, $1.3B to Japan DC Partners I LP, $1B to Blackstone Private Credit Fund, $725M to Dream Industrial JV, $544M to Northleaf Canadian Mid-Market PE, $400M each to Bain Capital Asia Fund VI and Greystar Global Strategic Partners II, and $370M to Y Combinator 2026.
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Teacher Retirement System of Texas committed $500M across five funds, including $200M to Green Equity Investors X and $100M each to Gridiron Capital Fund VI and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VII, alongside two Kingswood Capital strategies totaling $100M.
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Kansas Public Employees Retirement System approved $325M in new commitments and adopted a revised asset allocation effective July 1, 2026, increasing real assets to 8% and real estate to 12%, with $550M remaining to deploy in real assets this year. Payden & Rygel and T. Rowe Price were placed on probation following personnel changes.
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Maryland State Retirement & Pension System presented an updated strategic asset allocation targeting implementation on July 1, 2026, shifting to 55% Growth/Equity, 15% Real Assets, 12% Credit, 18% Rate Sensitive, and an opportunistic sleeve of up to 5%. Hamilton Lane reviewed private equity positioning, recommending careful pacing given current PE overallocation.
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Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation issued a High Yield Multi Asset Credit Search for approximately $1 billion, representing roughly 5% of the State Insurance Fund, with proposals due May 19, 2026.
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Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund reissued an RFP for General Investment Consulting Services with proposals due June 4, 2026, and separately advanced Belay Capital, Kah Capital, and Caro Capital as finalists for its real estate manager search, recommending up to $25M to Longpoint Fund I and $25M to Newport Capital Fund IV.
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Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System announced the retirement of longtime CIO Rodney June in July, following more than 13 years during which assets grew from $10.6 billion to over $23 billion. The plan also adopted a 2026 real estate pacing plan targeting up to $100M core and $200M non-core.
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Multiple plans announced leadership transitions, including AustralianSuper (Shaun Manuell named CIO effective July 1), State of Wisconsin Investment Board (Sara Chandler appointed Head of Private Markets & Funds Alpha), Tufts University (Rishad Sadikot named CIO effective May 18), Wesleyan University (Anne Martin to retire June 30, succeeded by Jonathan Farrar), and Legal and General WorkSave Mastertrust (Rob Groves appointed CIO of Institutional Retirement). Oxford University Endowment Management also named Simon Garfield as Head of Investor Relations.
