The $239m (£191.8m) Natick Massachusetts Contributory Retirement System is about to take a position as a lot as $20m in direct lending funds.
The US pension fund has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from personal debt managers providing direct lending methods.
The retirement system covers the city of Natick, which is located inside the Larger Boston space. The five-person retirement board meets month-to-month to debate the administration of the retirement fund, with the final assembly being held on 24 April 2024.
In its 2022 monetary assertion, Natick Contributory Retirement System reported a portfolio break up of fifty.9 per cent in world fairness, 21.21 per cent in fastened earnings, 18.1 per cent in personal fairness, 9.4 per cent in actual property, and 0.5 per cent in port. comp. methods. There was no allocation to non-public debt or direct lending in 2022.
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A variety of world pension funds and retirement programs have opted to create space of their portfolios for personal credit score not too long ago, as a result of rising reputation of the sector. Final yr, the Chicago Academics’ Pension Fund mentioned it was getting ready to make its first personal credit score investments.
Over the previous few months, pension funds in Philadelphia, New York and Texas have all issued RFPs for personal credit score funds, whereas 4 of the most important pension funds in Canada have began to develop into the personal sector market.
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