Name: Arkansas Teacher Retirement System
HQ: Little Rock, US
AUM: $21.8 billion
Allocations to alternatives: 12%
Arkansas Teachers Retirement System has confirmed a $75 million commitment to LaSalle Value Partners US IX, according to materials from the pension’s August meeting material, confirmed by a contact at the pension.
LaSalle Value Partners US IX is the firm’s ninth income and growth fund, with the previous fund having raised $832 million by its 2018 final close.
ATRS has a 15 percent allocation to real assets, which comprises $3.27 billion in capital.
As illustrated below, ATRS’s recent commitments have tended to focus on North American real estate vehicles, which invest under a variety of strategies.
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