The New Jersey State Investment Council (SIC) approved commitments to a real estate debt fund managed by the Blackstone Group at a meeting Wednesday, PERE sister publication Private Debt Investor has reported.
The SIC, which oversees the $75 billion New Jersey Division of Investment, voted to invest up to $250 million in the Blackstone TacOpps Residential Opportunities vehicle, as part of the pension’s global diversified credit allocation.
The Blackstone Group’s TacOpps (Tactical Opportunities) Residential Opportunities vehicle was set up to acquire and manage proprietary, non-agency residential mortgage loans and mortgage services rights.
“Since the financial crisis, large banks have scaled back from the residential mortgage origination business and sharply curtailed credit availability, creating significant dislocation in the market. Consequently, the breadth of borrowers underserved by existing mortgage credit presents an attractive opportunity to own non-agency mortgage assets,” said New Jersey’s documents on the investment.
The pension fund is also a seeder in the vehicle, which is a first such fund for Blackstone, and has negotiated terms of 1 percent on invested capital, no incentive fee and a 25 percent profit participation interest.
“To the extent other investors participate in the vehicle, the division will receive a 25 percent profits participation interest on the management fees and incentive payments earned by Blackstone. In the division’s base case scenario, the profit interest translates into $8.5 million of cash flow per year,” the documents said.
The retirement fund also voted to invest up to $300 million to TPG's Knight TAO platform, up to $100 million in the Advent International Global Private Equity VIII fund and up to $150 million in the Brookfield Capital Partners IV fund, a real asset vehicle.
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