Virginia Retirement approves $150m commitment

The US public pension has backed an Asia-focused fund.

Virginia Retirement System has approved a $150 million commitment to Blackstone Real Estate Partners Asia II.

The $74 billion US public pension has an 8 percent target allocation to real estate that currently stands at 8.45 percent.

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