Texas Muni plots $600m in PE investment, commits to GSO

The pension fund has set its annual pacing plan to private equity investments and tapped GSO’s mezzanine fund for a $75m mandate.  

The Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) has approved up to $600 million in private equity manager searches for 2016.

The pension plan, which began investing in private equity last year, will run a $150 million search each quarter and place the money with up to three managers.

It has already pledged $75 million to GSO Capital Opportunities Fund III, the latest in GSO Capital Partners’ mezzanine series and which launched this year, as PDI revealed.

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