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The pension plan recently made $1.5 billion in total commitments and terminated two existing managers.
The retirement system approved private markets commitments at its board meeting today.
The retirement system is encouraging firms to respond to one or more services that include general consulting, private credit and hedge fund consulting and private equity and real estate consulting.
The plan will also consider a $30 million re-up commitment with a real estate manager.
The corporation is searching for firms to establish a state venture capital fund and to act as the manager of the fund, for which the state will be a limited partner.
The fund will look to commit more than $300 million across private equity and private credit this year as part of the pacing plan to reach its target allocations by the end of the decade.
The retirement system will also see its executive director resign on Friday after less than a year in the role.
The fund-of-funds made a commitment to an investment vehicle targeting start-ups in Southern Wisconsin, where Microsoft plans to make a $3.3 billion investment in cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The university added a new global public equity investment and a private equity commitment with existing managers within its endowment in the fourth quarter.