LACERS takes ‘opportunistic’ stance on secondaries

The $13.9bn Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System hasn’t committed to any secondaries funds this year.

The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System  invests ‘opportunistically’ in secondaries funds, according to documents from its August board meeting.

The $13.9 billion pension system hasn’t committed to any secondaries funds this year and its last commitment was $25 million to Coller Capital’s $5.5 billion Coller International Partners VI in 2012.

LACERS allocates 12 percent of its assets to private equity. Within the private equity portfolio LACERS has a 1 percent exposure to secondaries funds and an optimal exposure range of between 1 percent and 5 percent.

The pension system plans to commit between $325 million and $350 million to private equity funds this year, having committed $240 million to date.

LACERS did not return a request for additional comment by press time.