Mass PRIM backs SAIF in first emerging markets commitments
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM), the $44.2 billion Boston-headquartered pension system for teachers and employees of the state of Massachusetts, has made its first commitments to emerging markets private equity, with some $25 million invested in SAIF Partners' latest Fund IV.
Mass PRIM also committed some $40 million to Ethos Fund IV, a South African buyout fund, according to reports. SAIF Partners IV, a late-stage growth capital/pre-IPO vehicle targeting some $1.2 billion,...
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