Public Pension Commitments Dataset
DFX currently tracks 2,719 dated or approved commitments by public pension plans in the Public Pension Commitments Dataset, as of 14 August 2026.
Published by DFX Intelligence. As of .
Description
Commitments by US public pension plans to private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure and venture funds, each read from the plan's board or investment committee minutes.
A commitment or approval to a fund or account by a state, public or municipal retirement system, read from the plan's own board or investment committee record.
Coverage
- Records
- Fund commitments, Public pension plans, Funds and accounts, Managers
- Geography
- United States public pension plans.
- Public pension commitments
- 2,719
Summary: commitments by asset class
| Asset class | Commitments |
|---|---|
| private equity | 730 |
| private credit | 157 |
| real estate | 302 |
| infrastructure | 369 |
| venture capital | 82 |
| real assets | 44 |
Only the asset classes DFX publishes a page for; commitments with no asset class yet are in the total but in no row. Shown on Public pension private equity commitments.
Sample: the five latest commitments
| Plan | Fund or account | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Retirement System (VRS) | ValueAct Strategic Global Fund II | $200M | 2026-08-14 |
| Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association | Cheyne Capital Management separate account | $750M | 2026-08-12 |
| Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association | Whitman Peterson Fund V | $75M | 2026-08-12 |
| South Carolina Retirement System (SCRS) | Industry Ventures Secondary XI | $150M | 2026-07-28 |
| South Carolina Retirement System (SCRS) | Abacus Multi-Family Partners VII | $150M | 2026-07-23 |
Rows the public pension commitment pages show to every reader, each read from the plan's board or investment committee minutes. Shown on Public pension private equity commitments.
Update schedule
Recounted from the published commitment view every hour; the date above is the newest commitment counted.
Methodology and sources
Limitations
- A commitment amount is always the plan's own commitment, never a fund size.
- Only plans whose minutes can be read are covered; plans whose websites refuse automated readers are not.
- About a third of commitments carry no asset class bucket yet, so the bucket counts below do not add up to the total.
Cite this dataset
Recommended citation. Select the text below to copy it.
DFX Intelligence. (2026). Public Pension Commitments Dataset [Data set]. Retrieved 14 August 2026, from https://dfxintel.com/datasets/pension-commitments
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