Summary: The $268 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) boosted its commitments across opportunistic absolute return strategies, credit, private equity and real estate with new allocations in September totaling over $4.5 billion. ORIX USA’s Growth Capital Group established a fund-of-one (the OCU Empire Fund) for NYSCRF that also saw a $300 million commitment. The OCU Empire Fund provides flexible debt capital to well-equitized, high-growth, late-stage tech companies underserved by traditional lenders. ORIX USA is a new relationship for the pension fund. Read the full details in a recent Alternatives Watch article.