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Allocators Backing KKR, Blackstone, and Carlyle

Based on the tracked filing rows, here are the allocators with exposure to all three managers:

✅ Minnesota SBI — Backs All Three

Allocators Backing Two of the Three

Key Takeaway

Minnesota SBI is the only allocator in these filings with tracked exposure to all three — KKR, Blackstone, and Carlyle — making it the most diversified mega-manager backer in this dataset.

Note: These are tracked flows from public filings only, not a complete picture of each allocator's total portfolio.

Largest Asian & Gulf Cross-Border Flows into Western Managers

Based strictly on the tracked filing rows provided, here are the cross-border flows originating from Asian (and Gulf-adjacent) allocators into Western-managed vehicles:

Ranked by Deal Size

Key Observations

• Korea NPS is the single largest tracked Asian sovereign allocator in these rows, with two separate 13F positions totaling ~$334M into Western Digital Corp across two reporting periods.
• Malaysia EPF logged a $110M cross-border public equity position in the same name.
• No Gulf (GCC/sovereign wealth) cross-border flows appear in the provided rows.
• Several rows involve U.S. pensions allocating into KKR Asian funds (e.g., Minnesota SBI, NYC systems) — those are Western-to-Asian directional flows, not Asian/Gulf inbound.

⚠️ Coverage note: These are tracked flows from specific public filings only — not a comprehensive market total. Gulf SWF activity (ADIA, PIF, QIA, Mubadala) and other Asian sovereigns (GIC, Temasek, GPIF) may have significant flows not captured in this dataset.

Allocators Deploying into Infrastructure

Based on the tracked filing rows, six allocators are deploying into infrastructure:

1. Taiwan BLF (Bureau of Labor Funds)

Committing to passive/climate transition listed infrastructure via the Global Climate Transition Infrastructure Securities Passive Mandate (2025) across multiple fund pools (New Labor Pension Fund, Labor Insurance Fund, National Pension Insurance Fund). Total tracked commitments: ~$3.0B combined across sub-mandates, cross-border.

2. Cbus (Australia)

• → IFM Investors: $4.0B (domestic)
• → Morrison: $971M (domestic)
• → KKR: $963M (cross-border)

3. Aware Super (Australia)

• → QIC Limited: $858M
• → IFM Investors: $794M
• → DigitalBridge: $656M
• → OIC, L.P.: $594M
• → Igneo Infrastructure Partners: $421M

4. Rest (Australia)

• → Macquarie Infrastructure Partners: $1.9B
• → Dexus Capital Investors: $893M
• → Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners: $676M

5. NZ Super (New Zealand)

• → Morrison: $1.6B (domestic)

6. GPIF (Japan)

• → Toranomon Infrastructure 1, L.P.: $503M (domestic deployment)

These are tracked flows from public filings only — not a complete picture of all infrastructure capital deployment in the market.

Korean and Japanese Institutions in the Filings

Based on the filing rows provided, no Korean or Japanese institutions appear as allocators. Instead, the filings show the opposite direction of exposure:

What the Filings Actually Show:

Key Clarification:

• The allocator is Illinois IMRF, a U.S. public pension fund — not a Japanese or Korean institution.
• These rows reflect Illinois IMRF making private equity allocation changes denominated in or exposed to Japanese Yen and South Korean Won, totaling $534M combined.
• No Japanese or Korean institutions (e.g., GPIF, NPS, Korean pension funds, Japanese insurers) appear anywhere in the provided filing rows.

If you're researching commitments by Korean or Japanese institutions, the tracked filings provided here don't cover that — additional filing rows would be needed.

Based on the filing rows provided, I can't answer this question well — the three rows I have are 13F public equity secondary market positions (ETF holdings reported quarterly), not private fund closes.

Specifically, the rows show:

• Ameriprise Financial → Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged ETF: $685M
• Wisconsin SWIB → Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China ETF: $60M
• Ameriprise Financial → Xtrackers Russell US Multi ETF: $28M

These represent public market ETF allocations, not fund closes (i.e., no private equity, private credit, real assets, or hedge fund closes are captured in the rows I was given).

To get biggest recent fund closes, you'd want rows tagged as primary commitments to closed-end vehicles — which aren't present in this dataset slice. If you can pull rows with those tags, I can summarize them accurately.