Virginia Retirement System (VRS) has terminated its $88m (€84.7m) infrastructure separate account with Brookfield due to a shift in strategy by the pension fund.

The Brookfield infrastructure separate account – held in the pension fund’s global real assets portfolio – invested in publicly listed infrastructure companies globally.

VRS told Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Assets: “The termination resulted from this account no longer fitting in with the strategy for the overall portfolio.â€�

The pension fund is yet to decide how the redeemed capital will be invested in future.

“The Brookfield termination proceeds will be placed into cash at this time,� VRS said.

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