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MCPS commits $10m to AEA buyout fund

AEA Investors Small Business Fund V invests in business services, industrials and consumer goods companies.

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Institution: Montgomery County Public Schools Pension Fund
Headquarters: Rockville, US
AUM: $2 billion
Allocation to private equity: 9.67%

Montgomery County Public Schools Pension Fund has committed $10 million to AEA Investors Small Business Fund V, according to a source from a member of the institution.

As per its SEC filling, the fund launched in October 2022 and indicates it is currently still fundraising. Its predecessor fund, AEA Investors Small Business Fund IV, launched in 2018 and closed on $877 million in 2019. The fund strategy and sectors have been consistent for this fund family, adopting a buyout strategy and focusing investments in sectors such as business services, industrials and consumer goods.

MCPS is an American retirement benefit pension plan that provides pensions, retirement allowances and other benefits to eligible employees of the county.

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