New York State Common Retirement Fund is a privately owned pension fund. It also offers retirement, disability, and death benefits. The firm manages pension funds and principal investment funds for its clients. It invests in the alternative investments markets and public equity and debt markets of the United States and other international economies. It engages into alternative investments strategies such as buyouts/corporate finance, distressed debt/turnarounds, international private equity, limited partnership secondary, real estate, and venture capital.