Private equity

Superfund Colonial First State eyes secondaries as path to private markets growth

Secondaries will be a ‘really important’ part of the $104bn wealth manager and retirement plan provider’s initial build-out.

Performance Equity cleans up older venture portfolio in CV with Partners Group

Venture/growth represented about 8% of GP-led volume in the first half, which matched the full-year volume of last year, according to Jefferies’ recent volume report.

India GP-led growth buoyed by strong public markets, foreign interest

More international investors are looking to India as China becomes more localised, according to research from the Global Private Capital Association.

Dawson raises more than $8bn for sixth flagship

Dawson Portfolio Finance 6 has beaten its target as the firm continues to deepen relationships with US-based LPs.

Japanese secondaries JV trebles firepower with latest fund close

Japan Private Equity Opportunity 2024 turned down overseas investors as it was oversubscribed by domestic LPs, WM partner Shohei Suzuki and AIC CEO Reijiro Samura tell Secondaries Investor.

Blue Earth readies impact secondaries fund

The firm has registered BlueEarth EM Impact Secondaries II, a regulatory filing shows.

Why Europe’s GP-led market is on a tear

An explosion of hefty – and, in some cases, repeat – continuation fund processes underscores the increasing maturation of Europe’s secondaries landscape.

Private wealth capital driving down return targets – PJT

Full-year deal volume could reach as much as $230bn, according to the investment bank’s estimates.

APG tries again with large portfolio sale after pulling process last year

The Dutch pension administrator’s sale is part of a wave of sales processes that institutional investors are using to help manage their programmes amid an exit drought and a slowdown in distributions.

CapVest seeks to move Curium into a large CV-on-CV

The buyout firm had moved Curium Pharma into a €1.2bn single-asset continuation fund in 2020.