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The Taiwanese insurer’s portfolio sale deal could be around $2bn in size, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The US pension giant has come up with a pricing strategy that could make it benefit more from this portfolio sale, Secondaries Investor understands.

The incoming administration is taking centre stage when it comes to events expected to shape the North American secondaries market this year.

The UK pension fund is about to close its second private debt fund, which it aims to scale to £500m, and is looking to consolidate GP partnerships.

Coller Capital’s latest barometer has found that most investors see the main purpose of continuation funds as providing an alternative to selling assets at a low valuation.

The programme involves both GP-leds and LP-leds, Mathieu Forcioli, global and APAC head of alternatives for HSBC Global Private Banking, tells Secondaries Investor.

The New York City retirement systems confirmed that four of the five NYC pension funds are involved in the large LP-led secondaries transaction.

NYCRS, which oversees five pensions including NYCERS, has a secondaries programme in place with long-term targets ranging from 10-20% of its total PE portfolio.

The firm launched what could be its largest-ever secondaries fund in October.

The US pension giant considers secondaries investments an important contributor of distinct advantages not found in traditional commingled funds, according to Anton Orlich, managing investment director for private equity.