The San Francisco-based firm has purchased a $25 million commitment to Buchanan Street Partners’ fifth fund, the $400 million Buchanan Fund V, in its first secondary acquisition since the start of the global financial crisis.
2 min read · 17 October 2011
Ernest Lambers and John Stephens have left the emerging markets fund of funds to join the London and Hong Kong offices of secondaries-focused Pomona.
2 min read · 05 October 2011
The Japanese conglomerate is selling a portfolio of buyout stakes to AXA Private Equity.
2 min read · 28 September 2011
The Japanese private equity firm has attracted a number of Japanese corporate pension funds as it nears a final close on its third secondaries fund.
1 min read · 21 September 2011
The long-time secondaries player will focus on several strategies, including developed Asian buyout funds, energy and consumer goods.
1 min read · 06 September 2011
The $12.1bn pension system made three recent commitments, including a $15m re-up to Lexington Capital Partners’ seventh secondaries fund.
1 min read · 23 August 2011
The $43bn United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund carved out a 6% allocation to private equity last year and has made its first commitments to big funds this summer.
2 min read · 29 July 2011
The Swiss firm is poised to bring a third secondaries fund to market after closing its predecessor, Crown Global Secondaries III, on $1.2bn last year.
1 min read · 29 July 2011
The $65bn pension system earlier this year completed a secondary sale run by Cogent Partners of fund stakes in TPG Capital, Apollo Global Management and Warburg Pincus.
2 min read · 27 July 2011
The global secondaries firm acquired an interest in 20 Cognis Capital portfolio companies in the deal, which allows existing stakeholders to sell their stakes or rollover into the new fund.
1 min read · 26 July 2011
