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SQ Capital was the lead buyer of the $160m CV for portfolio company TeamDynamix, understood to have been run in an off-market deal with no bankers involved.

The Toronto-based opening comes a year after the launch of Coller’s Montreal office.

There is now proof of concept that institutional and retail products can successfully be managed side by side, say Davis Polk’s Andrew Ahern, Oran Ebel, Christopher Healey and Leor Landa.

Dallas ascribes a strong environment for new firm formation to a few factors, including, perhaps surprisingly, the rise of continuation funds, along with growing LP appetite.

The hire comes as the investment firm builds out and identifies lower mid-market LP- and GP-led opportunities.

Andrei Brougham has agreed to join Goldman’s secondaries advisory unit as it seeks to bulk out its European capabilities, Secondaries Investor understands.

Alvaro Rosado joins the tertiary shop as it closes its first investment, acquiring around $140m of interests in funds managed by two prominent secondaries buyers.

Two secondaries-focused professionals have been included in PEI Group’s annual list of the most impressive women in private markets.

The $524.4bn investor has been actively using the secondaries market as a portfolio management tool, as well as for buyside opportunities.

Quarterly redemption opportunities do not mean these products should be considered liquid, says head of international Marco Bizzozero.