Asia-Pacific

Professionals from CPP Investments, LGT Capital Partners, Blue Owl Capital, and more have made this year’s list of future leaders in private equity.

The transaction, which could total as much as $1bn in size, is understood to comprise a concentrated list of funds and managers.

While Australian super funds may buy ‘if the price is right’, these pensions are closely monitoring the long-term impacts of current volatility.

The denominator effect will resurface in 2025, motivating LPs to sell into the secondaries market for active portfolio management, according to a report from PJT.

Navis Capital Partners has moved some of its holdings in a portfolio of Southeast Asian education assets into a $230m continuation fund.

The Australian superannuation fund, which was looking to sell prior to the US’s tariff announcements, is facing difficulty gauging pricing amid recent uncertainty, head of PE Jenny Newmarch tells Secondaries Investor.

While fundraising figures in the first quarter were lofty, most of the capital raised came from Ardian’s record-breaking close in January.

The placement agent, which takes a generalist approach to primary and secondaries advisory, has made a number of hires from advisers including Mercury, chief executive Paul Buckley tells Secondaries Investor.

Stafford plans to allocate 80% of its latest $1bn+ timberland fund to secondaries, chief executive Angus Whiteley told Secondaries Investor.

The New York-based firm’s Korean investors include the National Pension Service of Korea, which has invested in at least two of its funds.