Asia-Pacific

LGT leads Australian GP Armitage’s $100m+ concentrated continuation fund

The deal follows the close of LGT Capital Partners’ last flagship fund, which closed above its target on over $7bn.

Why an Aussie buyout shop has embraced global single-asset secondaries

Pacific Equity Partners has deployed around 60% of its evergreen wealth product into overseas GP-leds, managing director Alex Ovchar tells Secondaries Investor.

Secondaries market on track to break records in 2024

In this podcast episode, Second Thoughts host Madeleine Farman and Americas correspondent Hannah Zhang talk through the spaces to watch in secondaries as end-of-year activity surges.

Capital Dynamics collects more than $1bn on latest flagship fund

The oversubscribed vehicle is more than $300m larger than its predecessor.

AlpInvest and Montana lead Ping An’s latest secondaries deal to seed new fund

The process involved moving a portfolio of buyout and growth stakes from North American and European managers into a new vehicle.

Blackstone emerges as buyer on Fubon Life’s $1bn-plus infra stake sale

The Taiwanese life insurer is selling a portfolio of five stakes in USD- and euro-denominated funds, including an EQT vehicle.

DOWNLOAD: Behind Q3’s massive secondaries fundraising spike

More capital was raised in the third quarter of this year than the entire first half, fundraising data from Secondaries Investor shows.

Coller taps ex-Blue Owl, UBS head in apparent APAC wealth push

Pak-Seng Lai, former head of APAC private wealth at Blue Owl Capital and head of private markets APAC at UBS, joined Coller’s Hong Kong office in October.

Japan’s WM Partners aims for mid-2025 close on latest secondaries fund

The firm has launched its third secondaries vehicle, Japan Private Equity Opportunity 2024.

Northleaf takes ‘natural next step’ into the Asia-Pacific market with Seoul office

The office is the firm’s 10th globally and will initially focus on investor relations functions.