QSuper, one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, is said to be aiming to capitalise on current secondaries market pricing with the sale.
1 min read · 19 May 2014
HarbourVest Partners has stepped in to rescue the two-year restructuring process of the Australian private equity firm’s funds, giving investors the option of joining a new vehicle.
1 min read · 16 May 2014
The French private equity firm Committed Advisors looked to raise the most from investors in the first quarter of 2014, data from PEI Research & Analytics shows.
1 min read · 16 May 2014
The charitable trust’s portfolio of venture capital funds is expected to be sold in chunks to different buyers as it pursues a policy of concentrating holdings into fewer, larger positions.
2 min read · 15 May 2014
The fundraising for Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ second real estate secondaries fund has raised $65.5m in commitments so far towards its $500m target.
1 min read · 14 May 2014
Ardian managing partner and head of Ardian USA Benoit Verbrugghe plots a course for its recently raised $9 billion Fund VI and what the French firm plans to do next.
4 min read · 13 May 2014
The Canadian advisory firm Setter Capital has cited its 40 most sought-after European leveraged buyout funds on the secondaries market.
1 min read · 13 May 2014
The Canadian pension’s private equity arm has enlisted Jonathan Mussellwhite, formerly of Cognetas, to join its London office.
1 min read · 12 May 2014
The stapled secondaries deal would see Lexington Partners carve out JP Morgan Chase’s private investments arm at a large premium to NAV.
2 min read · 09 May 2014
Discussion at the 17th annual King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin private equity briefing reveals surprise over the longevity of private funds.
1 min read · 09 May 2014