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

A number of large-scale LP-led deals have moved through the secondaries market in recent years yielding good outcomes for sellers, William Blair director Jake Stuiver said in a video interview at NEXUS 2025.

While Ardian wants to make sure it gets the best pricing in its deals, the most indicative link back to the returns it generates is ‘not necessarily what we pay, but what we buy’, senior managing director Wills Small said in a video interview.

LGT partner Martha Heitmann discusses the firm’s flagship and single-asset strategies, opportunities in the smaller end of the secondaries market and predictions for GP-led activities in 2025.

The firm’s Partnership Solutions business will back single- and concentrated multi-asset CVs and will also be co-led by a two-decade veteran of the private equity giant.

Secondaries professionals gathered in Orlando, Florida, for an annual invite-only dinner and celebration during NEXUS 2025.

Infrastructure secondaries volume is expected to double in the next five years after seeing at least $15bn last year.

There have been few documented cases of continuation vehicle exits given the nascent nature of such transactions. The deal has become the latest example.

In this 8-minute video, Yann Robard, founder and managing partner at the liquidity specialist, comments on the importance of relationships in private markets and the evolution of the private markets ecosystem.

Rising acceptance of continuation funds could drive further growth in the GP-led space, industry participants said at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2025 event in Orlando last week.