North America

Ropes & Gray hires Coller’s former legal counsel

The law firm values nimble talent as it expects innovation in the secondaries market to emerge across a broader range of products, head of the alternative asset opportunities group Isabel Dische tells Secondaries Investor.

Oaktree partners with Pantheon to scale European lending

The deal will see up to €1bn of investment to grow Oaktree’s European direct lending platform.

Frontenac gears up to sell CV asset MCE

Churchill Asset Management and 50 South Capital co-led the CV to extend Frontenac’s hold of the industrials asset.

ICG delays launch of mid-market Strategic Equity fund

The firm’s current fund, Strategic Equity Fund V, raised $11bn last year and is the biggest dedicated fund for backing continuation vehicles.

Project Ember: Ardian and Blackstone buy in on CPPIB’s large portfolio sale

The Canadian pension giant will sell its exposure in 33 funds having brought a portfolio of 56 lines to market.

Pantheon’s Hassanally: Debut CFO unlocks secondaries for constricted investors

The manager’s $1bn CFO created access for insurance investors that had lost the ability to back PE, while offering a compelling capital raising strategy for the firm itself.

Investec’s Callum Bell: Secondaries an ‘excellent way’ to speed up platform growth

The firm’s inaugural European senior debt fund was launched through an innovative secondaries process backed by Carlyle AlpInvest.

Cari Lodge’s Aqualis sets target for debut secondaries fund

Aqualis’ offering will focus on what the firm sees as an underserved part of the secondaries market: smaller transactions.

Secondaries Investor Q1 2026 CV Deal Log

Q1 saw 27 CVs close, with nine involving asset classes beyond private equity.

CPP Investments unloads European non-performing loan portfolio

The portfolio is being sold to a newly formed joint venture established between funds managed by Arrow Global Group and Fortress Investment Group.