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Swedish insurer LF eyes move into private debt secondaries

Other European insurance firms, such as NN Group, are also looking at the secondaries market as they work to diversify their illiquid credit portfolios.

Ares’ secondaries unit backs Apax Global Alpha take-private

The transaction involves a continuation fund-like structure, Secondaries Investor understands, and includes an option for backers of the UK investment trust to roll into a new fund, filings show.

Secondaries Investor Advisory Survey 2025: Advisers broaden mandates beyond PE

The average reported deal value per adviser went up $3bn from 2023, reflecting a surge in activity as secondaries activity hit historic levels in 2024.

BP pension nears deal to sell portfolio worth as much as $800m

Corporate and public pensions continue to divest from illiquid assets amid persistent overallocation pressure.

BA Pension scheme NAPS seeks to offload £500m portfolio

British Airways Pensions appointed BlackRock as its outsourced CIO for around £21.5bn of its pension schemes’ assets last year.

UK pension fire sale: Fact, fiction or somewhere in between?

British pensions have been dumping liquid assets to free up cash due to the gilt crisis; whether they’re currently selling private markets holdings for the same reason is another question.

Pantheon infra co-head to step down from role

Kathryn Leaf, who will step aside from business development, will still focus on investments.

Glendower promotes four including Young Gun to MD

The promotions at the secondaries specialist comprise investment professionals in London and New York.

HarbourVest backs Bridgepoint restructuring – exclusive

The deal involves moving several assets from Bridgepoint’s €4.8bn crisis-era fund into a separate vehicle.

Coller passes halfway mark on latest secondaries fund – exclusive

The secondaries house is seeking $9bn for Coller International Partners VIII and is understood to have already deployed more than $1bn from the vehicle.