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How Coller sources and deploys private wealth capital

The firm often needs to balance its institutional expertise with the specific needs of wealth capital to address concerns around liquidity and concentration risks.

Pantheon leads DevCo single-asset CV worth more than €500m

DevCo, which typically holds onto assets for 15 years, ran another sizeable continuation vehicle last year.

LGT Capital, BlackRock emerge as buyers for €400m multi-asset CV

The heavily oversubscribed fund will hold two assets Seven2 has minority stakes in.

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.

Coller backs Motion’s €215m CV for natural health asset

French private equity firm Motion acquired Olyos in 2018. It will move the asset into a new vehicle as it seeks to capitalise on M&A and growth opportunities.

Ardian, Carlyle AlpInvest, HarbourVest and Lexington lead on Norvestor’s €2bn+ CV – updated

One of the assets in the two-company continuation fund is housed within an existing multi-asset CV closed in 2022, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Campbell Lutyens bolsters partnership with five new appointments

In addition to its largest round of partner promotions ever, the firm promoted eight new managing directors.

Blackstone anticipates its busiest year for secondaries deployment

President and COO Jon Gray expects the secondaries market will continue to grow as LPs seek out liquidity – though he anticipates the ‘re-emergence of M&A activity at scale’ this year.

Private shares exchanges won’t solve PE’s liquidity woes

Exchange platforms must contend with a multitude of alternative liquidity paths for holders of private company stakes.

5 key trends in the LP-GP secondaries dynamic

The secondaries market has been breaking records. In Orlando, PEI Group editors sat down with industry attendees for a series of video interviews to discuss the key trends shaping the market.