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Can you remember the most unexpected departures and appointments of the last 12 months?

The secondaries market anticipates 2024 will be a record year for volume, with first-half figures coming in at between $68bn and $72bn.

The largest secondaries vehicle to close in 2024 was more than double the size of the runner-up.

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Secondaries Investor will be back on 2 January with more breaking news, analysis, data and insight on alternatives’ most fascinating market.

The firm emphasises the timing of its primary and secondaries investments in companies to produce impressive performance metrics.

eQ PE SF V, which surpassed its target, is the smallest in the manager’s secondaries series.

The firm has temporarily delayed capital raising for GP Equity Solutions and is instead focusing on dealmaking, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Infrastructure secondaries are enjoying a surge in dealflow and limited competition thanks to significant barriers to entry, seven specialists tell affiliate title Infrastructure Investor.

Evergreen structures, sophisticated capital pacing models and the use of fund finance have all helped make private markets more accessible for an asset class that remains fundamentally illiquid.