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Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund V has raised about one-third of its €1.3bn target.

Hollyport’s John Carter and Elm Capital’s Etienne Deshormes delve into why the opportunity in the tail-end secondaries market has grown, yet the number of buyers remains concentrated.

As private markets AUM continues to grow at a clip, so too does the number of legacy funds held onto by institutions. Hollyport’s John Carter and Elm Capital’s Etienne Deshormes join Madeleine Farman in the latest edition of Second Thoughts.

Infrastructure secondaries will benefit from the same drivers of turnover as the private equity market, write AXA IM Prime’s Jean-Pascal Asseman and Faraz Qureshi.

Download our latest list of the continuation funds that were known or disclosed during the first nine months of this year.

Secondaries investors expect pricing for GP- and LP-led deals to mostly increase or stay the same, with few expecting decreases.

New entrants and pricing are driving deals and could spur record volume, global head of Blackstone Strategic Partners Verdun Perry tells Secondaries Investor.

Milan-based Ambienta is seeking a single-asset continuation fund, which will be classified as an Article 9 vehicle under the EU’s SFDR, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Benoît Durteste says investing the capital would not be challenging – a change in tone compared with comments he made in September regarding larger GP-led deployment.

In the latest episode of Second Thoughts, three young achievers who made our annual list of the most impressive secondaries professionals under 36 discuss talent trends in the industry.