Real Assets

Real estate secondaries continue fundraising momentum

Secondaries are carving out a greater share of the private real estate fundraising market following successive record fund closures in the past 18 months.

Macquarie passes halfway mark for debut infra secondaries vehicle

Macquarie Alliance Partners Infrastructure Fund is understood to have a $1bn hard-cap, per affiliate title Infrastructure Investor.

What makes real estate continuation vehicles different?

Stephenson Harwood’s Gabriel Boghossian and Sarah de Ste Croix outline four main ways continuation funds in the real estate sector differ from their private equity cousins.

Stafford’s Himbury: Superfund allocation to timber will increase

The timberland secondaries investor’s chairman says forestry ‘could be the infrastructure of tomorrow’ and that Australia’s superfunds would do well to make their move sooner rather than later.

Pantheon seeks extension to raise latest infrastructure programme

Pantheon Global Infrastructure Fund IV launched in 2021 with a $3bn target.

All roads lead to infrastructure secondaries

A confluence of dynamics is driving secondaries activity in the asset class – providing dealflow and attracting more buyside interest.

Hamilton Lane is halfway to target on flagship secondaries fund

The firm also expects a final close on Hamilton Lane Infrastructure Opportunities Fund II this year.

Stafford taps former Amundi exec for North America role

Joe Carrabes has joined the investment firm as it seeks capital for at least two real assets strategies.

StepStone Real Estate, BKM form partnership through GP-led deal

The transaction comes at a time when the opportunity set for real estate secondaries investing is shifting.

Secondaries Investor Advisory Survey 2023: Advisers choosey with mandates in choppy market

The average number of secondaries transactions advised on sat at 24 in a year where overall secondaries market volume was estimated at around $110bn.