The $256bn Canadian pension has sold stakes before, including a large private markets portfolio to Ardian in 2016.
1 min read · 10 October 2018
Five secondaries funds closed in Q3, compared with seven in the same quarter last year.
1 min read · 09 October 2018
Stafford’s successful takeover of a $259m timber fund suggests most investors value a guaranteed exit today more than higher promised gains tomorrow.
3 min read · 05 October 2018
At a secondaries-themed breakfast we found that, unlike the pastries, changes to US tax rules are not going down well.
2 min read · 04 October 2018
The close of Landmark Equity Partners XVI, which had a $4.75bn hard-cap, brings the firm’s total committed capital to $27bn.
2 min read · 04 October 2018
The deal, advised by Duff & Phelps, involved three healthcare assets.
2 min read · 04 October 2018
The listed vehicle made four secondaries investments in the three months to the end of August, including in a portfolio of US growth funds and an American gas producer.
1 min read · 03 October 2018
Northleaf Capital Partners’ latest fund is more than three times larger than its predecessor. Managing director Michael Flood discusses how the firm plans to deploy the vehicle and the additional $500m it amassed in SMAs.
4 min read · 03 October 2018
The secondaries manager, which added a business development director in September, has looked outside finance for its new head of comms and IR.
2 min read · 02 October 2018
The secondaries firm expects to receive more acceptances of its hostile bid for the $259m timber vehicle after a majority of shareholders approved it last week.
2 min read · 02 October 2018
