Fundraising

Flexstone closes on €200m for first dedicated secondaries vehicle

Mid-Market Secondaries III, the successor to co-investment and secondaries-focused vehicle Select Opportunities Fund II, reached its target.

All hands on deck for 2025

The secondaries market anticipated a record year for activity in 2024. Don’t expect a slowdown over the coming 12 months.

Top five fundraises of 2024

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

Finland’s eQ closes on fifth secondaries flagship

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

BlackRock hits $1.1bn first close on fifth infra solutions fund

Global Infrastructure Solutions is targeting $2.5bn and for the first time has a dedicated secondaries sleeve.

Japan’s Ant passes halfway mark in first close on latest fund – updated

The fund will be managed by Ant Solutions Partners, a newly formed spinoff of Ant Capital’s Solution Investment Group.

Pantheon could close its largest credit fund in the first half of next year

The firm’s third private credit secondaries fund in the series could be its largest to date.

Stafford eyes next year close for fifth and potentially largest infra secondaries fund

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

Details on two Sweetwater flagships revealed

The firm launched what could be its largest-ever secondaries fund in October.

Brazil’s Spectra raises secondaries allocation in flagship close

Approximately 45% of Fund VI will be allocated to secondaries transactions amid constrained liquidity and elevated capital costs in Brazil.