Fundraising

Auldbrass Partners targets $350m for latest secondaries vehicle

Auldbrass acquires secondaries interests through LP-led and GP-led opportunities in mid-market buyout, global buyout and growth equity.

Inside Allianz’s push into private debt secondaries, co-investments

Marc Smid, who oversees the German insurance giant’s private debt fund of funds, sets out his expectations and concerns with respect to GPs.

Secondaries volume smashes predictions to reach $226bn in 2025 – Evercore

While fundraising continues to skyrocket, the amount of dry powder available has remained ‘fairly flat’, and more capital is needed for the market to keep pace with demand, Evercore’s Nigel Dawn tells Secondaries Investor.

Stafford raises over $1.1bn for infra secondaries

SISF V is the largest infrastructure vehicle that Stafford has raised to date and brings its total infra AUM to $2.7bn.

Blue Earth raises $100m for its first dedicated secondaries strategy

The firm is seeking to raise $300m for the strategy, head of private equity partnerships Nicolas Muller tells NPM.

Westwood targeting ‘proven’ traditional energy secondaries with new fund

The energy-focused firm’s latest $300m secondaries vehicle will target oil and gas, avoiding renewable energy.

Arcano closes on hard-cap for latest secondaries vehicle

The vehicle surpassed its target by €350m, making it the Spanish firm’s largest secondaries fund to date.

DOWNLOAD: Secondaries fundraising breaks new record

Vehicles focused on the strategy collected nearly $166bn through final closes last year, marking a 48% increase on the prior biggest fundraising year.