Silas Sloan
Fundraising for secondaries strategies last year reached just under $100bn, falling short of 2023โs record haul for the sub-sector.
The incoming administration is taking centre stage when it comes to events expected to shape the North American secondaries market this year.
Max Barnes, who left Rede last summer, was featured on Secondaries Investor's 2023 Next Gen Leaders of Secondaries list.
The largest secondaries vehicle to close in 2024 was more than double the size of the runner-up.
eQ PE SF V, which surpassed its target, is the smallest in the managerโs secondaries series.
The deal marks the first continuation vehicle for Guardian Capital Partners.
The fund will be managed by Ant Solutions Partners, a newly formed spinoff of Ant Capitalโs Solution Investment Group.
The firm was a participating investor in a single-asset CV for Essential Pharma.
The firmโs third private credit secondaries fund in the series could be its largest to date.
Coller Capital's latest barometer has found that most investors see the main purpose of continuation funds as providing an alternative to selling assets at a low valuation.










