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The Swiss group is currently highlighting real estate secondaries, senior debt and preferred equity investments in its investment thesis as it more than doubles the size of its last vehicle in a global series.
The group's ability to source and execute deals - as demonstrated by its acquisition of a Swedbank portfolio this week - persuaded LPs to support a significant increase in AXA's latest secondaries fund.
Direct secondaries specialist Vision Capital has parted company with the head of its US operation, Matthew Constantino.
Paris-headquartered AXA Private Equity has finally capped its fifth secondaries fund at $7.1bn with an additional sidecar of $900m, making it the biggest pool of capital for buying up limited partner stakes yet raised.
PropertyMatch, a European secondaries trading platform for units in unlisted real estate funds part-owned by CBRE, says it traded more than €270m in the first quarter of the year, beating last year’s corresponding period by 240 percent.
The San Francisco-based firm, which once raised the largest-ever real estate secondaries fund, has ceased efforts to market its fifth vehicle as it considers options for a shift in strategy.
Previously known as Credit Agricole Private Equity, the re-named Omnes Capital, which was acquired by private equity secondaries firm Coller Capital last week, will continue with a strategy that includes renewable energy and infrastructure.
The purchase of French bank Crédit Agricole’s private equity arm - including a €450m portfolio - marks the first investment from Coller's latest secondaries fund, which is nearing final close.
Cipio Partners is to sell Israeli chip-maker BroadLight, marking the firm's latest in a series of exits in the semiconductor industry.
A collection of 23 regional Swedish insurers has put up one of the largest-ever secondaries offerings in Europe, including stakes in managers like TA Associates, BC Partners, TPG, Advent, Apax and Bain.
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