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The growing amount of cash stockpiled by fund managers is driving private equity secondaries activity to new highs, according to Triago’s latest research.
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The New York-based stock exchange has partnered with SharesPost to create an online platform for trading shares in private companies.
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The Toronto-based private equity firm’s specialist secondaries fund has beaten its $200m fundraising target, according to managing director Jeff Pentland.
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The French private equity firm Committed Advisors looked to raise the most from investors in the first quarter of 2014, data from PEI Research & Analytics shows.
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The Canadian advisory firm Setter Capital has cited its 40 most sought-after European leveraged buyout funds on the secondaries market.
The Canadian pension’s private equity arm has enlisted Jonathan Mussellwhite, formerly of Cognetas, to join its London office.
The Maryland-based firm will offer its own private equity investments to investors in its third fund, American Capital Equity III, which will close within 90 days.
Secondaries fund of funds Montauk Triguard has closed its sixth fund over its target of $400m, stating that the fund was substantially oversubscribed.
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Private equity secondary funds in the Asia-Pacific region looked to raise $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2014.
The Boston-based private equity firm’s Fund IV holds an interim close, over half way to its target.
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