Fundraising

A look into capital raising for secondaries strategies, including fund launches, hard-caps, fund closures and LP commitments to vehicles.

Five secondaries funds closed in Q3, compared with seven in the same quarter last year.
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The close of Landmark Equity Partners XVI, which had a $4.75bn hard-cap, brings the firm's total committed capital to $27bn.
Partners Group Global Infrastructure 2018 is targeting €1bn and has a 60% allocation to primaries and secondaries.
The VC firm, one of Europe's largest, will use the vehicle to make direct secondaries investments in European technology companies.
Amy Thiessen, who has real estate experience, joins the firm to focus on raising capital and developing strategic partnerships.
The firm has held the final close on Northleaf Secondary Partners II after more than one year in market.
The latest secondaries capital raising by the firm further demonstrates increasing appetite for buying properties from tail-end funds.
The firm has collected €135m for eQ PE SF II, which had an undefined target.
Franklin Templeton Private Equity is now looking for professionals with multi-manager, co-investment, secondaries and directs experience.
The fund, which has been in market since March 2016, is mandated to invest in diverse, mature assets managed by high-quality managers, according to a statement.
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