Investors

At a seminar held by the BVCA, Pomona, Glendower and Headway discussed doing deals in a market where volatility is the new norm.

The North East England pension fund is seeking to increase its exposure to secondaries markets this year.

The $31bn Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds will also consider sales of interests in funds managed by discontinued GPs.

The LP has restructured its private equity portfolio, increasing its commitment capacity to the strategy and to emerging managers, and it can now sell interests on the secondaries market.

Find out who else won in the 12 secondaries categories in sister publication Private Equity International's 2018 Awards.

The sovereign wealth fund is also exploring options for an in-state private equity programme, as PE continues to be a top performing asset class.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's secondaries team is giving traditional firms a run for their money. The secret to its success is more than simply having a lower cost of capital.

The pension's advisors have cited secondaries as a way to grow its exposure to PE without having to compete for places in the most popular funds.

The London-listed investor has acquired stakes in two funds managed by Earlybird, a German VC firm with more than €1bn in assets.

Secondaries volumes and fundraising are likely to have a record 2018. Here are some predictions for 2019.