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It follows pension’s $300m investment in Ardian's ASF VIII in June, its first commitment to a secondaries fund in more than a decade.

Yuan-denominated funds have raised magnitudes more than dollar-denominated funds, though a lack of buyers has hindered the growth of a secondaries market.

This week Secondaries Investor moderated a panel on the debt secondaries market hosted by sister publication Private Debt Investor. Here is what we learned from the discussion featuring executives from Manulife Investment Management, Tikehau Capital and Pantheon.

The deal involving Medicxi was based around six assets and completed at a premium to NAV, co-founder Francesco De Rubertis told Secondaries Investor.

The SharesPost100 fund, designed to democratise access to VC, is managed by ex-HQ Capital secondaries co-head Christian Munafo.

The 10 largest secondaries funds in market are targeting a combined $50.05bn, roughly equivalent to the record amount raised in H1 2020.

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs is aiming to attract institutional private wealth.

Secondaries buyers should look for a chance to engage with GPs on ESG before deciding not to invest, says LGT Capital Partners' ESG committee chairman.

High amounts of dry powder, new entrants such as Brookfield Asset Management and a pressing need to extend fund lives could result in the real estate market bouncing back this year.

The close of Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI and related SMAs pushes secondaries fundraising for this year to an all-time high.