Europe's largest asset manager has been scoping out building an internal team dedicated to the strategy since at least last year.
Schroders Capital, which recently closed its latest private equity secondaries fund on $410m, is seeking opportunities in the lower mid-market.
The deal was one of several secondaries transactions that CPP participated in during the three months to end-September.
The primary motivation for LPs to consider selling PE fund stakes is the need for liquidity and strategic repositioning, according to a report from Montana Capital Partners.
The appointment comes as movement around the secondaries advisory world has slowed after a series of relocations over the past year.
Four ways the AI and machine learning-focused firm is deploying its tech-enabled secondaries system in the LP portfolio market.
Devon Park, founded by secondaries veteran Jonathan Costello, closed on four GP-led transactions worth a combined $2bn last year.
Hamilton Lane was lead investor on the deal, which the firm closed without intermediation.
Jeff Hammer, global co-head of secondaries at Manulife Investment Management, discusses issues from moral hazard in continuation funds to the ethics of stapled deals with senior editor Adam Le.
TPG sold talent agency giant CAA to Artémis, the Pinault family’s investment company, in September.
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