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The alternatives manager has already raised more than $1bn of capital to invest in senior debt secondaries through two May fund closes.

The booming secondaries market is reflected in this year's survey, with several respondents closing on twice the deal volume recorded in pandemic-hit 2020.

The transaction involves the asset manager and other institutional investors acquiring a structured minority interest in a portfolio of assets as part of the UBS-advised deal.

The placement agent has formally launched a secondaries advisory business focused on credit and infrastructure, having soft launched two years ago.

ICG Strategic Equity IV has beaten its target after just a year and a half in market, Secondaries Investor understands.

The Chicago-based manager will target opportunities where it has an informational advantage that allows it to profit from 'value arbitrage', according to secondaries head Jeff Akers.

The deal is among a handful of GP-led secondaries processes that have moved through the market, which has become more challenging because of pricing uncertainty.

Claire Hedley most recently led GSAM’s ESG client strategy group in London and was responsible for the asset manager’s client facing and commercial ESG efforts across EMEA.

The $59.4bn Swedish insurer doesn't want to support a phenomenon where a 'big chunk of money' is left on the table for LPs that is then handed over to another party.

The impact secondaries firm has shifted the focus of its clean growth strategy recently to preferred equity structured transactions from traditional LP interests.