NewQuest Asia Fund II over 60% deployed
The Asian direct secondaries firm has started making distributions from its latest direct secondaries fund, which held final close about a year ago.
Partners Group buys Nordic real estate portfolio
The investment manager purchased a $378m portfolio of 32 properties from Sveafastigheter in a direct secondaries transaction.
Strategic Partners picks up European real estate fund stake
The Blackstone unit has bought a stake in an Eastern Europe-focused Europa fund through a real estate secondaries vehicle.
Energy secondaries nearly ready to ignite
Another slump in oil prices and a rise in primary deals is leading some to believe that energy secondaries activity could pick up early next year.
Hollyport buys Advent VC stakes from Deutsche Bank
Hollyport continues its tail-end fund stake strategy with the purchase of five interests in IT and healthcare-focused vehicles.
Secondaries firms, FoFs increasingly selling
Traditional secondaries buyers are now using the secondaries market as an active portfolio management tool.
European real estate secondaries pace stays brisk in August
Stakes in Carlyle and Standard Life sell at a discount, according to trading platform PropertyMatch.
Akina’s debut secondaries fund more than 60% invested
The Zurich-based firm has made up to eight deals from its debut secondaries fund, including a €40m Italian buyout funds transaction.
Sovereign wealth funds to become more active sellers in H2
Sovereign wealth funds may turn out to be opportunistic sellers rather than competition on the buyside, according to Rudy Scarpa of Pantheon.
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley buy into Palamon staple – exclusive
Five buyers – Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild, Adams Street and PGGM – have committed to two tail-end funds and one new vehicle in a Palamon staple deal.