Fundraising

Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII follows vehicles from Ares Management’s Landmark Partners, Partners Group and Goldman Sachs.

Pantheon Global Secondaries Fund VII closed above its $2bn target and follows the close of Pantheon’s credit secondaries vehicle and the launch of an evergreen credit secondaries fund.

Schroders Capital, which recently closed its latest private equity secondaries fund on $410m, is seeking opportunities in the lower mid-market.

The 'phone keeps ringing' on continuation fund dealfow, according to the listed manager's chief investment officer and chief executive Benoît Durteste.

The firm has closed on more than 50 GP-led transactions since 2021 including GP-leds with Emeram and Volpi Capital.

Carlyle's secondaries unit is seeking north of $10bn for AlpInvest Secondaries Program VIII, Secondaries Investor has reported.

The fund will invest across multiple strategies including primaries, secondaries and co-investments.

The firm is also seeing 'exciting opportunities' in the opportunistic side of the business including real estate secondaries and structured equity, according to chief executive Michael Arougheti.

The tech-focused venture capital manager has entered a joint venture with investment banker Roman Ivaniuk, founder of Ukraine-based BrightOne Capital, for its latest fund.

Pantheon Global Infrastructure Fund IV launched in 2021 with a $3bn target.