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The C$153bn pension is the latest North American institutional investor to bring a huge bundle of stakes to market.

The strategy has returned 14.6% since inception, though high pricing and competition is causing the pension to lower its expectations, according to senior investment officer John Bradley.

The secondaries advisor and placement agent has opened in Charlotte, adding to its New York, Chicago and Los Angeles offices.

Expect another year of healthy trading in the market for second-hand fund stakes.

NewView Capital Management, which acquired a portfolio of 31 stakes from VC-giant NEA, used them to seed its debut fund.

Armed with the most recent data, Nigel Dawn, senior managing director at Evercore, reflects on the market's growth, what has surprised him the most in its evolution and where he sees it heading in the next decade.

Family offices are twice as likely as institutional investors to sell private equity stakes due to poor manager performance.

Ardian has become the latest private markets firm to open an office in a country whose institutional investors are hungry for private markets.

The firm is seeking $3bn for its latest dedicated secondaries fund, 18 months after hitting a final close on its predecessor.

The Deutsche Bank spin-out has gone past the $1.75bn target for its first fund launched as a standalone firm.