Investment head Michael Halford, and a number of other partners, have jumped ship to join ex-colleagues at the rival firm.
Miles O’Connor takes on the newly-created role at the asset manager, which is strengthening its London presence.
Miria Späth Werder joins as a partner and will help the French firm develop its international investor base.
A senior investment officer at the $180bn pension previously said secondaries had become a "very useful portfolio construction tool".
The Nordic direct secondaries firm has invested in a Finnish software company through a combination of direct and secondhand shares.
Fund managers and auditors expect EU regulators to follow US lead and begin overseeing fund valuation processes.
The private equity firm, which is mulling a move into GP-led restructurings and direct secondaries, held a first close on Adveq Secondaries III last April.
Primary investing creates a multi-dimensional relationship with GPs that gives Pomona Capital a strategic edge, according to chief executive Michael Granoff.
Almost a fifth of family offices surveyed acquire fund stakes on the secondaries market, according to research by PEI and Montana Capital Partners.
The global alternative asset manager plans to grow its base of Asian LPs starting with Chinese insurance companies, says Asia MD Mingchen Xia.
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