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The law firm advised on more than 150 secondaries transactions in 2019 with a value of $17.5bn, according to Secondaries Investor's annual law firm survey.

Yuan-denominated funds have raised magnitudes more than dollar-denominated funds, though a lack of buyers has hindered the growth of a secondaries market.

China Ping An Insurance Overseas is the asset management and overseas investment arm of the world's seventh-largest listed company.

The placement agent and advisory firm had worked on secondaries deals including the yuan to dollar restructuring of assets managed by Loyal Valley Capital.

We look under the hood of what drove the Australian SWF to undertake a major rebalancing of its private equity portfolio prior to the coronavirus pandemic.

The process follows the close last week of a $600m yuan-to-dollar restructuring involving Chinese sponsor IDG Capital.

IDG Capital, which has $20bn in assets, is understood to have run a novel yuan-to-dollar secondaries process advised by Lazard.

Hong Kong-based CLSA is seeking up to $100m from the likes of HNWIs and wealth managers to build a portfolio of pre-IPO tech unicorns, Secondaries Investor understands.

Vertex Holdings is offering liquidity options on multiple funds in a deal that could be worth as much as $500m.

The advisory firm has hired a vice-president from Campbell Lutyens, having appointed an Asian secondaries head in March.