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StepStone Real Estate Partners IV, which has been in market since April last year, raised twice as much as its predecessor to invest in complex secondaries deals.

Kempen Capital Management’s director, private markets, Marvin de Jong, warns that the covid-19 crisis is not a re-run of 2008.

Stafford expects infrastructure secondaries deal volume to almost double by 2025 to $10bn.

Principal Ryan Ramsey says a limited pool of buyers helps make the nascent secondaries market an exciting space within agriculture.

The fund, which will be managed by Allianz Capital Partners, will invest in infra funds directly, via secondaries as well as in co-investments.

The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the transformation of real estate secondaries and presented tangible opportunities for buyers with the right information.

The $515bn Canadian asset management giant has hired two Partners Group executives to help with the effort.

SIT IX, which acquires secondaries positions in existing timberland funds and co-investments. has already deployed $168m across five investments.

The firm, which rebranded from Private Advisors this year, closed its latest vehicle focusing on the asset class in April.

The firm's latest flagship secondaries fund, which is targeting $5.75bn, has already invested $1bn.