Fundraising

The firm's Strategic Partners secondaries unit is seeking $8bn for Fund VIII, as Secondaries Investor reported in May.

Mantra Secondary Opportunities II, which launched in October last year, will focus on niche sectors of the market.

Five secondaries funds closed in Q3, compared with seven in the same quarter last year.

The close of Landmark Equity Partners XVI, which had a $4.75bn hard-cap, brings the firm's total committed capital to $27bn.

Partners Group Global Infrastructure 2018 is targeting €1bn and has a 60% allocation to primaries and secondaries.

The VC firm, one of Europe's largest, will use the vehicle to make direct secondaries investments in European technology companies.

Northleaf Capital Partners' latest fund is more than three times larger than its predecessor. Managing director Michael Flood discusses how the firm plans to deploy the vehicle and the additional $500m it amassed in SMAs.

New managers are up, secondaries are down and co-investments remain popular in the latest version of the Rede Liquidity Index.

Amy Thiessen, who has real estate experience, joins the firm to focus on raising capital and developing strategic partnerships.

Pomona Capital chief executive Michael Granoff discusses the firm's individual investor-focused vehicle on the back of its $1.8bn final close on Fund IX.