Fundraising

The fund has been in the market since the summer of 2015, according to data from PEI.

Deals linked to Asia-Pacific made headlines in a year when deal volume and fundraising in the region flatlined.

The real estate and private equity secondaries firm has raised at least $2.4bn for Landmark Real Estate Partners VIII.

The firm is likely to launch a fund in the second half of 2018 spurred on by the bright outlook for the European VC market.

Despite buoyant fundraising, the number of LPs actively investing in secondaries funds fell from last year, according to a survey by Probitas Partners.

Sebastien Burdel and Luca Salvato, who left the secondaries firm last year, are attempting to raise a restructurings-focused fund, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Generation Mature Secondary FoF will target stakes in European and US private equity funds.

LPs in the firm's 2015-vintage buyout fund were also given the option to sell their stakes to Partners Group, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The fund, which has been in the market since July, will acquire stakes of between $3m and $30m in lower- and mid-market North American funds.

Aether Real Assets SONJ Fund will seek to outperform the Bloomberg Commodity Index by at least 12% through primary funds, secondaries and co-investments.