Fundraising

The $180bn pension fund manager is an active seller on the secondaries market and committed to Ardian and Lexington Partners vehicles last year.

The firm founded by Michael Bego is well on its way to hitting the target for its first fund which focuses on the smaller end of the secondaries market.

San Francisco-based Industry Ventures is seeking $425m for its latest dedicated secondaries vehicle and $200m for a FoF which can also invest in the strategy.

The fund of funds manager is back in market with Pomona Capital IX, according to a US regulatory filing.

Direct investments made large gains on secondaries as a percentage of Partners Group's invested capital.

CPPIB, HarbourVest and Pantheon joined the Carlyle Group's fund of funds unit in the deal involving Lee Equity's 2009-vintage fund.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, the private equity firm run by CPPIB's former secondaries head, launched its first fund this month.

HarbourVest's listed vehicle made commitments to the firm's recently launched real assets secondaries fund and flagship Dover Street fund in February.

The Blackstone unit's latest secondaries fund has a $6.5bn hard-cap and will focus on mature portfolios, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The commitment was part of an almost $1bn total investment in secondaries, debt, buyout and real estate-focused vehicles.