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Secondaries

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ESG & secondaries: Finer filters

Rising sustainability standards pose unique challenges for investors that prefer buying into existing portfolios. Interestingly, increasingly complex deal structures are making it easier

  • Secondaries
  • 07 October 2020
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Asia secondaries: Waiting for the flood

Secondary investors expect deal flow to rebound strongly once there is more certainty on valuations. In Asia, the opportunity will be larger and more nuanced than the post-global financial crisis frenzy

  • Secondaries
  • 17 June 2020
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Fund focus: Ardian goes large

With $19 billion in dry powder, Ardian is targeting big-ticket transactions in the secondaries space. Asia is becoming an increasingly significant part

  • Fundraising
  • 10 June 2020
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Ardian raises $19b for global secondaries fund

Ardian has closed its eighth global secondaries fund with $19 billion in commitments, representing the largest-ever vehicle raised for the strategy. The total includes $5 billion for co-investment.

  • Secondaries
  • 03 June 2020
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Roc Partners hits $120m third close on fourth Asia fund

Australia-based private equity firm Roc Partners has reached a third close of $120.1 million for its fourth Asia Pacific fund-of-funds.

  • Australasia
  • 08 April 2020
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Fund focus: Lexington targets growing Asia secondaries market

Having closed its ninth fund at $14 billion, Lexington Partners is hunting for assets in a secondary market that is becoming ever larger and diverse. Asia is on the agenda, whether it’s GP-led restructurings or LP portfolios

  • Fundraising
  • 23 January 2020
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NewQuest collects $1b for Asia secondaries fund

NewQuest Capital Partners has closed its fourth secondaries fund at the revised hard cap of $1 billion, comfortably exceeding the $540 million raised in the previous vintage.

  • Fundraising
  • 18 November 2019
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HarbourVest spins out part of Norwest's India portfolio

HarbourVest Partners has spun out part of the Norwest Venture Partners India portfolio into a new fund to be managed by Avataar Venture Partners.

  • South Asia
  • 26 September 2019
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TR targets $300m for fourth fund

Hong Kong-based secondaries specialist TR Capital is seeking to raise $300 million for its fourth private equity fund.

  • Greater China
  • 15 May 2019
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NewQuest seeks $850m for fourth Asia secondaries fund

NewQuest Capital Partners, an Asia-focused secondaries specialist in which TPG Capital acquired a minority stake last year, has set a target of $850 million for its fourth fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 16 April 2019
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Lexington leads $1b stapled secondary for TPG Asia

Lexington Partners has backed a GP-led tender offer for TPG Capital’s fifth and sixth Asia funds, taking out existing positions held by LPs and investing new capital into the firm’s seventh pan-regional vehicle. The transaction represents a total...

  • Secondaries
  • 10 December 2018
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Hong Kong's Ion Pacific raises $30m for PE secondary fund

Hong Kong-based merchant bank Ion Pacific has raised $30 million for a technology fund that will acquire secondary positions in venture and growth funds as well as take direct stakes in portfolio companies.

  • Greater China
  • 30 November 2018
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Secondary staples: Structural dynamics

GP-led restructurings are going mainstream, including complex transactions that combine primary and secondary commitments. As deal demand grows, so do concerns about risk

  • Secondaries
  • 12 September 2018
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LP interview: Korea's POBA

Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association is expanding its private equity exposure and global footprint. Maintaining this diversification within the firm’s traditional risk profile requires a gradual approach

  • North Asia
  • 26 July 2018
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TPG buys stake in Asia secondaries specialist NewQuest

TPG Capital has agreed to take a minority stake in Asia-focused NewQuest Capital Partners, with a view to helping the secondaries specialist scale up its platform and address a wider variety of opportunities in an expanding yet underpenetrated market.

  • Secondaries
  • 07 June 2018
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Fund focus: HQ prepares for Asia secondary surge

Having raised $250 million for an Asia secondary fund, HQ Capital remains the only global multi-strategy firm with a vehicle dedicated to the region. It expects a significant uptick in deal flow over the next few years

  • Secondaries
  • 11 May 2018
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HQ raises $250m for Asia secondaries fund

HQ Capital has closed an Asia-focused secondaries fund at the hard cap of $250 million as part of an oversubscribed global fundraising drive that has received $674 million in third-party commitments.

  • Fundraising
  • 03 May 2018
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HarbourVest closes flagship fund-of-funds at $1.7b

HarbourVest Partners has closed its latest fund-of-funds targeting European and Asian markets with $1.7 billion in commitments.

  • Fundraising
  • 19 March 2018
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AlpInvest leads $450m stapled secondary for Southern Capital

A consortium led by AlpInvest Partners has made a secondary investment in Southern Capital Group’s second fund that includes a stapled commitment to the firm’s fourth Southeast Asia-focused vehicle.

  • Secondaries
  • 23 January 2018
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Lazard appoints head of Asia secondaries practice

Dominik Woessner, formerly head of Greenhill Cogent’s secondary advisory business in Asia, has joined Lazard to lead the origination and execution of secondaries transactions in the region.

  • Secondaries
  • 17 January 2018
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Secondaries: Back in the game

After several years of uncertainty, secondaries investments have returned to growth again, particularly in Asia. Strong pricing and healthy deal flow on the primary side could help maintain this upward trajectory

  • Secondaries
  • 07 December 2017
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SL Capital raises $428m secondaries fund

SL Capital, a private markets arm of Aberdeen Standard Investments, has raised $428 million for its third private equity secondaries fund, surpassing the target of $400 million.

  • Europe
  • 30 October 2017
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LP interview: LGT Capital Partners

LGT Capital Partners sees Asia as a misunderstood investment destination among Western LPs due to unfounded concerns about the risk of the region. Local connections are key to building a strong strategy

  • Greater China
  • 27 October 2017
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LP interview: Ardian

Ardian has raised large amounts of capital on the basis of a big-ticket secondaries strategy. Jan Philipp Schmitz, a managing director with the firm, discusses where investor demand is heading

  • LPs
  • 27 September 2017
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