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Secondaries

Fund focus: Lexington targets growing Asia secondaries market
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
NewQuest opens India office

Dedicated Asia secondaries investor NewQuest Capital Partners has opened an office in Mumbai, its third in the region. The firm has invested $200 million in India over the last two years and expects its investment pace to increase in the near term.

  • South Asia
  • 27 June 2017
Hamilton Lane raises its largest-ever global secondaries fund

Hamilton Lane has closed its latest global secondaries fund at $1.9 billion. It is the largest secondaries vehicle the firm has ever raised, coming in at more than twice the size of the previous fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 08 June 2017
Unigestion acquires European rival Akina

Switzerland-based wealth management firm and PE fund-of-funds Unigestion has acquired the Europe-focused private equity business of its rival Akina Partners.

  • Europe
  • 08 February 2017
Axiom raises $1b for fourth Asian fund-of-funds

Axiom Asia has closed its fourth pan-regional fund-of-funds at just over $1 billion, sticking to its tried and tested model of a single co-mingled vehicle with no separately managed accounts. The initial target was $750 million.

  • Fund-of-funds
  • 09 January 2017
Neuberger Berman raises $2.5b for global secondaries fund

Neuberger Berman has closed its fourth global private equity secondaries fund at $2.5 billion, surpassing the target of $2 billion after nine months in the market.

  • Secondaries
  • 06 January 2017
HarbourVest closes global secondaries fund at $4.8b

HarbourVest Partners has reached a final close of $4.8 billion on its latest global secondaries fund, beating the target of $3.6 billion.

  • Fundraising
  • 09 November 2016
Hamilton Lane closes global fund-of-funds at $516m

Hamilton Lane has closed its latest global fund-of-funds at $516 million, exceeding a target of $400 million on the back of strong international investor interest.

  • Fundraising
  • 27 July 2016
Korea's GEPS seeks offshore secondaries managers

South Korea’s Government Pension Investment Service (GEPS) is looking to make two commitments – of $50 million apiece – to overseas GPs operating co-mingled global secondaries funds.

  • North Asia
  • 09 May 2016
NewQuest reaches first close on Fund III, hires ex-CVC executive

Direct secondaries specialist NewQuest Capital Partners has reached a first close of just over $500 million on its third fund, beating the initial target for the entire vehicle.

  • Fundraising
  • 14 March 2016
India's VC-backed Tracxn launches start-up exit platform

Tracxn, an India-based start-up data analytics platform backed by SAIF Partners, has launched an online platform to help angel investors find exit opportunities from start-ups.

  • South Asia
  • 22 February 2016
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