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Secondaries

Secondaries specialist NewQuest to seek $500m for Fund III

NewQuest Capital Partners, which targets secondary direct transactions across Asia, wants to raise $500 million for its third pan-regional fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 22 September 2015
Greenhill to buy secondaries advisor Cogent

Boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co. has agreed to buy Cogent Partners, a global financial advisor specializing in the private equity secondary market, for up to $97.6 million.

  • Buyouts
  • 12 February 2015
Harjit Bhatia rejoins Asia Growth Capital Advisors

Harjit Bhatia has returned to Asia Growth Capital Advisors (AGCA) as executive chairman. He left the firm in 2012 to become managing partner and CEO at PineBridge Asia Partners.

  • People
  • 18 December 2014
Q&A: Auda's Ernest Boles, Jacob Chiu & Lucian Wu

Auda is scaling up its operations in Asia, opening a Shanghai office and making several new hires. CEO Ernest Boles, Head of Asia Jacob Chiu, and Managing Director Lucian Wu explain how they are addressing the opportunity

  • Fund-of-funds
  • 17 December 2014
Auda hires ex-Paul Capital Asia head Lucian Wu

Lucian Wu, previously co-head of Asia at Paul Capital Partners, has joined Auda as a managing director.

  • People
  • 07 November 2014
Deutsche AWM raises $1.65b for global secondaries fund

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) has reached a first and final close on its third global secondaries fund at the hard cap of $1.655 billion.

  • Fundraising
  • 23 October 2014
Secondaries: Choice cuts

Secondary fundraising has reached new highs over the past year, signaling greater investor appetite for the asset class. What is driving the demand and who is likely to benefit?

  • Secondaries
  • 25 June 2014
David Pierce appointed Asia head of HQ Capital

David Pierce, previously a partner at FLAG Squadron Asia, has been appointed managing director and head of Asia at Harald Quandt (HQ) Capital.

  • People
  • 03 June 2014
Ardian raises largest ever global secondaries fund

Ardian, known as Axa Private Equity until it spun out last year, has raised $9 billion for its latest global secondaries fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 24 April 2014
Paul Capital to wind down, close HK office

Paul Capital’s Hong Kong office is among those that will close as the secondaries specialist winds down its global operations. This follows the reported breakdown of a sale to Hamilton Lane.

  • Secondaries
  • 20 March 2014
Auda raises $332 million for third global secondaries fund

Auda International has announced a final close on its third global secondaries fund at $332 million, exceeding the initial target of $300 million. Existing Auda investors accounted for more than 60% of the capital raised.

  • Secondaries
  • 29 January 2014
LP interview: Axiom Asia

Axiom Asia has followed a consistent approach in backing small to mid-market country funds in the Asia Pacific region. Chihtsung Lam, the firm’s co-founder and managing partner, explains the strategy

  • LPs
  • 29 January 2014
Hamilton Lane adds two senior Asia professionals

Hamilton Lane has added two senior professionals to its Asia team, appointing Mingchen Xia as principal on the fund investment team and Yen Li Chew as vice president within its business development group - both will be based in Hong Kong.

  • People
  • 21 January 2014
NewQuest agrees $190m China Hydroelectric take-private

NewQuest Capital Partners has agreed to buy China Hydroelectric in a deal that values the US-listed hydropower operator at approximately $190 million.

  • Buyouts
  • 14 January 2014
JAIC spin out WM Partners reaches first close on maiden secondaries fund

WM Partners, a venture capital secondaries fund launched last year by former JAIC CEO Moriyoshi Matsumoto, has reached a first close on its JPY5.25 billion ($50.1 million) first fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 08 January 2014
HarbourVest's Asia secondaries head becomes managing director

Tim Flower, head of HarbourVest Partners’ secondary activities in Asia, has been promoted to managing director. The move comes just over three years since Flower relocated from London to Hong Kong and one year since he was elevated to principal.

  • Secondaries
  • 24 December 2013
Q&A: Lexington Partners' Brent Nicklas

Brent Nicklas, managing partner at Lexington Partners, on his expectations for private equity secondaries in a global market characterized by increased regulation, consolidation and ever larger LPs

  • Secondaries
  • 07 November 2013
AlpInvest holds $750m final close on Secondaries Fund V

AlpInvest Partners has closed its Secondaries Fund V (ASF V) at the hard cap of $750 million, exceeding its initial target of $500 million.

  • Secondaries
  • 17 October 2013
Australia's Ironbridge alters LP secondary exit proposal

Ironbridge Capital’s LPs will not be obliged to commit capital to a new fund as a condition of participation in a vehicle set up by the Australian GP to absorb assets held by its first two funds. AVCJ understands that the proposal has been amended so...

  • Secondaries
  • 26 September 2013
Ironbridge's creative liquidity solution

Stapled secondaries and GP restructurings have become common parlance as Asia's private equity investors grapple with a challenging fundraising environment, even though talk still overshadows action. In each case, new investors come in to replace old,...

  • Funds
  • 18 September 2013
Australia's Ironbridge offers LPs secondary exit route

Ironbridge Capital has launched a hybrid structure for its latest fundraising, with investors in the Australian GP’s first two funds being given the opportunity to exit their positions or roll over into a new vehicle that will continue to manage the assets....

  • Fundraising
  • 17 September 2013
Hamilton Lane closes third secondaries fund at $900m hard cap

Hamilton Lane has held a final close of $900 million on its Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund III, surpassing the original target of $650 million.

  • Fundraising
  • 06 September 2013
Ant Global Partners' $150m secondary fund targets Greater China, Japan

Ant Global Partners (AGP) - the international investment arm of Japanese PE firm Ant Capital Partners - is targeting $150 million for a new secondary fund focused on Greater China and Japan.

  • Secondaries
  • 16 July 2013
HarbourVest raises $3.6b for global secondaries fund

HarbourVest Partners has reached a final close of $3.6 billion on its latest global secondaries fund, exceeding the $3 billion target, on the back of strong investor demand. The fund, Dover Street VIII, is also larger than its predecessor, which reached...

  • Fundraising
  • 11 July 2013
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