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Secondaries

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
Portfolio Advisors closes global secondaries fund at $910m

Portfolio Advisors has closed its second dedicated global private equity secondaries fund at $910 million. The vehicle launched in 2011 and began investing in the third quarter of 2012, focusing on direct secondary fund interests.

  • Fundraising
  • 17 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
Secondaries specialist NewQuest reaches $215m first close on Fund II

NewQuest Capital Partners has reached a first close of $215 million on its second fund, which focuses on direct secondary opportunities in Asia. A final close of around $300 million – the hard cap is $330 million – is expected in the first half of...

  • Fundraising
  • 16 December 2013
The secondary network: Online platforms

Setter Capital’s Secondary Link is the latest online platform intended to fill the information void in the secondaries market. Industry participants have mixed feelings as to its utility

  • Secondaries
  • 04 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
Stepstone completes Greenpark deal

StepStone Group has merged with secondaries specialist Greenpark Capital. The widely-anticipated transaction has been confirmed, but a spokesperson declined to give more information on how it was structured, citing confidentiality requirements.

  • Buyouts
  • 10 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...

  • Fundraising
  • 17 September 2013
Cogent adds to Shanghai team

Cogent Partners has appointed Dominik Woessner as a director in its Shanghai office. He has relocated from the secondary market-focused firm’s London office as part of ongoing efforts to develop its footprint in Asia.

  • Secondaries
  • 13 September 2013
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Secondaries: Bifurcation point

More LP interests in Asian funds are coming onto the secondary market, but the region remains the industry’s future rather than its present. Which investors will be around to witness it coming to bloom?

  • Secondaries
  • 11 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
AlpInvest's Hong Kong secondaries head steps down

AlpInvest has confirmed that the head of its secondaries team in Hong Kong, Neal Costello, has left the company after less than a year in the role.

  • LPs
  • 19 June 2013
Secondaries valuations remain challenging – KIC

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will increase its allocation to alternatives to as much as 25%, up from 15%, but CIO Don Lee said there were no immediate plans to add managers in the secondary space, citing valuation challenges in the market.

  • Secondaries
  • 07 June 2013
Adams Street hits $1b hard cap on global secondary fund

Adams Street Partners has closed its Global Secondary Fund 5 at $1 billion, surpassing the $750 million target to raise the highest amount so far in its global secondary series of funds. It is the fourth global secondaries vehicle to reach a final close...

  • Fundraising
  • 09 May 2013
Ex-JAIC boss to launch Japan secondaries fund

Former JAIC CEO Moriyoshi Matsumoto, who was responsible for the group’s secondaries business, has spun out to create an independent secondary investment platform. WM Partners is targeting up to JPY10 billion ($102 million) for its debut fund, with...

  • Fundraising
  • 18 April 2013
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