Secondaries
Mantra closes two funds
Firm holds a final close for its secondaries-focused fund and a first close for its primary fund-of-funds
Balderton raises $145m for direct VC secondaries fund
Fund will target European growth-stage companies where early backers want some pre-exit liquidity
Northleaf nets $2.2bn for global PE programme
Canadian private markets investor closes its latest secondaries vehicle on $800m
ForeVest completes GP-led secondary for 2007 fund
ICG was selected as the lead buyer in a competitive process run by Park Hill Group
Pomona closes ninth fund on $1.8bn hard-cap
Fund was launched in November 2016 and held a first close on $850m in March 2017
HQ Capital holds $503m final close for secondaries strategy
Asset manager simultaneously announced the final close of its Asian secondaries strategy
Montana holds final close on €800m hard-cap
MCP Opportunity Secondary Program III held a final close on its €400m hard-cap in September 2015
Coller targets $9bn for eighth secondaries fund
Significant increase on Coller VII, which held a final close on $7.15bn in January 2016
Altamar closes secondaries fund on €541m
Fund will deploy €150-175m in secondaries transactions globally, with a focus on buyout funds
Headway targets first close in early Q2
Headway registered the vehicle, Headway Investment Partners IV (HIP IV), in February 2017
SwanCap holds final close on €433m
Fund will invest in primaries, direct co-investments and secondaries in Europe and North America
Lexington returns to market with record secondaries raise
Lexington held a final close for LCP VIII on its $10.1bn hard-cap in April 2015
EQ launches new secondary fund
Simultaneously to the launch, EQ also held a first close for its fund-of-funds EQ PE X North
Unigestion's Euro Choice Secondary II hits €300m hard-cap
Fund attracts commitments from 59 LPs to hold a final close 20 months after its announcement
Secondaries: all systems go following bumper 2017
Following a slump in 2016, the global volume of PE secondary transactions increased last year to reach new records
Schroders Adveq launches third secondaries fund
Vehicle is the LP's first private equity fund launch since it acquired Adveq in April
SL Capital closes secondaries fund on $428m
Total raised for SL's third secondaries vehicle is 47% more than that raised for its predecessor
Lexington closes mid-market secondaries fund on $2.7bn
Vehicle holds a final close on its hard-cap, exceeding its initial $2bn target
BEX Capital holds €120m final close for secondaries fund
Secondaries investor acquires commmitments in funds-of-funds and other secondaries-dedicated vehicles
ICG holds final close for secondaries fund on $1.1bn
ICG launched the fund in September 2015 and held an interim close for the vehicle on $750m in January 2017
Cipio holds final close for Fund VII on €174m
Fund will make primary and secondary growth capital investments in expansion-stage technology companies
Hamilton Lane closes secondaries fund on $1.9bn
Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund IV, the firm's largest secondaries vehicle to date, originally targeted $1.25bn
Committed Advisors closes third secondaries fund on €1bn
Strategy will focus primarily on mature private equity assets in North America and Europe
AlpInvest raises $6.5bn for secondaries programme
Programme’s previous generation, ASP V, had received $4.2bn in commitments in 2013
