Secondaries
US pension set to back Pantheon secondaries fund
Pantheon Global Secondaries Fund VI has a focus on GP-led transactions in Europe and North America
HarbourVest and Vanguard agree strategic partnership
Strategic partnership will see new PE funds raised annually to be accessed by Vanguard clients
Ion Pacific targets $150m for VC secondaries fund
Firm focuses on direct secondaries and LP interests in VC funds, as well as GP recapitalisations
ICG closes third secondaries fund on $2.4bn
ICGSE III targets secondaries transactions, with a primary focus on complex fund restructurings
Unigestion launches Secondary V
Latest vehicle will target non-auctioned small and mid-market secondaries opportunities
Stafford launches €750m infra secondaries fund
Fourth core infrastructure secondaries fund is set to be twice the size of its predecessor
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI to close in 2020
Pantheon's latest vehicle, Global Secondary Fund VI, is expected to hold a final close in 2020, Unquote understands.
Lexington closes ninth fund on $14bn
Vehicle is now the largest secondaries fund ever raised, with Ardian aiming to top it
Greenspring closes VC secondaries fund on $800m
Fund targets investments in expansion-stage companies as well as LP interests
Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities V closes on €1bn
Vehicle's predecessor, Five Arrows Principal Investments IV, closed on €451m
Hollyport closes Secondary Opportunities Fund VII on $1bn
New vehicle has already acquired stakes in an Equistone legacy fund and in Indigo V
EQ targets first close for two PE funds by January 2020
One fund-of-funds will focus on European primaries, and the other on the secondaries market
Headway hits €372m hard-cap for fourth secondaries fund
Fund targets direct secondaries, structured secondaries, GP restructurings and co-investment secondaries
Glendower closes fourth secondaries fund on $2.7bn
SOF IV is the first fund since Glendower's spin-out as an independent secondaries firm in 2017
Hollyport targets close for secondaries fund
Vehicle is targeting $750m with a hard-cap of $1bn, double the size of the GP's previous fund
Blackstone closes Strategic Partners VIII on $11.1bn
GP closes the global secondaries fund, which launched in Q2 2018 with a $8bn target
Flexstone closes its Select Opportunities II fund on €300m
Select Opportunities II invests in secondaries transactions and makes co-investments
Adams Street raises $2bn for secondaries
Adams Street raises $1bn for secondaries fund and $1bn in separately managed accounts
BEX closes third fund on $365m
On the market since November 2018, BEX Capital III hit its $280m target in January
Korea Post hunts for secondary PE managers
Korean LP is interested in closed-end commingled funds with a minimum size of $1bn
Lexington requests extension for seventh fund
Firm has asked for a one-year extension to complete the wind down of the portfolio
Secondaries in Private Equity
Unquote analysis of the secondaries market is now available for download
Verdane X closes on SEK 6bn hard-cap
Verdane X has a flexible approach to investing in northern European technology companies
Los Angeles pension fund backs Lexington
California based pension fund has 4% of its portfolio invested in private equity as of June 2018