Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System are reducing their exposure to directly held private assets, while Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is sharpening its focus on collaborative investment models, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Crayhill Capital Management, a $3bn alternative asset management firm specialising in asset-based finance, has held the final close of Crayhill Principal Strategies Fund III (Fund III) with approximately $1.31bn in capital commitments.
Coller Capital has raised $2.4bn for a landmark structured secondaries vehicle, securing backing from institutional heavyweights Barings and Ares Management in what is being described as the largest transaction of its kind in the secondaries market to date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ansor, a UK-based ground-up buy-and-build private investment firm, has held the final close of its second fund, Ansor Fund II, at its investor hard cap of £250m. Almost twice the size of the firm’s prior fund which closed in 2019 on £130m.
InCred Alternative Investments, the private credit platform of KKR-backed InCred Financial Services, is set to raise INR15bn ($174m) for its latest credit fund as it looks to capitalise on rising demand for private credit in India, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative credit investment firm Crescent Capital Group LP has held the final close of its third European specialty lending fund, Crescent European Specialty Lending Fund III (CESL III), with total investable capital of approximately €3bn.
Swedish private equity firm EQT has secured more than $10bn in investor commitments for its latest Asia-focused buyout vehicle, BPEA Private Equity Fund IX, ahead of an anticipated first close this April, according to a report by Reuters.
After a first close on 23 March, Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management has held now held the final closing of the firm’s third European private equity strategy with €388m in total capital commitments.
Africa secured $3.6bn in venture capital funding in 2024, including $1bn from venture debt, with African investors forming the single largest group of active VC participants in the region for the first time, according to a data from the AVCA – the African Private Capital Association.
A growing number of global pension funds are scaling back or pausing investments in US private markets, as geopolitical tensions and erratic trade policies under President Donald Trump spark concerns about capital stability and regulatory risk, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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