Siguler Guff, a multi-strategy private equity investment firm with over USD14 billion of assets under management, announced today that it has completed fundraising for its Small Buyout Opportunities Fund IV. Fund IV, which was oversubscribed, closed at USD1.575 billion after six months of fundraising, exceeding its USD1.25 billion target. The Fund’s

Middleton Enterprises, a Newcastle-based investment firm, is launching a new fund, building on its successful performance over the last six years. The firm increased its net asset value from GBP95 million in 2018 to GBP115 million in 2019. The strong performance has been driven by Middleton Enterprises’ investment in listed companies; managing

Monument Group has advised venture capital fund-of-funds manager Unicorn Capital Partners (Unicorn) on fundraising for Unicorn Capital Partners Fund III (Fund III), which closed at its hard cap of US$D50 million in capital commitments. Similar to the previous funds, Fund III will focus on China-based technology-enabled consumer, enterprise, broad TMT and healthcare

AMP Capital has closed its Global Infrastructure Fund II (GIF II) at US$3.4bn. The fund reached final close on 27 December 2019, exceeding its US$3bn target and drawing additional significant co-investment commitments.GIF II attracted global interest, with commitments from more than 60 institutional clients from across the globe, including Japan,

Macfarlanes has advised long-standing client Hollyport Capital, on the raising of its seventh secondaries fund which has closed at its hard cap of USD1 billion.Macfarlanes previously advised Hollyport Capital on the raising of its sixth secondaries fund, which closed in October 2017 at USD500 millio.   The Macfarlanes team for

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has closed Aberdeen US Private Equity VIII (APE VIII), its eighth US private equity fund. The fundraising, which was completed in less than nine months, exceeded the firm’s USD350 million target and was oversubscribed. APE VIII, which closed on 23 December, will invest in a strategically concentrated

Manulife Investment Management (Manulife) has closed approximately USUSD1.5 billion in commitments to Manulife Private Equity Partners (MPEP). MPEP is the first fund-of-funds product raised by Manulife Investment Management’s Private Markets group as part of its ongoing effort to provide specialszed asset management solutions for global investors. The Fund was seeded with an

Rothschild & Co has completed the fundraising for Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities V (FASO V) at EUR1.0 billion, which is now the 16th fund raised above its expected target by the company’s Merchant Banking business over the last 10 years. This brings the total assets under management to approximately EUR13 billion

Shoreline Equity Partners, a purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm, has held the final close of its inaugural private equity fund, Shoreline Equity Partners Fund. Shoreline began fundraising in March, in conjunction with the Firm’s launch, with an initial target of USD250 million and was oversubscribed at its hard cap

Platinum Equity has held the final close of its latest global buyout fund, Platinum Equity Capital Partners V, with USD10 billion in total capital commitments.“We are very grateful for the support of our investors worldwide who have entrusted us with their capital and helped extend our global investment reach,” says