Baring Private Equity Asia Ltd (BEPA) has gathered secured capital commitments totalling around $11 billion for its latest and biggest fund to date, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites unnamed sources as confirming that the Hong Kong-based investment manager raised about 70% more than a previous $6.5 billion Asia-focused fund. The final closing of the new fund, which is expected to continue BEPA’s strategy of investing in mid- to large-sized firms in Asia, may be announced as early as the end of this month. Around 15 per cent of the capital raised has already been invested The

Jera Capital, a Copenhagen-based investment management firm focused on the private equity secondary market, has successfully achieved the first closing of its new Luxembourg private equity fund, Jera Direct Access Private Equity (Jera DAPE) which is structured as a RAIF, and is well on track to reach EUR100 million within its first year of operation.  The fund aims to invest its clients’ capital in a responsible way by integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in line with the UN SDG themes. The fund acquires assets in the secondary market and exclusively focuses on companies with strong value creation potential

Golding Capital Partners, an independent asset manager for alternative investments, has held successful final closings for its two current infrastructure funds, with total commitments of some €1.5 billion.  The flagship fund of funds “Golding Infrastructure 2020” closed at €943 million, significantly above its target of €700 million, making it the biggest fund in Golding’s company history and one of the largest fund of funds on today’s infrastructure market overall.  “Golding Infrastructure Co-Investment 2020” meanwhile, also closed well above its original target at €578 million, thanks to strong investor demand. In each case these impressive results were due around half to

Welkin China Private Equity Limited (WCPE) is to launch an IPO on the Premium Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is targeting a raise of up to $300 million and expects to publish its Prospectus in the coming days. WCPE is a newly established closed-ended investment company and will be the first fund listed on the London Stock Exchange dedicated to investing in unquoted Chinese companies.   The Company will offer public investors exposure to a broadly diversified portfolio of Chinese private equity investments across a range of sectors, stages, maturity levels, and managers,

EQT has set the target size for the EQT Infrastructure VI fund at €20 billion. The actual fund size is dependent on the outcome of the fundraising process and may be higher or lower than the target size. The EQT Infrastructure VI fund’s investment strategy and commercial terms are expected to be materially in line with the predecessor fund EQT Infrastructure V. To ensure continuity between two fund generations, EQT’s capital raisings usually follow a cycle with successor funds targeted to be in a position to commence investment activities when the predecessor fund is close to being fully invested. This

Stafford Capital Partners has closed its latest fund with €731 million in capital commitments making it the largest in the private markets firm’s history, and taking the firm’s total infrastructure AUM to $1.7 billion, according to a report by AlternativesWatch. Stafford also raised an additional £100 million ($116 million) for a managed account that will focus on geographically targeted infrastructure secondary transactions.  With 13 closed transactions to date and another three more in the pipeline, the Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV targets investments in existing core infrastructure funds, predominantly in Europe, North America and Australasia, through LP as well as

Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford) has held the final close of Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV (SISF IV) with the €731 million in commitments from 33 investors across 13 countries, making it the firm’s largest fund to date. Alongside these commitments, Stafford raised an additional £100 milion managed account for geographically focussed infrastructure secondary transactions.   With 13 closed transactions and a further three in exclusivity, Stafford expects to have committed 75% of capital commitments to the fund in Q4 2022. Following the closing of this fund, Stafford now has $1.7 billion in infrastructure assets under management.   SISF IV is