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Coller raises cap to $4.5bnInvestors have informally approved the increase which should mean Coller Capital closes the largest secondaries fund early next year, eclipsing rival Lexington Partners.
- Louisiana picks Coller for secondaries
Coller Capital will manage the $9.3bn state workers retirement system’s $100m mandate to buy assets on the secondaries market.
- LPs: Allocations rise but causes for concern remain
A significant proportion of LPs plan to increase allocations to private equity, according to the latest Coller Capital Barometer, which also found LPs are increasingly concerned about the proliferation of special accounts.
- Paul Capital launches $2bn secondaries fund
The firm’s tenth fund is targeting $500m more than its ninth and largest fund, which closed above target on $1.65bn in 2008.
- LPs want to make dollar pledges to Euro funds
Europe tops the list of issues LPs are thinking about this year, along with the growing threat of ‘zombie funds’ and reputational risk brought on by the US Republican primary election.
- Large LPs want a special relationship
Separate accounts are all the rage, for good reasons.
- SVG overhauls strategy and returns £170m to LPs
SVG Capital will commit to a broader range of managers in the future, as part of a strategy re-think that also includes a return of capital to investors.
- Coller bags French captive
Coller Capital has agreed the latest in a slew of banking-related secondaries this year sparked by the forthcoming Volcker rule, acquiring the in-house private equity arm of French bank Crédit Agricole.
- Stepping down and stepping back
Succession has long been a tricky issue to deal with for private equity firms, but several groups have demonstrated in recent weeks that it need not be a painful process.
- Looking for reasons not to invest
LPs are reporting a record number of fundraising extension requests – and may be toughening their stance on issues like ‘key man’ clauses as they make fewer and smaller commitments.