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The transaction is in the early stages and could reach $2bn in size, sources familiar with the matter said.

‘It can be a driver of potential fees,’ Dan Faigus tells packed room at Private Funds CFO event.

As they consider re-ups with existing managers, LPs need to see evidence that firms have the ability to deliver proceeds back to LPs, and proof that their managers can achieve outperformance.

In what may be a sign of improving dealmaking conditions, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the world’s biggest investor in private equity, recently upped its performance – with the help of some exits.

From partial exits to continuation funds, more African GPs are turning to secondaries transactions to deliver liquidity back to LPs.

Monday is a public holiday in several markets, so we'll return to your inbox on Tuesday. In the meantime, a look at what's on the minds of operating partners this year; and meet two of Japan's largest-ever funds. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Speaking at SALT iConnections in New York, Weijian Shan, co-founder of pan-Asian giant PAG, said buyouts gave China investors more exit options than growth and venture deals.

The USS sale marks the latest sizeable LP-led portfolio that Partners Group has backed in recent months.