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The firm used a secondaries transaction to 'push forward' fundraising on its $800m Asian mid-market fund, which closed on Wednesday.
Meteor5 Capital, which counts Mounir Guen, Loren Boston and Spanish private equity veteran Javier Loizaga among its partners, is raising a fund to back emerging managers.
The firm's Strategic Partners unit is seeking around $2bn more than the target of its predecessor in a year in which some of the biggest names in secondaries have returned to market.
GLP will seek to capitalise on its sector insight to invest in emerging technologies.
Industry sources have no doubt PAG’s upcoming fundraise will be a success, but deploying such a large fund will not be without its challenges.
Firms taking stakes in other GPs means the ranking is becoming increasingly interconnected.
Analysis by tech company Bison shows this year’s returns are rising.
The private investment arm of the French asset manager will launch hybrid fund of funds, growth capital, infrastructure and real estate vehicles this year.
Stock market volatility caused unrealised losses in its private equity business leading to the firm’s first quarterly loss since Q1 2016.
PEI charts the progress of the 50 firms that appeared in our inaugural ranking in 2007.