Chelsea Stevenson
Commitments include $50m from the New Hampshire Retirement System and $40m from the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.
The City of San Jose Police and Fire Department Retirement Plan has only committed $15m of its $100m secondaries allocation for the year.
The London-based firm closed its last secondaries fund on €208m in 2012 and later re-financed a SVG Advisers portfolio.
The New Hampshire Retirement System has $20m to Top Tier’s debut secondaries and co-investment fund.
Landmark Real Estate Partners VII launched earlier this year with a $1bn target.
LPs aren't selling their stakes in African private equity funds because of risks like Ebola in West Africa, says EY's Graham Stokoe.
Former Credit Suisse executive Ian Bell has joined Evercore as a managing director in Hong Kong.
The Swiss direct secondaries firm is led by partners Felix Ackermann (pictured) and Michel Galeazzi.
Akkadian Ventures III will invest in direct secondaries deals focused on media, technology and telecommunications.
The firm's fifth secondaries vehicle launched in 2011 and raised $4.8bn.