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Noah Keys has joined the firm to focus on secondaries and co-investments in the energy, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.
The Brisbane, Australia-based superannuation fund has sold roughly 40 private equity fund interests to Partners Group.
The portfolio includes funds managed by BC Capital, Carlyle and Stirling Square.
Tony Cusano is also head of secondaries and focuses on the firm’s Distressed Opportunities Funds
Charterhouse currently has 12 portfolio companies, including Italian cheese company Nuova Castelli and e-learning content provider Skillsoft, both of which were acquired last year.
Kuwaiti conglomerate National Industries Group has sold a portfolio of fund stakes to The Blackstone Group’s Strategic Partners.
UBS has advised CalPERS on a series of secondaries deals dating back to 2007.
The Swiss asset manager has seen a lot of tail-end fund interests come to market, but they are often much lower in quality than what the firm is looking for, said head of secondaries Nico Taverna.
Pomona funded the transaction using its eighth secondaries fund, which closed on $1.75bn in April 2014.
We recently caught up with HarbourVest on why and how it will begin offering secondaries exposure to retail investors.