Chelsea Stevenson
Former Paul Capital executives will run StepStone's first Latin American office.
The US pension is a major backer for some of the largest secondaries funds being raised.
The fundraising effort comes more than a decade after the firm’s Fund III raised $1.75bn.
Pantheon Ventures has opened an office in Bogotá in Colombia to cover primary, secondaries and co-investments for Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru.
SecondariesInvestor.com revealed last week the firm was gearing up for Fund VII, having already deployed more than two-thirds of its $5.5bn Fund VI.
The Connecticut-based firm is targeting $2.5bn for the fund.
Cari Lodge joined Commonfund Capital last May to focus on secondaries.
Hamilton Lane’s head of secondaries on the market rebound in 2013.
The Connecticut-based fund of funds is targeting $1bn for its Secondary Fund II.
The state investment council committed $100m to Landmark’s 15th secondaries fund, amid the pension’s plans to 'thin' its private equity portfolio.