Olivia Atkins

Portfolio Advisors has bought into Milestone Capital's EAC Fund III, which generated a 2.2x return on its investment in textile care services company 5àSec.

Chevron has built its position in Standard Life European Property Growth Fund, having purchased stakes from Hanwha Life Insurance and Cambridgeshire County Council.

Zurich-based pension fund Nest Sammelstiftung initially committed $4.3m to Partners Group Emerging Markets 2011.

Internal transfers are less complicated than external transactions, but the same documentation is required, according to Nicholas Holman, co-head of the investment fund group at Hogan Lovells.

German auto manufacturer Daimler, whose brands include Mercedes-Benz, has divested its stake in Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund II.

Schroder has sold its stake in Tosca Prime Residential Fund, which invests in central London properties.

Madrid-based Altamar has a broad Spanish-speaking LP base and is currently analysing Latin America’s secondaries market, says executive directors Ignacio de la Mora and Miguel Echenique.

The percentage of investors purchasing LP positions edged up from 45% last year to 50% this year, according to Probitas Partners.

Former Capital Dynamics director Sandro Galfetti has become a principal in Park Hill's secondaries advisory business.