Anwer Farooqui, who spent 30 years at the gulf SWF, has joined the firm formed by two ex-Coller Capital partners.
University of Michigan endowment's sale is the latest in a series of large divestments by North American institutional investors.
Greenhill advised the Californian pension to split the interests into main and tail-end portions.
The $16.7bn US pension wants to reduce its number of GP relationships.
The process on the 2006-vintage, $8.1bn Fund VI is being put to limited partners on Wednesday, Secondaries Investor understands.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has emerged as the buyer of a private equity portfolio from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
The close comes after a ‘strict and intellectually rigorous process’ to move assets from the group’s first fund, according to chief investment officer Carlo Michelini.
The $52bn US pension joins a growing list of North American institutions that have sold large portfolios this year.
The secondaries firm is expected to syndicate the deal involving two Asia funds, Secondaries Investor understands.
Tom Angell, partner at financial services firm WithumSmith+Brown, dissects the results of sister publication pfm's Fees & Expenses Benchmarking Survey.