Private equity and real estate secondaries funds are seeking around $9bn more compared with the first quarter of last year.
Strategic Partners Real Assets II has hit final close on $1.75bn, edging out Ardian's $1.7bn ASF VII Infrastructure.
The firm has opened offices in Chicago and Los Angeles as it continues expanding its secondaries advisory and fundraising business.
High pricing, more robust information and GPs being more actively involved in deals will lead to an increase of around 25%, according to research by Lazard obtained exclusively by Secondaries Investor.
The fund has surpassed its $1bn target and is on the way to being the largest real assets secondaries fund ever raised.
Asset and manager quality still pose problems for secondaries buyers in a market where many funds are coming to the end of their lives with large amounts of remaining NAV.
The fund is targeting primary fund investments, secondaries and direct co-investments in Europe, Asia and emerging markets.
Greenhill Cogent, Evercore and Park Hill worked on around $30bn in total deal volume, according to Secondaries Investor's annual advisory firm survey.
The US pension is aiming to sell an unspecified portion of its $5bn in private equity portfolio, which comprises 198 individual positions.
The private equity firm has already raised around half the target of Bridge No.5-B Private Equity Secondary Investment Fund, Secondaries Investor has learned.