Nordea Private Equity's secondaries fund is managed by Christen Estrup and former Partners Group executive Julien Marencic.
The Carlyle subsidiary has hit the hard-cap on ASP VII and raised $1.2bn for co-investments, with support of LPs such as the California Public Employees' Retirement System.
DWS, which is understood to be in market with its debut fund, recently completed a deal involving Revelstoke Capital Partners portfolio company DataLink Software.
The preferred equity specialist says it closed transactions this year across Europe, North America and Asia from a total pipeline of around $20bn.
NAV-based lending facilities can be more effective – and encounter less resistance from LPs – than preferred equity, says head of transactions at Rede Partners Magnus Goodlad.
The $60bn pension has worked with the team previously when they were a part of Greenhill, and staff want to maintain that relationship.
LGT Capital has now backed two of the largest GP-led deals in Asia this year, having participated in IDG Capital's yuan-to-dollar restructuring in September.
The Women in Secondaries network seeks to empower, promote and support women working in the industry.
The firm is also expanding its regional footprint with the opening of an office in Shenzhen, Secondaries Investor has learned.
Managing partner Daniel Benin discusses the firm's €1.6bn fundraise and how the new economy brought about by covid-19 will manifest in the secondaries market.