Fundraising

The tail-end specialist has begun pre-marketing the fund about a year after closing its previous vehicle, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The Canadian firm is gearing up for fundraising after a year in which it distributed more than $362m to investors.

This is the first secondaries fund the firm's real estate unit has raised since it acquired the Clairvue Capital Partners team in 2014.

The investment bank's promotions include a New York-based VP who focuses on project management and due diligence in primary and secondaries markets.

The preferred equity specialist is eyeing a March close for its fourth fund on above €1bn, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The Nordic secondaries specialist closed the oversubscribed vehicle on its hard-cap.

The Carlyle fund of funds unit’s latest haul includes capital for its commingled programme, cornerstone investments and separately managed accounts.

The firm has raised $215m for its property unit, which includes its latest global real estate secondaries fund.

Ashley Johansen, who led the secondaries firm's fundraising team for three years, has joined the mid-market buyout firm after a brief stint at Irving Place Capital.

Oxx will focus on growth-stage investments through primaries and direct secondaries in Europe and Israel’s B2B software market.