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Secondaries Investor will be on a news break until 3 January, but check back over the holiday period for some analysis pieces including the top stories of 2016. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the festive season and we look forward to catching up in 2017.

How did the region fare during the year?

Jedd Wider and Joseph Zargari of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius lay out the potential pitfalls in a process that is more complex than it may seem.

Private real estate secondaries has grown exponentially as an institutional marketplace in recent times. But next year could see a change, say the participants at sister publication PERE’s second annual secondaries roundtable.

The direct secondaries specialist has purchased a 50% share in a collection of properties that include the building that houses the London Stock Exchange.

The Blackstone unit raised the hard-cap on its latest fund and is expected to hold the final close by the end of January, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The investment firm is hoping to raise as much as €500m for the vehicle, two years after it closed a Europe-focused secondaries fund.

The European industry body predicts at least €2.8bn of capital raised for European non-listed funds is likely to hit the secondaries market by 2021.

Banks that are having difficulty selling off illiquid assets to comply with the Volcker Rule can apply for an extension.

Equidate was charged for failing to register security-based swaps in a case that has implications for direct secondaries.