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OPTrust, which manages Canada's 10th largest public pension, had previously signalled it was considering opportunistic sales of private equity assets.

Medical Research Future Fund, part of Future Fund, plans to acquire mature private equity stakes and commit to managers who hold assets for shorter time periods.

US head Benoît Verbrugghe may think the global investment manager isn't as exotic as other firms, but there's nothing boring about being the biggest secondaries firm in the market.

Details of the private equity and real estate secondaries firm's previous funds were also revealed at a presentation to New Mexico's State Investment Council.

The global investment firm is back in market two years after raising the largest-ever pool of real estate secondaries capital.

The bank plans to request additional extensions for the majority of the $2.3bn investments while considering other options such as secondaries sales.

Removal of restrictions on asset holdings by Solvency II, coupled with low fixed income returns, is encouraging insurers to allocate more cash to alternatives.

The preeminent sovereign wealth fund of the country has opened a satellite office in Hong Kong which will house research professionals.

Standard Life's private equity unit has collected $213m for its latest secondaries fund, which will focus on stakes in funds of funds and secondaries funds, among other strategies.

New 2nd Capital has hired three professionals including Top Tier Capital's head of secondaries.