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The private equity industry and insurance firms in particular can benefit from securitisation, according to Park Hill's Larry Thuet and Pablo Caló.

With the implementation of the Volcker Rule just 12 months away, banks are increasingly under pressure to reduce their private equity holdings.

Taiwan's second-biggest financial holding company has invested at least $120m in secondaries funds over the last year including those managed by StepStone and Coller Capital.

The Singaporean state-owned investment firm could have raised more than $4bn for its private equity-backed portfolio.

The $564m vehicle, the largest of its kind for the firm, will focus on smaller portfolios and complex deals.

The niche secondaries firm raised over $660m for its latest fund that will focus on liquidity, carve-outs and strips, clean-ups and opportunistic strategies.

The remaining assets in the real estate manager's 2006-vintage fund were moved into a new vehicle with Madison investing 20% of the new fund.

The investment bank had raised around two-thirds of the target for its Vintage VII fund a month after launching, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The UK developer's $618m fund has made investments that include solar power, marine transportation and energy utilities in Europe and the US.

The $17bn pension fund wants to hire a manager to help it achieve diversification across vintage year, industry sector and strategy type.