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Kate Ashton, a corporate partner at law firm Debevoise & Plimpton who counsels private equity and other investment funds, recently sat down with Secondaries Investor for a Q&A on fund restructurings.

The fund of funds is making its debut in private debt by hiring Bill Sacher and Shahab Rashid, who formerly held senior roles at Oaktree, and by opening a New York office.

The pan-Asian firm is racing towards a first close on its latest direct secondaries vehicle, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Real estate secondaries bids rose by 4% year on year, according to the advisory firm's 2016 Secondary Private Equity Valuation and Trends Report.

The firm's latest timber fund has so far been invested most heavily in secondaries, followed by co-investments, according to a partner in Stafford's timber group.

Transactions globally rose 71% year over year, led by US pension fund sales, according to Landmark Partners’ latest tally.

One of the UK's largest pension funds brought about $1bn worth of fund stakes to market last year but only sold a portion of it, Secondaries Investor has learned.

The firm has established its first Latin American presence with a principal relocating from London to head the team.

Anne Stausboll has served CalPERS as chief executive since January 2009, a time when the largest US public pension fund was experiencing turmoil from the financial crisis and an ethics scandal involving its former officials.

Morgan Stanley, LGT Capital Partners and Neuberger Berman were the main investors in the restructuring of Newport Global Opportunities Fund, a distressed debt fund raised a decade ago.