Spin-Outs

The ex-Coller Capital team has led a group of investors in a process that forms Longshore Capital Partners' debut fund.

The firm, founded by Siguler Guff's former secondaries head Anthony Cusano, will focus mainly on acquiring stakes in distressed, special situations and credit funds.

Credit, VC, tactical opportunities and hybrid capital funds all make it into the latest version of Secondaries Investor's interactive map of GP-led deals.

Canada's largest insurer has sold a portfolio of 50 US mid-market funds into a vehicle backed by the Carlyle subsidiary and managed by its own PE investment team.

The spin-out of 55 people, 35 companies across three continents and the need to juggle the interests of several LPs that happen to be secondaries firms: the deal shows just how far things have come.

A GP-led deal in the music royalties space shows how adventurous secondaries investors are getting and how readily existing deal types can be applied to new asset classes.

The mid-market firm transferred four assets into a vehicle backed by $355m of secondaries capital.

The firm, formed by two former Coller Capital partners, has hired an alumnus from the secondaries powerhouse.

Secondaries Investor takes a look at some of the most interesting transactions over the last 12 months.

The firm's Strategic Equity unit has also committed £316m to the spin-out team for new deals and follow-on investments.