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THURSDAY NEWS: FUNDRAISING ROUNDUP A short note on recent fundraising headlines: This week’s developments were led by large private capital fundraises and liquidity-oriented platform activity rather than executive appointments. EQT’s BPEA, Blackstone and Bain Capital accounted for the bulk of APAC private equity fundraising in the first half, while Starwood Capital Group closed a more than $10.2 billion opportunistic real estate fund. In private credit, StepStone closed a $1.6 billion secondaries vehicle, Antares Capital set up a $1.7 billion continuation vehicle led by Ares secondaries, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners launched a dedicated credit secondaries platform. Review the full summary below 👇