The US’s largest life insurer wants to hire a senior VP and a VP to work in its alternative assets group.
1 min read · 29 November 2017
HarbourVest Partners’ listed investment vehicle is around 5 percentage points above its target allocation for the strategy amid a rising valuations environment.
2 min read · 28 November 2017
Some LPs are feeling betrayed in fund restructurings because GPs are having to choose who they serve, the firm’s senior investment manager said.
2 min read · 28 November 2017
Regional differences are still palpable in attitudes to investing in the strategy, according to sister publication Private Equity International’s Perspectives 2018 survey.
3 min read · 27 November 2017
We round up the key takeaways from sister publication Private Equity International’s coverage of fund finance, such as that these lines arguably make the most sense for secondaries.
3 min read · 27 November 2017
Cyril Demaria, head of private markets at Wellershoff & Partners, argues secondaries provide a false sense of security to investors and that the benefits of mitigating the J-curve may have been oversold to LPs.
4 min read · 24 November 2017
Limited partners are acting to preserve their individual interests and make clear they do not represent the LPs collectively in a fund, a conference has heard.
2 min read · 23 November 2017
Around 80% of the firm’s latest secondaries fund is invested in GP-led processes, according to chief executive Christophe Bavière.
2 min read · 22 November 2017
Timber Bay Partners, a secondaries firm founded by two Fort Washington executives, is seeking $200m according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
1 min read · 22 November 2017
A revamped internal structure, new business lines and a focus on separate accounts have helped the firm thrive in a tough market for funds of funds, says head of secondaries Wouter Moerel.
5 min read · 21 November 2017
