Although high start-up valuations are making direct secondaries investments more challenging, they are also making the exit environment more attractive, explains Zach Abrams, managing partner at Stratim Capital, which provides liquidity to shareholders and venture capital investors in privately-held companies.
4 min read · 06 October 2015
The Switzerland-based firm has bought three stakes in a fund managed by IK Investment Partners, which topped a recent list of most in-demand European mid-market LBO managers.
2 min read · 06 October 2015
The San Francisco-based firm is in the midst of raising Industry Ventures Partnership Holdings IV. It also recently hired an associate and is looking for a vice-president to focus on secondaries.
2 min read · 06 October 2015
Total capital gathered in 2015 by closed-ended private equity vehicles with a focus on investments into secondaries looks set to fall short of 2014 fundraising levels.
1 min read · 05 October 2015
Germany’s Afinum and capiton came second and third, with buyers paying close to par for the most in-demand funds, according to a report by Setter Capital.
2 min read · 05 October 2015
Sabina Sammartino, who was previously at Paul Capital, will head the firm’s growing global secondaries advisory team.
2 min read · 05 October 2015
New rule proposals on succession planning and fiduciary duties are in the works, SEC chair Mary Jo White revealed.
2 min read · 05 October 2015
The listed fund of funds has seen returns from HarbourVest’s funds more than double over the last five years, as secondaries growth outperforms primary investments.
1 min read · 03 October 2015
Montana Capital was able to raise €400m in only 10 weeks as LPs are drawn to shorter-life funds.
3 min read · 02 October 2015
Chilean asset manager Moneda has transferred a portion of its stake in a Carlyle European buyout fund amid rising investment from Latin American LPs.
2 min read · 02 October 2015
