Finding the right secondaries deal in Asia isn’t easy, but transparency can help ease the process, especially when it comes to GP restructurings, DeAWM head of Asia secondaries Jason Sambanju explains.
2 min read · 09 September 2014
The Portland, Oregon-based firm says it has never paid a premium for any assets on the private equity secondaries market.
2 min read · 09 September 2014
Structured transactions are emerging as an alternative to a straight secondary sale for investors who think their portfolio has more to give.
3 min read · 08 September 2014
Actis Emerging Markets 3 invested in Brazilian cleaning products company Gtex and Egypt-based Commercial International Bank.
1 min read · 08 September 2014
Secondaries firms are more selective and may use a different discount rate when pricing assets in emerging markets, according to Partners Group.
1 min read · 07 September 2014
Magnum Capital I is a €866m fund that is fully invested in companies including fragrance producer Iberchem and K-12 private education company NACE Schools.
1 min read · 07 September 2014
More primary fund managers are doing direct secondaries deals for venture-backed assets – raising questions as to what constitutes a secondaries transaction.
2 min read · 05 September 2014
GPs aren’t giving up on this nascent market and many have bolstered their teams in the last 12 months.
3 min read · 04 September 2014
Graphite Fund VI invested in 15 companies including holiday home and caravan park operator Park Holidays UK, which it sold last year.
2 min read · 04 September 2014
Fund III closed on $750m in July 2013 and has invested in nine transactions, including party supplies company Oriental Trading.
2 min read · 03 September 2014