The world’s third largest sovereign wealth fund wants to increase the number and types of deals it invests in with its GPs, including secondaries opportunities.
3 min read · 10 April 2017
The direct secondaries firm has made the fifth deal from Verdane IX by buying a majority stake in Propellerhead Software.
1 min read · 09 April 2017
The global investment manager’s initial target for Real Assets Fund III was $500m, according to a document obtained by Secondaries Investor.
2 min read · 09 April 2017
Five secondaries market participants gathered in New York at the end of March to discuss the current state of the industry and how the next economic downturn will impact the strategy.
3 min read · 07 April 2017
Funds are using a range of valuation methodologies for unicorn companies, raising a red flag for the regulator.
2 min read · 06 April 2017
Réal Desrochers, managing investment director of the US’s largest public pension’s private equity programme, will leave on Friday.
2 min read · 06 April 2017
The fund, which launched in March 2016, is the fifth-largest euro-denominated vehicle focusing on the strategy ever raised.
2 min read · 06 April 2017
The Swedish mid-market firm has cancelled the secondaries process on its 2007-vintage fund due to several potential liquidity events, including an offer by a strategic buyer for one of the assets.
2 min read · 05 April 2017
DB Private Equity is in preliminary talks with investors and plans to launch its SOF IV Fund in the first quarter of next year.
1 min read · 05 April 2017
The fund aims to return a 1.6x-1.8x net multiple and a net IRR between 15% and 20%.
2 min read · 05 April 2017
