While fewer secondaries funds were being raised in the first quarter, the number of mezzanine and debt funds seeking capital has increased hugely in the past year, according to data released by PEI’s Research and Analytics division.
2 min read · 22 June 2015
Discounts don’t necessarily lead to outperformance. So why are so many market participants fixated on them?
3 min read · 19 June 2015
This is the second exit through an IPO this year for the direct secondaries firm, which has had eight exits in the last 12 months.
2 min read · 19 June 2015
Global mezzanine powerhouse ICG has hired Chris Austin as its global head of consultant relations in North America.
1 min read · 18 June 2015
The move happens as Coller Capital continues to raise its Coller International Partners VII, targeting $5.5bn.
1 min read · 18 June 2015
The acquisition by the Paris-based investment bank will allow Secondcap to expand internationally.
2 min read · 17 June 2015
The closed-end fund targets high net worth investors and invests predominantly in funds sponsored by The Carlyle Group.
1 min read · 16 June 2015
Investors’ and GPs’ views on secondaries valuations are diverging, according to a survey from SEI.
1 min read · 16 June 2015
Although the secondaries market provides a much needed liquidity source to the private equity industry, GPs and LPs agree it’s still not enough, according to a new SEI survey.
2 min read · 15 June 2015
AlpInvest Partners, the fund of funds arm of The Carlyle Group, has re-hired Neal Costello, who had been a senior principal at CPPIB since 2013.
2 min read · 15 June 2015
