Private equity

Cari Lodge’s Aqualis sets target for debut secondaries fund

Aqualis’ offering will focus on what the firm sees as an underserved part of the secondaries market: smaller transactions.

Secondaries Investor Q1 2026 CV Deal Log

Q1 saw 27 CVs close, with nine involving asset classes beyond private equity.

An immediate step up on long-term growth plans: Behind the Lazard CL tie-up

Following the announcement of Lazard’s agreed acquisition of Campbell Lutyens, future co-CEOs Holcombe Green and Gordon Bajnai discuss what to expect once the deal closes.

HarbourVest: Software secondaries getting harder to close

While some software businesses are poised to become stronger on the back of a wave of AI innovation, there will be others that suffer or become obsolete, says managing director Jeff Keay.

Coller emerges as sole lead on Verdane’s €600m-plus multi-asset CV

StepStone co-underwrote the transaction, which includes Arrive Group, marking the second time a PE firm has moved its exposure to this asset into a CV.

The five stages of CV grief

Munich Private Equity Partners’ Hans-Christian Moritz draws on the famed psychiatric model to describe an industry coming to terms with a new liquidity reality.

Roundtable: Why secondaries is thriving on volatility

The world may be reeling from geopolitical shock after geopolitical shock, but this uncertainty is only fuelling record-breaking secondaries activity.

Ares leads on Baird Capital’s life sciences single-asset CV

The continuation fund for Blue Matter Consulting is ‘one of those CVs that’s happening for the right reasons’, says Baird partner Michael Holgate.

Data Dive: Reading the signals in secondaries sentiment

In this episode of PEI Group’s new podcast miniseries, we analyse the key findings from Secondaries Investor’s inaugural Global Market Survey.

CV fee terms converge amid a more competitive market – Morgan Lewis

The CV market is increasingly focused on ‘best practice terms’ rather than simply getting deals done, partner Joe Zargari tells Secondaries Investor.