The firm’s $1bn haul for its first dedicated commingled vehicle for infrastructure secondaries this week couldn’t come at a more opportune time.
2 min read · 21 September 2023
The use of deferred payments is increasing as sellers and buyers seek mutually beneficial ways to bridge deals.
3 min read · 07 September 2023
Ardian’s Wilfred Small and Arnaud Mercier speak with Secondaries Investor about Ardian’s artificial intelligence platform and where AI’s limitations are in private markets.
4 min read · 29 August 2023
The SEC’s vote this week that makes third-party opinions in continuation fund transactions mandatory was a practice that was already becoming a market norm.
3 min read · 24 August 2023
Tail-end specialist Willowridge Partners closed its latest flagship, Amberbrook IX, on $900m earlier this month.
3 min read · 22 August 2023
A focus on secondaries can deliver strong advantages for new open-end private equity funds, writes Nadim Vasanji, a managing director at Northleaf Capital Partners.
4 min read · 21 August 2023
A confluence of dynamics is driving secondaries activity in the asset class – providing dealflow and attracting more buyside interest.
3 min read · 03 August 2023
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, managing partner and chief executive of the secondaries firm, says it is easier to attract investors who want to write larger tickets – a difficult proposition with smaller funds.
3 min read · 01 August 2023
There’s an interesting dynamic playing out in the secondaries market that suggests LPs’ thinking about how to manage their portfolios is evolving.
2 min read · 27 July 2023
Early estimates for first half activity show secondaries transaction volume is off to a slower than anticipated start this year; yet, the market is expected to pick up some of the shortfall.
2 min read · 20 July 2023
