Commentary

The firms crowned in all 12 of the PEI Awards secondaries categories have one thing in common – can you guess what it is?

Experienced GP-led secondaries professionals are in high demand, and we are unlikely to have seen the last on the subject of this week’s high-profile break-up.

Investors are increasingly interested in tailored secondaries structures, writes James Jacobs, global head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

Several advisors are looking at how special purpose acquisition companies can widen investor access to GP-led secondaries deals, though the obstacles are many.

The pandemic has thrown up some unexpected issues for secondaries market participants, including a sponsor who threatened litigation over a stapled deal.

Simon Bachleda, manging partner of Revelstoke Capital Partners, talks to Secondaries Investor about why the firm has tapped secondaries capital on more than one occasion.

Several reports have come out giving a comprehensive view of the secondaries market in 2020. Here are some things you may have missed.

A recent GP-led deal involving an evergreen structure represents a novel way for infrastructure investors to hold on to assets. The question is whether such transactions can scale.

Secondaries Investor catches up with Brenlen Jinkens, Todd Miller and Scott Beckelman to discuss their immediate plans at the financial services firm and how they expect the secondaries market to evolve.