Asia Growth Capital Advisors’s executive chairman and founding partner Harjit Bhatia explains why Asian secondaries haven’t lived up to expectations, and says LPs need to be more pushy.
4 min read · 25 November 2015
Co-investments can help a secondaries buyer bridge any financing gaps to purchase a large portfolio.
3 min read · 20 November 2015
New and existing secondaries firms are becoming more focused on particular niches, which is a boon for LPs wanting more specificity but also a sign that returns will be less uniform in the future.
2 min read · 13 November 2015
New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (NMERB)’s deputy chief investment officer explains why the pension set up a separate account with Siguler Guff to focus on secondary investment opportunities in distressed debt and special situations.
3 min read · 06 November 2015
Benoit Verbrugghe, head of Ardian US, reveals the secondaries firm’s strengths, from its in-depth knowledge of assets obtained through its primary fund of funds business to its proprietary technology.
3 min read · 03 November 2015
While most traditional secondaries market participants scoff at electronic exchanges’ impact on their strategies, some are engaging with them on behalf of their portfolio companies.
3 min read · 30 October 2015
The flow and pace of transactions this year is looking very different to previous years, reflecting several new dynamics in the secondaries market.
3 min read · 23 October 2015
Merely trading LP positions won’t address deep problems of funds that haven’t raised new capital for at least eight years, explains Joncarlo Mark, founder of Upwelling Capital Group.
3 min read · 21 October 2015
There are many challenges to US pension plans becoming more active buyers in the secondaries market, but it’s the full pricing that’s really holding them back.
2 min read · 16 October 2015
Staying small and leveraging relationship are the key to the secondaries advisories business, says Solomon Owayda, who recently founded Mozaic Capital Advisors with Christine Patrinos.
4 min read · 13 October 2015
