Will we start to see more secondaries investors buying and selling infrastructure and real assets fund interests?
2 min read · 17 October 2014
Ardian has invested an eye-catching $8bn on secondaries deals in the past year – and could possibly prove that high prices won’t prevent GPs from finding value for investors.
3 min read · 03 October 2014
There is a lot of opportunity to restructure dysfunctional funds in continental Europe, particularly in Germany where direct secondaries specialist Evoco sees the most promising situations, says co-founder and partner Michel Galeazzi.
2 min read · 29 September 2014
Multi-family offices are more educated on the secondaries market, although single-family offices are increasingly becoming interested, says François Gamblin, chief executive officer of SecondCap.
2 min read · 21 September 2014
An increasing number of private equity secondaries transactions focused on small buyout and venture capital managers has helped Adveq find value in the market, explains Nico Taverna, head of the firm’s secondaries programme.
4 min read · 21 September 2014
Why aren’t more fund restructurings happening in Europe?
2 min read · 19 September 2014
In the latest change to the secondaries advisory landscape, UBS is staffing back up – and interestingly taking a cue from some of the market’s smaller brokers.
2 min read · 15 September 2014
More primary fund managers are doing direct secondaries deals for venture-backed assets – raising questions as to what constitutes a secondaries transaction.
2 min read · 05 September 2014
GP-led restructuring transactions have become more acceptable for buyers and are expected to be a growing trend over the next few months, according to Credit Suisse private fund group director Mark McDonald.
2 min read · 24 August 2014
The number of secondaries GPs seeking capital from Latin American LPs has skyrocketed in the past five years.
3 min read · 22 August 2014