Axiom Asia invests about 20% of its fund of funds in secondaries and co-investments but hasn’t seen any GP restructuring deals attractive enough to pursue, says head of secondaries Alex Sao-Wei Lee.
2 min read · 17 August 2014
The New Mexico State Investment Council’s recent secondaries activity should encourage other LPs to take advantage of full pricing and demand.
2 min read · 15 August 2014
The best secondaries market opportunities are found ‘off the beaten track’, and not through auctions, explains Hanspeter Bader, managing partner and head of private assets at Unigestion.
2 min read · 11 August 2014
How Setter, Cogent and NYPPEX calculate their secondaries transaction volume figures.
3 min read · 08 August 2014
It could take between five to seven years for Asia’s direct secondaries market to mature, according to Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest Capital Partners.
3 min read · 03 August 2014
Is the bid-ask gap for European real estate funds too wide to get deals done?
3 min read · 01 August 2014
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board plans to invest $10bn in the secondary market in the next five years, explains vice president and head of secondaries and co-investments Yann Robard.
3 min read · 28 July 2014
European technology companies are providing increasing opportunities for secondaries investors, says Roland Dennert, a managing partner at Cipio Partners.
2 min read · 27 July 2014
Will more PE secondaries specialists raise RE-dedicated vehicles and narrow the fundraising gap?
2 min read · 25 July 2014
A direct secondaries firm must evaluate ESG just like a primary GP, explains Verdane’s investor relations director Frida Einarson.
2 min read · 20 July 2014
