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Akin Gump on hot topics in the secondaries market

As GP-led restructurings continue to increase momentum, lawyers at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld consider how market practice is developing in a fast-moving sector.

Five questions with Flexstone’s Eric Deram

Eric Deram of Natixis subsidiary Flexstone Partners discuss its latest fundraise, fees and its approach to investing in a downturn.

Getting full credit from debt fund GP-led secondaries

Houlihan Lokey’s Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria discuss the benefits of undertaking GP-led secondaries in private debt.

How LGT applies ESG filters to secondaries deals

Partner Martha Heitmann discusses ESG-driven secondaries sales and what to do if a portfolio sets off alarms.

Five questions with Adams Street’s secondaries partners

Jeff Akers and Pinal Nicum of Adams Street Partners discuss their latest fundraise, the rise of SMAs and the limitations of relying on leverage to generate returns.

How buyers use matrix pricing to mitigate ROFR clauses

Right of First Refusal clauses can mean buyers face hurdles on certain fund stakes when bidding on a portfolio. Sunaina Sinha, founder of Cebile Capital, talks to Secondaries Investor about how buyers use pricing allocation to ensure they acquire whole portfolios.

Five questions with Multiplicity’s Ackermann

Melissa Ackermann, who joined investment firm Multiplicity Partners in June, discusses the opportunities in out-of-favour real estate secondaries deals.

Pomona Capital: The evolving secondaries market

Secondaries firm Pomona Capital celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Chief executive and founder Michael Granoff discusses how the secondaries environment and Pomona have evolved and what he sees for the future

Access Capital on how to decide when to sell FoF stakes

Co-founder Agnès Nahum and partner Alexandre Delos discuss how the firm uses secondaries as a portfolio management tool and how fund duration and market cycles influence its decision to sell stakes.

How multi-buyer sales processes can provide higher pricing for sellers

San Francisco-based Melting Point Solutions seeks to maximise pricing for sellers by seeking bids for single items as well as whole portfolios. Raphael Haas, the firm’s chief executive, talks to Secondaries Investor about why multi-buyer sales can deliver better pricing for sellers and why non-dedicated buyers can provide outlier pricing.