In January, Singapore’s Axiom Asia Private Capital raised more than $1 billion for its fourth Asia-focused fund of funds. Secondaries Investor spoke to managing partner Alex Lee about why the firm expects secondaries to play a larger role in its latest vehicle.
3 min read · 03 March 2017
Secondaries Investor recently caught up with Unigestion’s Christophe de Dardel and Akina’s Thomas Frei on how a combined entity with $6bn of private equity assets under management will operate.
3 min read · 10 February 2017
Secondaries Investor caught up with the Kline Hill Partners founder on the final close of its debut fund and its take-private of London-listed PEI in October.
3 min read · 03 February 2017
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s co-head of illiquid financial assets, Jeffrey Hammer, tells Secondaries Investor how his team views the non-traditional landscape.
3 min read · 27 January 2017
Amid the emergence of managers specialising in GP-led deals, advisors are still vital in a complex sector with inherent conflicts of interest, according to Yaron Zafir, head of secondaries at London-based advisory firm Rede Partners.
3 min read · 25 November 2016
Adam Howarth, co-head of private equity secondaries at Partners Group, explains how heightened anxiety in the market is impacting activity at the firm and why secondaries returns will become increasingly mixed.
5 min read · 27 September 2016
Each regional market poses its own set of challenges and opportunities according to Darren Massara, managing partner at the only Asian firm to make our Si30 ranking.
2 min read · 06 September 2016
Avoiding the crowded core is key to finding value in an asset class that is growing explosively, according to Pantheon’s Andrea Echberg.
3 min read · 25 August 2016
Some GP-led deals fail due to a lack of trust, and GPs should be completely transparent about any benefits they receive, according to law firm Proskauer Rose’s Howard Beber and Michael Suppappola.
4 min read · 18 August 2016
Proskauer Rose’s Howard Beber and Michael Suppappola tell Secondaries Investor that despite having healthy scepticism, LPs are increasingly judging each deal on its merits.
4 min read · 09 August 2016
