Madrid-based Altamar has a broad Spanish-speaking LP base and is currently analysing Latin America’s secondaries market, says executive directors Ignacio de la Mora and Miguel Echenique.
2 min read · 11 December 2014
Early liquidity is becoming a common part of the venture capital landscape, says Benjamin Black, co-founder of direct secondaries firm Akkadian Ventures.
2 min read · 01 December 2014
Direct secondaries are set to rise in Asia, where there are guaranteed exit options and more than 6 percent growth says Lucian Wu, the newly-appointed managing director in Auda’s Hong Kong office.
3 min read · 24 November 2014
Few firms invest in biotech and life sciences secondaries because it can be difficult to evaluate the portfolios, says Johannes Rabini, managing director of Berlin-based Sobera Capital.
2 min read · 17 November 2014
LPs aren’t selling their stakes in African private equity funds because of risks like Ebola in West Africa, says EY’s Graham Stokoe.
1 min read · 03 November 2014
Two decades ago, Jeremy Coller’s entrepreneurial drive helped to create one of the world’s biggest secondaries platforms. Today, Coller Capital is a bigger, more institutional firm but there are still signs of that stubborn unwillingness to follow the crowd.
10 min read · 06 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
Slow growth in Europe is having a negative effect on real estate fund pricing, although transactions should increase in the coming years, according to Landmark managing director Paul Parker.
2 min read · 09 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
