Partners Group generated $77bn in private equity secondaries deal flow across 450 deals in 2014, but the firm remains selective in an increasingly competitive market, says co-head of private equity secondaries Adam Howarth.
2 min read · 02 February 2015
FW Capital simultaneously marketed its third secondaries fund and its eighth primary fund of funds, which garnered a $180m capital overlap, said head of private equity Steve Baker.
2 min read · 23 January 2015
Akina closed its debut secondaries fund on €220m thanks to a growing appetite for Europe from North American investors, explains head of secondaries Christian Böhler.
2 min read · 19 January 2015
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
