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 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
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
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
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
Headway founder Christiaan de Lint explains why secondaries deal flow might slow down once banks gets to grips with tough regulations.
3 min read · 06 July 2014
Michael Clarke, head of investor services for the EMEA region at CBRE Global Investors, tells us what he expects in the European real estate secondaries market.
3 min read · 29 June 2014
Michael Granoff talks to us about Pomona’s latest fund and the changes he has seen in the secondaries market during his 20 years at the firm.
3 min read · 22 June 2014
Kunal Shah talks to us about real assets secondaries, emerging markets and more.
3 min read · 16 June 2014
HarbourVest managing director David Atterbury says sellers are beginning to take advantage of high prices in the secondaries market.
2 min read · 08 June 2014
