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
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
