Podcast

Behind the numbers for secondaries’ record year

In the latest edition of our Second Thoughts podcast, the Secondaries Investor team walks through key findings detailed in 2024’s advisory reports on the back of a record year for volume.

Peeling back the onion on 2024 – literally

In this podcast, CVC’s Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Kirkland’s Ted Cardos literally peel back the onion on the year that was and look forward to what they believe will shape the secondaries market in 2025.

Tail-end secondaries: The $900bn-plus opportunity

As private markets AUM continues to grow at a clip, so too does the number of legacy funds held onto by institutions. Hollyport’s John Carter and Elm Capital’s Etienne Deshormes join Madeleine Farman in the latest edition of Second Thoughts.

How Next Gen Leaders see the future of the secondaries market

In the latest episode of Second Thoughts, three young achievers who made our annual list of the most impressive secondaries professionals under 36 discuss talent trends in the industry.

Secondaries market on track to break records in 2024

In this podcast episode, Second Thoughts host Madeleine Farman and Americas correspondent Hannah Zhang talk through the spaces to watch in secondaries as end-of-year activity surges.

What are the ingredients for a successful secondaries deal?

In part two of the Second Thoughts podcast conversation with professionals from AlpInvest, PJT Partners and Stephenson Harwood, we discuss what factors, dynamics and personality traits of those involved help make for stellar transactions.

The ‘lead investor’ conundrum: a buyer, adviser and lawyer share their thoughts

For the latest episode of Secondaries Investor’s Second Thoughts podcast, we sit down with AlpInvest, PJT Partners and Stephenson Harwood to get to the bottom of the controversy surrounding this designation.

Saving time, energy and brainpower: Clipway’s Vallano on AI-driven secondaries

In our latest Second Thoughts podcast, we speak with Ingmar Vallano, managing partner of Clipway, about the benefits of putting generative AI at the heart of its investment process, as well as the benefits generative AI could bring to private markets.

How to get into the SI 50: Inside our latest ranking of the biggest fundraisers

Focusing down into specific areas of both private markets and the secondaries market is fuelling further capital raising, as well as the rise of evergreen vehicles, we discuss in the latest Second Thoughts podcast.

SI Decade: Europe’s appeal and the evolution of specialisation

In episode nine of the Decade of Secondaries Investing podcast miniseries, sponsored by UBS Asset Management and Proskauer Rose, we look at how the secondaries market has developed in Europe and how the strategy’s global growth could play out.