Data Snapshot

Preferred equity volume up 71% in H1 – Evercore

The once niche strategy has gained traction in the face of stiff competition from banks and debt funds, data from the advisor’s mid-year report show.

Greenhill: H1 pricing drops to eight-year low

Buyers being cautious of imminent write-downs in H1 fuelled the lowest pricing since 2012, according to the advisor’s latest mid-year report.

Secondaries transaction volume plummets in H1

Private equity volumes dropped by 58.5% and real estate by 53.4%, with infrastructure showing resilience, according to Setter Capital.

H1 secondaries fundraising dwarfs all previous years

Capital raised in final closes jumped 455% year-on-year, setting a record for the strategy, according to Secondaries Investor data.

Which PE giants are yet to add secondaries capabilities?

Just eight of the world’s 50 biggest private equity firms according to the PEI 300 are involved in secondaries.

Pricing down as much as 30% from pre-coronavirus levels – report

Valuations and pricing have become closely linked as buyers put less emphasis on future upside when evaluating assets, according to Elm Capital.

Secondaries Investor Law Firm Survey 2020: Competition increases amid market expansion

A snapshot of law firms’ secondaries work last year by volume, deal count, strategy and more in our latest annual report.

Secondaries fundraising breaks Q1 record as storm clouds roll in

Capital raising for secondaries vehicles exceeded the $19.74bn raised in the first three months of 2016, the previous high.

Market will take nine months to return to normal – survey

Buyers’ own rates of deployment will decrease by nearly 30% over the next two months, according to Setter Capital.

Investec’s fund finance survey – four takeaways

Dividend recaps and back-levered preferred equity are among the trends to emerge in the past year, according to a survey obtained exclusively by Secondaries Investor.