Growing competition for underlying assets are the biggest challenge for primary GPs but will create future opportunities for secondaries, according to Investec’s GP Trends 2015 report.
2 min read · 09 November 2015
Restructurings are supposed to be a win for all parties involved, but most LPs believe they better serve GPs’ interests, a new Palico survey finds.
1 min read · 02 November 2015
Smaller-sized dedicated secondaries funds are facing increasing competition for investor capital.
2 min read · 26 October 2015
There were nearly 50 secondaries funds being raised as of October, targeting a total amount of about $40bn.
1 min read · 18 October 2015
As interest in real estate secondaries grows, funds in market are targeting more than $210m dollars more compared with this time last year, according to PEI data.
2 min read · 11 October 2015
The listed fund of funds has seen returns from HarbourVest’s funds more than double over the last five years, as secondaries growth outperforms primary investments.
1 min read · 03 October 2015
Secondaries deliver higher returns than public equities in the long run, according to data from two industry bodies.
2 min read · 27 September 2015
Fewer limited partnership agreements contain right of first refusal clauses, which is a good thing for the secondaries market, according to a law firm.
2 min read · 20 September 2015
Secondaries funds had on average more undeployed capital as a percentage of capitalisation than any other strategy for vintage years 2007 to 2015, according to a TorreyCove report.
2 min read · 13 September 2015
The use of intermediaries is expected to continue to rise as new agents enter the market and the buyer universe grows, according to a report by Setter Capital.
1 min read · 06 September 2015