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Duff & Phelps NY-based secondaries director departs

The departure is at least the fourth this year from the corporate advisory and valuations specialist’s secondaries advisory unit.

Why GP-led deals will prosper in a post-coronavirus landscape

Secondary market innovations bode well for investors and GPs that need to be nimble in an evolving landscape, write Mozaic Capital’s Solomon Owayda and Christine Patrinos.

Seedrs banks on secondaries and private wealth to fuel growth

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs is aiming to attract institutional private wealth.

Single-asset deals: Silencing the sceptics

This year’s health crisis has made single-asset transactions more appealing for a host of reasons.

Demand for newer funds grows as buyers target unfunded

More than four out of five of funds to transact in the first half of this year were 2013-vintage or newer, up from half at the end of 2019.

Citi makes first European advisory hire

Citi has hired a Campbell Lutyens professional to focus on GP-led deals, directs secondaries and co-investments, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Mercury Capital founder Pardee departs firm to go in-house

Alan Pardee, one of three managing partners who spun out of Merrill Lynch’s private fund placement team in 2009, will join a Chicago-headquartered PE firm.

Citi appoints US director with KKR, Landmark experience

Secondaries Investor reported in May that the group was to make two senior hires, including its first dedicated secondaries professional in Europe.

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.

Triago adds partner from MVision

The placement agent and secondaries advisor has made two hires in its New York office who will work on secondaries and fund placement.