San Francisco-based Melting Point Solutions seeks to maximise pricing for sellers by seeking bids for single items as well as whole portfolios. Raphael Haas, the firm’s chief executive, talks to Secondaries Investor about why multi-buyer sales can deliver better pricing for sellers and why non-dedicated buyers can provide outlier pricing.
4 min read · 27 March 2019
The group’s head of secondaries advisory international and more than two-decade industry veteran has held roles in New York, Buenos Aires and London.
2 min read · 18 March 2019
The promotion of Francesca Paveri and Jasmine Hunet means that all three MDs in the London-based secondaries team are now women.
2 min read · 07 March 2019
The US overtakes Europe, buyers team up on deals, and energy and VC look primed for a strong 2019, according to the advisory firm’s Financial Sponsor Secondary Market 2018 Year-End Review.
3 min read · 26 February 2019
The market has deepened and matured, and with any new financial product, there is always the potential of abuse, according to partner Bryce Klempner.
1 min read · 25 February 2019
The promotions of Jarrett Vitulli and Rodney Reid bring the total number of partners within the private capital advisory group to three.
1 min read · 05 February 2019
The firm closed nearly 80 secondaries transactions globally last year and advised on around $20bn worth of deals.
2 min read · 04 February 2019
Sponsors have become the largest seller type with GP-led deals jumping 71% year-on-year.
2 min read · 31 January 2019
Money, the desire for variety and changing generational priorities could drive more secondaries investment people into the advisory world.
2 min read · 30 January 2019
Suvir Varma has spent 17 years with the management consultancy advising PE firms and SWFs on their investment strategies in Asia-Pacific.
1 min read · 29 January 2019
