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William Blair bulks up European team with veteran hire from Bregal Investments

Delaney Brown, formerly head of capital solutions at Bregal Investments, joins the investment bank as a senior director in London.

How secondaries can bridge the valuation gap amid volatility – Akin

While rapidly changing market conditions can create significant bid-ask spreads, there are tools and concepts the secondaries market can borrow from M&A to get deals across the line.

Houlihan taps Metlife PE exec for latest advisory hire

The hire is understood to bring the total number of professionals within the investment bank’s directs and secondaries team to 35.

Kirkland taps Debevoise and Weil for partner hires

The two New York-based partners’ clients include Brookfield Asset Management, Coller Capital, PSP and StepStone.

Moelis hires ex-Manulife duo in secondaries advisory bulk-up

Paul Sanabria and Jeff Hammer will return to their advisory roots as part of the investment bank’s ‘aggressive’ push.

Continuation fund performance begins to solidify – Morgan Stanley

The median MOIC for continuation funds slightly outperforms that of buyouts, in line with findings presented early last year including a larger data set, according to a report.

Tariff turmoil: What do PE professionals think?

Here are responses from industry thought leaders including Goldman Sachs, Carlyle, Apollo and NYCRS across areas such as dealmaking, fundraising and secondaries.

PJT hires NYCRS senior investment exec for secondaries role

The hire comes a month after NYCRS closed a more than $5.5bn sale to Blackstone Strategic Partners.

FIRSTavenue seeks to ramp up secondaries and PE advisory capabilities

The placement agent, which takes a generalist approach to primary and secondaries advisory, has made a number of hires from advisers including Mercury, chief executive Paul Buckley tells Secondaries Investor.

William Blair poaches new European secondaries lead from Moelis

The investment bank is the latest adviser to tap peers for secondaries talent, with Moelis hiring Matt Wesley from Jefferies this year.