News & Analysis

UBS taps DC Advisory for director hire in latest boost to EMEA advisory

The director reunites with Michael Wieczorek, who joined UBS to head its EMEA secondaries advisory unit late last year from DC Advisory.

Ardian’s Mark Benedetti: Infra secondaries a mispricing bright spot within private markets

While more capital is entering infra secondaries, much of it is being deployed by relatively new entrants in a market characterised by variety, the Paris-headquartered asset manager’s co-CEO tells affiliate title PE Hub.

Hollyport backs Viking Growth’s €160m CV for Talentech

Recruitment software platform Talentech has already been the subject of a CV, having been moved into a multi-asset vehicle by joint owner Verdane earlier this year.

What Novo Holdings’ Asia head wants from CVs

The investment manager for Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation put capital into a private equity continuation fund in Asia last year alongside KKR, Amit Kakar tells Secondaries Investor.

Hollyport’s Carter on why the firm chose Blue Owl

The GP stakes giant is ‘excited’ at the prospect of working with the tail-end specialist to grow it into ‘one of the premier operators in this market’, founding partner and chief executive John Carter tells Secondaries Investor.

New 2ND Capital eyes Q4/Q1 close as flagship nears $1bn

Fund IV, which is targeting $1.25bn, has recently been activated and has closed on its first deal, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Korea’s NPS adds another $1bn of secondaries exposure

The pension’s secondary funds and co-investments grew 36% to approximately $3.7bn, per its latest investment disclosure.

SEC zeroes in on private funds valuations

Examiners ask about funds by name in opening requests. Enforcement has picked up the scent, too, affiliate title Private Funds CFO has learned.

US investors raise questions over credit secondaries valuations

Executives from a New York pension fund and a Dallas-based multifamily office gave their thoughts during a PEI Group webinar on private debt investment.

Hollyport maintains independence with stake sale to Blue Owl

Blue Owl has acquired a passive stake in the tail-end specialist, which will ‘ultimately represent’ approximately 25% of the economic interests of the firm.