While few established secondaries firms remain independent after a glut of M&A transactions last year, more groups than ever are seeking a seat at the table in the expanding marketplace.
5 min read · 21 March 2022
GP-led deals are flying high as more sponsors look to the secondaries market to hold on to prized assets for longer.
4 min read · 21 March 2022
Sceptics says concentrated GP-leds are an expensive way of doing co-investments; the Canadian pension believes the two markets address different risk/reward profiles.
2 min read · 17 March 2022
Argosy Strategic Partners, the firm’s secondaries unit, exceeded its fundraising target in just five months since its first close.
2 min read · 17 March 2022
A hard-cap close on Fund V would push the preferred equity specialist up to $14bn in AUM just seven years after being founded.
2 min read · 17 March 2022
Certain types of deal may not require a fairness opinion, a case likely to be made to the regulator during the ongoing consultation period.
2 min read · 17 March 2022
The niche firm’s Fund IV will make individual investments of between $5m and $1bn, with the aid of co-investors at the top of this range.
2 min read · 16 March 2022
The move is significant for the Canadian pension giant, which until now had been unable to back such deals via its secondaries unit.
2 min read · 16 March 2022
At least one LP reports intention to divest from NCH Capital’s Russia and Ukraine-focused agribusiness investments as quickly as possible.
3 min read · 15 March 2022
Evelyn Zhang’s appointment brings the headcount at the Canadian pension giant’s secondaries team to 20.
2 min read · 15 March 2022
