Can private equity be a force for good? Key leaders, including Verdun Perry, global head of Strategic Partners, discuss how to transform an industry and leverage its economic and social power to drive change.
8 min read · 14 December 2020
Vote now in sister title Private Equity International’s 2020 Awards, which includes 12 secondaries categories.
1 min read · 14 December 2020
One of Wall Street’s biggest banks and an M&A goliath has decided it’s time to turn its attention to the GP-led market, and it’s making its mark.
3 min read · 10 December 2020
The preferred equity specialist says it closed transactions this year across Europe, North America and Asia from a total pipeline of around $20bn.
2 min read · 10 December 2020
NAV-based lending facilities can be more effective – and encounter less resistance from LPs – than preferred equity, says head of transactions at Rede Partners Magnus Goodlad.
5 min read · 10 December 2020
The $60bn pension has worked with the team previously when they were a part of Greenhill, and staff want to maintain that relationship.
2 min read · 10 December 2020
LGT Capital has now backed two of the largest GP-led deals in Asia this year, having participated in IDG Capital’s yuan-to-dollar restructuring in September.
2 min read · 09 December 2020
Demand among buyers and LPs’ desire to manage their portfolios in the wake of covid-19 point to healthy transaction secondaries volumes in the year ahead.
3 min read · 09 December 2020
The Women in Secondaries network seeks to empower, promote and support women working in the industry.
2 min read · 08 December 2020
The chairman of BC Partners’ investment committee had previously said that single-asset deals and cross fund transactions were ‘not worth the headache’.
2 min read · 08 December 2020