The head of secondaries at the Canadian pension – which plans to invest $10bn in secondaries over the next five years – will leave at the end of the month and be replaced by Michael Woolhouse.
2 min read · 22 July 2015
Secondaries market participants told attendees at a private equity conference in Chicago this week that transaction volume for 2015 could surpass last year’s figure.
2 min read · 22 July 2015
The former UBS exec has started in Evercore’s London office, and is one of a number of staff to make the switch.
1 min read · 22 July 2015
The private equity firm purchased a $30m stake from a Middle Eastern limited partner.
1 min read · 22 July 2015
The Zurich-based firm has bought a stake in a fund which invests in energy efficiency, green industrial processes and waste management sectors. The fund also owns a geothermal plant producer.
2 min read · 21 July 2015
With pricing at an all-time high, some sellers on the secondaries market aren’t getting the prices they expect.
2 min read · 21 July 2015
Despite the growing popularity of GP-led restructurings, they still represent only about 10 percent of the private equity secondaries market, Luca Salvato, investment partner at Coller Capital, said at a conference this week.
2 min read · 21 July 2015
Portfolios of funds that were impacted by the global financial crisis are now ripe for picking, according to Michel Galeazzi, co-founder of Zurich-based Evoco.
2 min read · 20 July 2015
Working towards a $5.5bn target, the firm expects to wrap up its latest fundraising in the autumn. Lousiana’s state pension is one of the investors.
2 min read · 20 July 2015
Secondaries accounted for around a quarter of the Swiss firm’s total investments.
2 min read · 17 July 2015
