The New York-based secondaries firm plans to capitalise on an expanding secondary market in 2009 and 2010. Fund VII will invest mostly in the US, but also in emerging markets.
2 min read · 15 December 2008
The private equity fund of funds has hired former Unigestion secondaries executive Francesco di Valmarana amid increasing activity in the global secondaries market. The appointment brings the number of Pantheon’s European secondaries team members to 25.
1 min read · 12 December 2008
The UK-based secondary specialist has added Matthew Arkinstall to its team.
1 min read · 10 December 2008
The San Francisco-based real estate secondaries firm has appointed former SL Green/Gramercy Capital executive as LPs increasingly look to liquidate some of their real estate positions. The appointment comes as Liquid works with LPs faced with capital calls in excess of their distributions.
1 min read · 09 December 2008
The $850m Chicago Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund will make a third secondaries investment by the end of the month.
1 min read · 05 December 2008
The New York-based secondaries firm has hired Sabina Sammartino to head up due diligence in London and promoted two in Paris.
1 min read · 02 December 2008
Gary Stevens has filed a lawsuit against the Connecticut secondaries firm claiming Landmark failed to honour a promise to give him an ‘ownership interest’ in the firm.
2 min read · 14 November 2008
AAC Capital Partners, the former ABN AMRO buyout team, has secured €950m for further acquisitions from investors including Goldman Sachs, the CPPIB, AlpInvest and Adams Street.
1 min read · 13 November 2008
The £15bn UK charity is particularly interested in direct secondary deals as it manages and rebalances its alternatives portfolio, Peter Pereira Gray, Wellcome deputy chief investment officer, said at the PERE Forum in New York yesterday.
1 min read · 12 November 2008
The Simsbury, Connecticut-based firm is targeting $750m for its latest real estate fund – the largest dedicated secondaries real estate vehicle ever. It comes amid a massive rise in LP demand for liquidity.
1 min read · 11 November 2008
