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Secondaries strategy generates big returns for TempoCap

The firm emphasises the timing of its primary and secondaries investments in companies to produce impressive performance metrics.

Bego: GP-led continuation vehicles still in demand, even as M&A picks up

There’s a growing set of more than 28,000 buyout companies with diminished IPO and M&A exit avenues, according to Kline Hill Partners’ Mike Bego.

17Capital parts ways with senior exec entrusted with Dubai office launch

The departure comes six months after the firm said it was opening in the UAE to deepen its push into the Gulf region.

Commonfund’s Lodge: Not all CVs are working out

While continuation funds are increasingly common liquidity solutions, not all of them are delivering the appropriate returns, according to Cari Lodge, head of secondaries at Commonfund.

Leading secondaries recruiter Mary Gay Townsend passes away

The Norgay Partners co-founder had advised firms including PJT Partners, Nomura, Northleaf Capital Partners, UBS and Morgan Stanley on executive search.

How secondaries are driving CalPERS’ structural shift

The US pension giant considers secondaries investments an important contributor of distinct advantages not found in traditional commingled funds, according to Anton Orlich, managing investment director for private equity.

Blackstone’s Perry: Secondaries volume could reach $170bn by 2025

New entrants and pricing are driving deals and could spur record volume, global head of Blackstone Strategic Partners Verdun Perry tells Secondaries Investor.

ICG chief: ‘We could deploy a $20bn GP-led fund’

Benoît Durteste says investing the capital would not be challenging – a change in tone compared with comments he made in September regarding larger GP-led deployment.

Ex-Alaska portfolio manager joins Campbell Lutyens’ secondaries practice

Chirag Shah previously spent over a decade leading fund investments and co-investments at various institutional investors including DB Private Equity and GE Asset Management.

EQT likely to avoid LP-leds in secondaries build game plan

LP portfolio transactions deals don’t ‘play to the strengths’ of the Northern European powerhouse’s active ownership model, according to CFO Kim Henriksson.