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Secondaries Investor’s Annual Dinner 2026 in pictures

Secondaries Investor congratulated the winners of our Americas Awards at an invite-only dinner held at PEI’s NEXUS conference last week, supported by Kirkland & Ellis and StepStone.

Evercore taps Adams Street Partners for new APAC secondaries head

The appointment follows the departure of former managing director and head of Evercore’s Asia-Pacific private capital advisory team Shane Gong, who left in January 2025.

Morgan Stanley’s PCA chief leaves the bank

A replacement for global head of the PCA group, which will continue to operate as usual, has not been named, Secondaries Investor understands.

SI Next Gen alum joins Blue Owl Strategic Equity as MD

Blue Owl is building out its relatively new secondaries unit, aiming to be a market leader in the GP-led space.

Weil hires Next Gen Leaders alum as partner

The firm is continuing the expansion of its private funds group as demand for secondaries grows.

Ardian makes raft of senior promotions and additions to ASF management committee

The firm has also made further leadership promotions and created two regional operating committees to ‘further strengthen local leadership’, according to a memo seen by Secondaries Investor.

Hg confirms secondaries unit launch with hire of second CPPIB alum

Daniel Ward, a former principal at CPP Investments, has joined Hg’s secondaries team as the firm builds up investment capacity in GP-leds.

Lexington elevates three secondaries execs to partner

The promotions bring the firm’s total number of partners to 28, according to a statement.

Hogan Lovells promotes two secondaries experts to partner

The law firm promoted 28 lawyers to partner and 53 to counsel across its global team.

‘GP-leds could outpace LP-leds’ – Monument’s Christine Patrinos

The placement agent’s co-lead for secondaries tells affiliate title Buyouts that she also expects more mid-market GPs to raise funds targeting investment in continuation vehicles.