Africa

Secondaries Awards 2025: EMEA winners

Ardian takes the title of Secondaries Firm of the Year in EMEA.

Introducing Secondaries Investor’s Global Market Survey

Secondaries Investor launches its inaugural Global Market Survey to map the market, its drivers and the changing nature of the asset class.

Malaysia’s Khazanah mulls $1bn-plus portfolio sale

Khazanah joins a number of APAC sellers this year, with Malaysia’s EPF and China Investment Corp also looking to offload portfolios.

Secondaries Awards 2024: EMEA winners

Coller Capital misses out on Secondaries Firm of the Year to Ardian, which transacted on more than $15bn across the US and Europe during the judging period.

South Africa’s Sango on the ‘growing need’ for African secondaries

From partial exits to continuation funds, more African GPs are turning to secondaries transactions to deliver liquidity back to LPs.

Blue Earth plans secondaries impact strategy, inks portfolio acquisition

Blue Earth’s secondaries strategy – part of its soon-to-launch multi-strategy fund – has just acquired a portfolio of fund stakes from a UK development finance institution.

PEI Awards 2022: AlpInvest, PJT, Ardian among EMEA winners

The region played host to some sizeable single-asset GP-led deals, including a continuation fund for Deutsche Private Equity.

Macquarie taps CPPIB for secondaries MD

Macquarie estimates there could be $50bn-$67bn of infrastructure secondaries AUM by 2025, compared with $18.6bn last year.

DOWNLOAD: Behind the secondaries market’s first-half fundraising dip

Capital raised for secondaries fell 30% to $31.2bn in the first half of 2022, according to data compiled by Secondaries Investor.

17Capital taps Goldman for first ESG appointment

Claire Hedley most recently led GSAM’s ESG client strategy group in London and was responsible for the asset manager’s client facing and commercial ESG efforts across EMEA.