Europe

17Capital makes ESG-focused board hire

The appointment of Myriam Vander Elst follows that of an ex-Wells Fargo subscription finance executive in May.

Partners Group secondaries investment pace plummets

It was ‘difficult to walk a straight line’ with sellers on secondaries portfolios in the first half of this year, chief executive David Layton says.

Seedrs banks on secondaries and private wealth to fuel growth

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs is aiming to attract institutional private wealth.

Pantheon holds final close on its biggest PE secondaries programme

The close of Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI and related SMAs pushes secondaries fundraising for this year to an all-time high.

Citi makes first European advisory hire

Citi has hired a Campbell Lutyens professional to focus on GP-led deals, directs secondaries and co-investments, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Three questions with Altamar’s José Luis Molina

The Spanish investment firm is in market with ACP Secondaries 4 which has a €750m target.

AllianzGI’s maiden global infra fund to invest in secondaries

The fund, which will be managed by Allianz Capital Partners, will invest in infra funds directly, via secondaries as well as in co-investments.

Carlyle expects secondaries to play bigger role

Funds managed by AlpInvest doubled fee related earnings to $12m in Q2 2020.

Neuberger closes Italian single-asset deal

Milan-based NB Renaissance Partners sold down part of its stake in a ‘covid-proof’ engineering business to a group of secondaries investors.

Triago’s Drean on running deals in a crisis

Mathieu Dréan of advisory firm Triago spoke to Secondaries Investor about the deals that are getting done in H1 and what is motivating buyers and sellers.