The Private Equity International Awards 2016 are the only ones voted on entirely by industry participants and this year include a category for Secondaries Law Firm of the Year.
1 min read · 10 November 2016
Weak IPO and M&A activity in Q3 will lead to average high bids falling by as much as 9 percentage points, according to a report obtained exclusively by Secondaries Investor.
2 min read · 08 November 2016
The hires, which include Barclays and Debevoise & Plimpton professionals, brings the number of members in the specialist investment bank’s unit to 19.
2 min read · 07 November 2016
OPTrust, which manages Canada’s 10th largest public pension, had previously signalled it was considering opportunistic sales of private equity assets.
2 min read · 02 November 2016
UK trade minister Mark Garnier said on Wednesday the UK is likely to lose its financial passporting rights as a result of Brexit, but research suggests the alternatives industry would be relatively unscathed.
2 min read · 28 October 2016
Germany-based corporate partner Michael Cziesla, who counts secondaries among his specialties, will work alongside Tim Bednall, recently elected by the firm as managing partner for Europe and Middle East.
1 min read · 20 October 2016
An overwhelming majority of investors in the Swiss firm’s sole fund have agreed to sell their stakes to the bank’s private equity unit, Secondaries Investor has learned.
2 min read · 13 October 2016
Discounts could also widen for European funds amid volatility related to Brexit, according to a mid-year report by the advisory firm obtained exclusively by Secondaries Investor.
2 min read · 11 October 2016
The advisory firm and placement agent has made two appointments including a 12-year PAI Partners veteran as a senior advisor.
1 min read · 10 October 2016
In an effort to trump a £748m preliminary agreement SVG reached with rival suitors Goldman Sachs and CPPIB, HarbourVest has also offered to buy the London-listed private equity investor’s entire portfolio, but for at least £783m.
3 min read · 10 October 2016
