The fund, run by HQ Capital, is expected to hold a first close in the autumn on around a quarter of its $400m target, according to sources.
1 min read · 26 September 2016
The tail-end specialist has hired five staff in its London office including two investment professionals and has also made an internal transfer.
1 min read · 22 September 2016
Ted Cardos – whose clients include HarbourVest Partners and Partners Group – will be responsible for leading the law firm’s secondaries efforts in Europe.
1 min read · 22 September 2016
The banking group’s Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities unit has also hired three staff this year including a secondaries executive from BEX Capital.
2 min read · 22 September 2016
The Blackstone unit will send a newly appointed vice-president to London and is planning to make further additions, Secondaries Investor has learned.
1 min read · 21 September 2016
The firm has collected about half the €400m target for SwanCap Opportunities Fund III which can invest in direct secondaries.
1 min read · 21 September 2016
Following its rebranding last September, the alternatives investment manager has named Georg Wunderlin as chief executive, Ernest Boles as vice-chairman, and Marcel Giacometti as senior advisor.
2 min read · 19 September 2016
The London-listed private equity investor urged shareholders to take no action on HarbourVest Partners’ £1bn bid, saying the 650p-a-share final offer ‘undervalues the company’.
2 min read · 16 September 2016
The investment manager wants to sell the €1bn vehicle before the end of the year and a new structure will be created to manage the portfolio.
1 min read · 15 September 2016
Secondaries investments made up 23% of investment volume, and a further 22% went into “select private markets managers”, the firm said.
2 min read · 14 September 2016
