Western Europe

Former Rothschild advisory MD joins Netley as co-founder

Alvaro Rosado joins the tertiary shop as it closes its first investment, acquiring around $140m of interests in funds managed by two prominent secondaries buyers.

Women of Influence: The leaders shaping secondaries

Two secondaries-focused professionals have been included in PEI Group’s annual list of the most impressive women in private markets.

Kline Hill seeks to serve Europe’s small cap market with London office launch

The firm is looking at launching other strategies and offices, and is seeking to expand its primary programme, founder Michael Bego told affiliate title PE Hub.

Hamilton Lane leads on €300m single-asset CV from Main Capital

The CV from enterprise software investor is the latest deal from Europe, a region that continues to be on a GP-led tear.

Carlyle AlpInvest, HarbourVest and Pantheon lead on ECI’s £600m CV

The deal marks at least the third European CV backed by Carlyle AlpInvest and HarbourVest this year.

CVs to become ‘natural’ part of the toolkit for small- and mid-market GPs – Golding

GP-led deals will be a common staple within the small- and mid-cap markets, where there is more runway for company growth, head of secondaries Richard Wilmes told Secondaries Investor on the back of the firm’s over €510m raise.

PAI closes on CV with manager’s equity deal reaching €3.6bn

The wider deal, including joint venture partner Nestlé’s own equity portion, is €6.5bn in size, Secondaries Investor understands.

Netley Capital’s Berendsen: From potential LP to tertiary player

A conversation with a secondaries player about an LP commitment sparked the former Cinven dealmaker’s idea to launch a tertiary platform.

HarbourVest targets $20bn for latest secondaries flagship

The fund will target an even split of LP- and GP-leds, primarily in North America.

Prized assets trump solution-focused CV deals as lead buyer bottleneck persists

While many secondaries investors are willing to join as syndicate participants, few are willing to take on the ‘onerous’ task of a lead investor role in CVs, panellists said at the Fund Finance Association European Symposium held in London.