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Around half of buyers expect increased deployment in 2025 amid volatility – Lazard

A large portion of secondaries investors expect to increase ticket sizes this year, according to a snapshot report.

DC Advisory Paris exec no longer with firm

The investment banking arm of Japanese financial services conglomerate Daiwa Securities Group previously said it was shutting its France office.

William Blair bulks up European team with veteran hire from Bregal Investments

Delaney Brown, formerly head of capital solutions at Bregal Investments, joins the investment bank as a senior director in London.

Secondaries can help investors ‘dip their toes in the water’ of impact investing

There was around $20bn of impact secondaries volume last year, attendees at PEI Group’s Impact Investor Global Summit 2025 heard last week.

There’s a new deal type in town

Presenting: the buyer-led secondaries deal.

Digging deep a necessity to find right pricing on credit secondaries deals

Private debt pricing has been consistently strong, with the lowest bid-ask spread among other asset classes.

Amid uncertainty, LPs tap secondaries in varying ways

With private equity portfolio sales proliferating, here’s why UK multi-family office Stonehage Fleming is an active secondaries buyer and Australian state fund QIC is not.

Committed Advisors backs €227m sale from Peugeot Invest

French investment firm Peugeot Invest is offloading 35 PE funds to rebalance its portfolio.

Secondaries Investor Q1 2025 CV Deal Log – updated

Last quarter saw 11 continuation vehicles close, with a dozen more hitting or looking to hit the market, according to data gathered by Secondaries Investor.

Coller backs Corsair Capital’s $600m GP-led secondaries deal

Corsair has raised a multi-asset CV for three assets, with the remaining exposure in one of the assets being moved to another vehicle.