Western Europe

Coller Capital approaches buyers for prospective sale

Pioneering Coller is one of the few remaining independent secondaries firms of scale after a frantic year of M&A activity.

CVC, Glendower confirm tie-up amid secondaries M&A fever

The secondaries specialist, which spun out of Deutsche Asset Management, is at least the fifth secondaries firm to be subject to an M&A process this year.

Committed Advisors, Eurazeo back Capvis GP-led

Around half the LPs in the 2008-vintage €608m Capvis Equity III rolled over into the continuation vehicle.

Kline Hill begins Zurich office build-out

The niche secondaries buyer is in the market for a Zurich-based associate and analyst to join Elena Laleh, who will join this month from Partners Group.

Advisory Young Gun promoted to partner

Jasmin Capital’s Ludovic Douge ranked 17th in the 2019 list of the most promising people in secondaries below the age of 36.

Dominique Senequier: Ardian ‘already examining’ using continuation funds on its assets

The investment firm’s president has said it is evaluating opportunities for holding on to existing portfolio companies for longer.

Mill Reef closes debut fund on hard-cap

The firm, founded by the former head of secondaries at Schroder Adveq, focuses on small, complex secondaries deals in Europe.

Ardian’s secondaries deployment activity dropped in 2020

The secondaries giant’s deployment fell 65% during the pandemic despite closing the largest secondaries capital pool on record.

AlpInvest’s Costello: Single-asset market creates healthy conversations

The Carlyle unit has deployed $1.4bn of its latest ASP VII programme, which closed on $10.2bn in December.