General partners – with and without troubled funds – are increasingly seeing the secondaries market as a fundraising tool.
3 min read · 04 September 2015
The fund of funds giant has signed a deal to purchase a stake in Portobello Capital II through a new fund structure.
2 min read · 27 July 2015
The eight private equity fund stakes sold at par or a premium to net asset value, explained managing director Kevin Campbell.
2 min read · 03 March 2015
Partners Group has built up a stake in BlackRock Asia Fund III, which has provoked criticism for its heavy weighting to Asia Square, a twin tower office development in Singapore.
3 min read · 02 October 2014
Axiom Asia invests about 20% of its fund of funds in secondaries and co-investments but hasn’t seen any GP restructuring deals attractive enough to pursue, says head of secondaries Alex Sao-Wei Lee.
2 min read · 17 August 2014
GPs taking the lead on liquidity events will draw more investors to private equity and drive secondaries pricing up, according to Neil Campbell, head of Tullett Prebon Alternative Investments.
2 min read · 13 August 2014
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board plans to invest $10bn in the secondary market in the next five years, explains vice president and head of secondaries and co-investments Yann Robard.
3 min read · 28 July 2014
The firms top Setter Capital’s list of the 50 most sought-after US LBO funds. Providence, Welsh Carson and Kelso round out the 24 funds given an ‘excellent’ liquidity rating.
2 min read · 14 March 2014
The bankrupt bank continues to have an active pool of limited partner interests in private equity funds, which contributed to $1.2bn in distributions last year.
2 min read · 29 July 2013
The $226bn pension is selling a chunk of its private equity portfolio that includes a large amount of mega-fund holdings.
2 min read · 31 January 2011
