BlackRock Secondaries & Liquidity Solutions is understood to count SWFs and pensions among its anchor investors.
2 min read · 07 April 2020
We caused a stir with reports of unnamed LP defaults last week; was it a storm in a teacup?
3 min read · 06 April 2020
An overhang of LPs wanting to sell stakes in funds could delay transfers in order to conform with publicly traded partnership rules.
2 min read · 06 April 2020
The investment manager has made two promotions at its Bala Cynwyd head office, one to the position of MD.
1 min read · 02 April 2020
The appointment comes after secondaries head Nico Taverna’s departure last year.
2 min read · 01 April 2020
Two European LPs have already defaulted on capital calls, and more are rumoured, creating a potential pool of early secondaries opportunities.
6 min read · 01 April 2020
Buyers with an appetite for unfunded commitments could be an early beneficiary of coronavirus-related volatility.
3 min read · 24 March 2020
The market is a rare bright spot amid coronavirus-related uncertainty, according to the firm’s annual results call on Tuesday.
2 min read · 17 March 2020
The economic shock caused by coronavirus is already filtering down into the asset class.
3 min read · 12 March 2020
The virus outbreak, which has hammered the broader economy for several weeks as business activity slows, is causing sellers to delay bringing secondary deals to market.
3 min read · 12 March 2020