Investors unaware of the potential pitfalls in the strategy face hidden dangers – here’s our deep dive into an issue that affects all areas of the market.
10 min read · 09 September 2019
Candidates must have excellent investment judgement and ‘sense of the deal’.
2 min read · 04 September 2019
Which firms raised the most capital over five years revealed, and what the changes mean for the secondaries market.
7 min read · 03 September 2019
This year’s ranking of the industry’s leading professionals under 36 shows women are making their mark with three in our top 10.
9 min read · 29 August 2019
Returns for secondaries funds rose slightly on a quarterly basis, but the strategy has performed below the All Funds benchmark across all periods, according to data from the Institutional Limited Partners Association.
2 min read · 20 August 2019
Evercore’s half-yearly report highlights a notable decline in the proportion of LPs choosing to sell in GP-led processes. This could be indicative of profound, longer-term changes.
2 min read · 15 August 2019
Leith Moghli joins from Reed Smith and focuses on secondaries transactions, fund formation and fund incentive arrangements.
1 min read · 14 August 2019
Lexington Partners, Adams Street and StepStone were part of a consortium that acquired five assets off Eurazeo’s balance sheet which were used to seed the €700m Eurazeo Capital IV buyout fund.
2 min read · 09 August 2019
Secondaries market volume hit $42bn in the first half, a 56% year-on-year increase, including nine deals worth more than $1bn.
2 min read · 01 August 2019
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV has held a final close on $2.7bn, above its target of $2.5bn, leapfrogging two Chinese GPs to the top spot.
2 min read · 31 July 2019