Secondaries

The preferred equity specialist has amassed $400m for its debut fund and made a raft of appointments.

The investment bank has been granted a five-year extension to divest private market holdings.

The bank’s private equity unit has joined a group of buyers to provide liquidity to LPs in the buyout firm’s 2006-vintage fund.

Olivier Decannière, the French secondaries giant’s UK head, tells Secondaries Investor why its clients want to move past the ‘old story’ of private equity.

Secondaries Investor recently caught up with Yaron Zafir, head of secondaries at London-headquartered Rede Partners, about the findings of the advisory firm’s liquidity report and the increase of aged primaries deals.

Caroline Steil as a senior legal advisor from law firm Jones Day and will advise on the firm’s secondaries activities.

In this first excerpt from sister publication Private Equity International’s May roundtable, top secondaries executives discuss their expectations for 2017 deal volume and innovation in transactions.

Toronto-based Wayne Kozun’s appointment to the firm’s advisory board comes amid a hiring spree at the advisory firm and placement agent.

At least four dedicated vehicles are targeting a combined $5.5bn for deals in the asset class, according to PERE data.

Deal value in the secondaries market dropped slightly last year, but billion-dollar transactions in the pipeline should ensure a better 2017.