While secondaries deals are at their core simply trades, buyers have become more specialised, and advisors too have become more selective about the areas they compete in, according to Sixpoint Partners’ Shawn Schestag.
3 min read · 23 October 2016
SVG’s capitulation to HarbourVest’s final offer for its portfolio marks the end of a saga that may usher in a new era for secondaries.
2 min read · 21 October 2016
Julien Princi, the former deputy general counsel for Amundi Asset Management, has joined the private equity and private debt firm.
2 min read · 21 October 2016
The pension has committed $30m in total to funds of funds managed by the two firms which invest make both secondaries and primary investments.
2 min read · 20 October 2016
Germany-based corporate partner Michael Cziesla, who counts secondaries among his specialties, will work alongside Tim Bednall, recently elected by the firm as managing partner for Europe and Middle East.
1 min read · 20 October 2016
The global investment firm was the biggest investor in a deal that involved ABS’ 2009 and 2012-vintage funds, Secondaries Investor has learned.
3 min read · 19 October 2016
The niche secondaries firm acquired over 95% of shares in the London-listed private equity fund of funds in a friendly takeover deal.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
The secondaries advisory firm and placement agent has hired Peter Landauer, former director of private investments at the University of Florida’s endowment.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
The private market liquidity provider is pairing with Scenic Advisement, a specialist in private capital raising, as companies take longer to list.
2 min read · 19 October 2016
The London-listed private equity investor has accepted HarbourVest’s offer to acquire its portfolio after the global investment firm raised its offer by £24m.
2 min read · 18 October 2016
