As the drama over the London-listed private equity vehicle unfolds, PEI sizes up the dramatis personae.
4 min read · 07 October 2016
The global investment manager is giving shareholders more time to consider its offer after SVG said it planned to sell its entire portfolio to Goldman Sachs and CPPIB for around £748m.
2 min read · 07 October 2016
The firm raised the capital for its second fund in 18 months from 185 investors.
1 min read · 07 October 2016
Secondaries Match sends emails to interested buyers and parties can now connect anonymously.
1 min read · 06 October 2016
The London-listed private equity investor has agreed ‘in principle’ to sell all its assets for about £748m, setting aside an earlier deal with another group.
3 min read · 06 October 2016
The fund’s target is almost three times that of its predecessor, the 2013-vintage Lexington Middle Market Investors III, which closed on about $1bn.
1 min read · 06 October 2016
Macroeconomic concerns have weighed on secondaries market participants’ minds over the last 12 months and have had varied effects.
3 min read · 05 October 2016
The Orange County Employees Retirement System, which commits 5.2% of its $12.5bn fund to private equity, expects to issue an RFP by mid-November.
2 min read · 05 October 2016
Dushy Sivanithy, who spent 10 years at Pantheon, will oversee origination activity across the firm’s primary fundraising, secondaries and strategic advisory services.
3 min read · 04 October 2016
The two firms have agreed to acquire 50 percent of SVG’s portfolio with just over a day and a half to go before shareholders must decide whether to accept a rival offer from HarbourVest.
3 min read · 04 October 2016
