The Zurich-based firm has made up to eight deals from its debut secondaries fund, including a €40m Italian buyout funds transaction.
2 min read · 26 August 2015
Sovereign wealth funds may turn out to be opportunistic sellers rather than competition on the buyside, according to Rudy Scarpa of Pantheon.
2 min read · 26 August 2015
Five buyers – Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild, Adams Street and PGGM – have committed to two tail-end funds and one new vehicle in a Palamon staple deal.
3 min read · 26 August 2015
Fabian Neuenschwander, senior vice-president at Partners Group, says that although some private equity groups with large secondaries capability may enter the real estate secondaries market, the supply/demand imbalance is likely to remain for some time.
3 min read · 25 August 2015
The hiring comes a few months after investment consultant NEPC recommended that the $3.1bn pension plan makes its first commitment to a secondaries fund.
2 min read · 25 August 2015
Proposed changes to private fund limited partnerships would benefit secondaries funds and secondaries investors in the UK.
2 min read · 25 August 2015
The Dallas firm held a first close with $14.7m for Traveller Capital Partners II, a little over a year after it held a final close on its first fund.
1 min read · 25 August 2015
The fund, which is targeting $150m, has two different sets of fees based on the size of limited partners’ commitment.
2 min read · 24 August 2015
The use of debt is allowing buyers to remain competitive when bidding on large fund stakes, and this has driven up pricing, according to latest research by Setter Capital.
2 min read · 24 August 2015
The Nordic specialist has acquired a stake in EQT Expansion Capital II from its seventh fund.
2 min read · 24 August 2015