The seller of the fund interest, Legal & General Assurance Society, is winding down its commitments to private equity.
2 min read · 30 July 2015
The use of leverage has become a common occurrence in the secondaries market, but firms like Ardian are making sure they remain cautious when they use debt in a transaction.
1 min read · 29 July 2015
The sale of Banqsoft is the last of 96 exits from the portfolio the firm bought from the Norwegian government in 2003.
2 min read · 29 July 2015
Transaction volume of real estate secondaries could more than double in 2015 compared to last year, according to Greenhill Cogent’s semi-annual secondary market study released on Wednesday.
2 min read · 29 July 2015
Secondaries pricing and transaction volume for the first half of the year are in line with last year’s figure, Greenhill Cogent’s semi-annual Secondary Market Trends and Outlook found.
2 min read · 29 July 2015
Ahead of the investment company’s planned move to the main board of the London Stock Exchange in early September, HarbourVest’s associate director Richard Hickman talks about new measures shareholders need to consider.
3 min read · 28 July 2015
The London firm has bought another stake in Hutton Collins Capital Partners III, which has investments in Byron Burgers, Wagamama and Caffè Nero.
2 min read · 28 July 2015
The alternative assets specialists has advised on more secondaries deals so far this year than all of 2014.
2 min read · 28 July 2015
Akina Partners teamed up with Professor Oliver Gottschalg of HEC Paris to find out what the optimal private equity portfolio looks like.
1 min read · 28 July 2015
Since May, the pension fund has performed an evaluation of future expected value of its stake in JLL Partners V and in controversial payday lender ACE Cash Express.
2 min read · 27 July 2015