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Covid called; preferred equity answered

Will the strategy remain attractive after markets rebound?

3 min read · 17 February 2022

Is there a market for covid-19-impacted assets?

While smaller buyers are finding innovative ways to back covid-impacted assets, the flight to quality continues at the larger end.

2 min read · 27 May 2021

Strategic Partners’ Morandi: Pandemic has changed LP mindset on secondaries

The health crisis has been an exogenous factor that has led some LPs to ‘reassess from the ground up’, according to the Blackstone unit’s Europe head.

3 min read · 13 May 2021

Secondaries Roundtable: The untold potential in LP secondaries

The sheer scale of GP-led secondaries is enormous. But with turnover still marginal, the LP side is also poised for exponential growth.

10 min read · 11 May 2021

New secondaries players seek a slice of the action

M&A advisory businesses and mega-managers are storming a flourishing secondaries industry but are there enough opportunities to go round?

8 min read · 10 May 2021

Covid prompts flexibility in LPAs

The crisis has put pressure on the relationships between GPs and LPs. As many look to renegotiate fund terms, what will the lasting effects be?

7 min read · 22 April 2021

The case of the GP who threatened to sue over a stapled commitment

The pandemic has thrown up some unexpected issues for secondaries market participants, including a sponsor who threatened litigation over a stapled deal.

3 min read · 11 February 2021

Pomona on seizing opportunities in secondaries

Falling distributions and increased capital calls are catalysing sellers, serving up prospects for discerning buyers, says Pomona Capital’s Michael Granoff.

6 min read · 22 December 2020

Lower distributions in 2021 open doors for secondaries investors – report

Almost two-thirds of investors said they expect capital calls to exceed distributions in 2021, according to a survey by Montana Capital Partners.

2 min read · 15 December 2020

Committed Advisors on fundraising and secondaries in the post-covid world

Managing partner Daniel Benin discusses the firm’s €1.6bn fundraise and how the new economy brought about by covid-19 will manifest in the secondaries market.

4 min read · 03 December 2020

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