ESG

StepStone’s Greenspring buy shows secondaries M&A in heat

The acquisition is at least the fourth this year by a large firm looking to get in on a rapidly expanding market.

Whitehorse promotes five to partnership

The investment firm has increased its headcount from 46 at the start of 2020 to nearly 100 today in line with an expanding market.

Secondaries Investor Law Firm Survey 2021: GP-leds dominate as firms capitalise on pandemic year

A snapshot of law firms’ secondaries work last year by volume, deal count, strategy and more in our latest annual report.

Secondaries Investor Advisory Survey 2021: Advisors fight back from pandemic pause

Presenting the results of our exclusive survey of advisors’ deal activity last year based on transaction volume, GP-led/LP sale split and more.

Verdane adds partner focused on sustainability

The Northern Europe-focused firm invests in tech-enabled businesses and has evidenced ESG as a strategic priority with recent hires.

BlackRock to focus on secondaries, renewables and credit

The world’s biggest asset manager in recent weeks amassed nearly $8bn across its debut secondaries fund and its third renewable energy fund.

Ropes & Gray adds partner with secondaries expertise

The law firm has been growing its PE funds team, which advised on 150 secondaries deals worth $17.5bn in 2019.

Impact secondaries-focused North Sky appoints CFO

Angela Wood has taken over the role of CFO from Denise Galvin, who will stay on as a senior advisor.

WINS network launches to promote women in secondaries

Professionals from some of the industry’s biggest firms have founded a group to promote, retain and elevate women.