Buyers are increasingly splitting out their fund strategies as institutional investors seek specific risk/reward categories for secondaries.
5 min read · 01 February 2023
Some LPs are on a three-year waiting list to formally transfer fund interests off their books – an issue that could grow as overallocation issues persist.
3 min read · 24 November 2022
Recent activity suggests buyers may be purposefully baking in more headroom as macroeconomic and market conditions remain challenging, according to data from Palico.
2 min read · 21 November 2022
British Airways Pensions appointed BlackRock as its outsourced CIO for around £21.5bn of its pension schemes’ assets last year.
2 min read · 28 October 2022
The $649bn SWF was ‘proactive in monitoring and managing’ its existing portfolio last year, including via the secondaries market, according to its latest annual report.
2 min read · 27 October 2022
British pensions have been dumping liquid assets to free up cash due to the gilt crisis; whether they’re currently selling private markets holdings for the same reason is another question.
3 min read · 06 October 2022
The situation is an example of the challenges of completing LP portfolio sales in today’s market, with a widening gap between buyer and seller pricing expectations.
3 min read · 03 October 2022
The hiring comes as several mid-market investment banks are acquiring capabilities to advise on secondaries transactions, usually focused on GP-led deals like single-asset continuation funds.
2 min read · 26 September 2022
The Nice-headquartered secondaries firm is deploying its fourth fund, which closed above its hard-cap in March.
2 min read · 22 September 2022
