NEXUS 2025

William Blair’s Stuiver: ‘Proof of concept’ feeding larger LP-led deals

A number of large-scale LP-led deals have moved through the secondaries market in recent years yielding good outcomes for sellers, William Blair director Jake Stuiver said in a video interview at NEXUS 2025.

Ardian’s Small: Cherry-picking strategy helps spur on firm’s returns

While Ardian wants to make sure it gets the best pricing in its deals, the most indicative link back to the returns it generates is ‘not necessarily what we pay, but what we buy’, senior managing director Wills Small said in a video interview.

LGT’s Heitmann: 2025 could be another record year for GP-leds

LGT partner Martha Heitmann discusses the firm’s flagship and single-asset strategies, opportunities in the smaller end of the secondaries market and predictions for GP-led activities in 2025.

Secondaries Investor’s Annual Dinner in pictures

Secondaries professionals gathered in Orlando, Florida, for an annual invite-only dinner and celebration during NEXUS 2025.

Dawson’s Robard: NYC office allows us to build stronger funnels

In this 8-minute video, Yann Robard, founder and managing partner at the liquidity specialist, comments on the importance of relationships in private markets and the evolution of the private markets ecosystem.

When will we see a $10bn CV? Probably soon

Rising acceptance of continuation funds could drive further growth in the GP-led space, industry participants said at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2025 event in Orlando last week.

Alaska’s Waldrop on why the SWF is not a seller in the LP-led market

Alaska Permanent Fund’s deputy CIO for private markets, Allen Waldrop, explains why the SWF has been a buyer in the CV market and has not been a seller even when it has been overallocated to PE.

Ardian’s Vlad Colas on the rise of first-time sellers as LPs seek liquidity

The education and experience of new sellers will help grow the LP side of the industry, according to Vlad Colas, executive vice president of Ardian, who spoke with Buyouts at PEI Group’s NEXUS 2025 event in Orlando in early March.

When love and hate collide, you get to $1trn

The road to secondaries market growth is paved with ire and admiration, as attendees at NEXUS 2025 heard this week.

Jeremy Coller and Yann Robard: How big will the secondaries market become?

In this 10-minute video, the founders of Coller Capital and Dawson Partners discuss their predictions for annual deal volume by 2030 and how LP-GP alignment could be affected.