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Healthcare-focused PE firm Linden mulls secondaries strategy

The Chicago-headquartered firm joins a growing number of buyout firms entering the secondaries market, and is the latest sector-specialist.

Jefferies brings on senior GP-led talent from Lazard

People moves within the secondaries advisory community have continued apace as firms jockey for competitive position.

Carlyle AlpInvest leads on TowerBrook’s CV for EisnerAmper

TowerBrook has ‘spent considerable money, time and resources’ transforming the professional services business across its four-plus year hold, managing director Walter Weil tells Secondaries Investor.

QHP’s pharma single-asset delivers 10x for selling LPs

This is at least the second time the mid-market healthcare-focused firm has run a CV to extend its hold of a top-performing asset.

New Mountain says sector focus gets it ‘ahead of processes’ to find opportunities

New Mountain Atlas is more than just the secondaries hires it has made, with the unit seeking to lead and co-lead GP-led buyout deals with the help of its sector teams, co-head Neal Costello tells Secondaries Investor.

Ares leads on two European mid-market CVs

Fremman’s fund for nursery operator Kids Planet is over £400m in size, while MCH has raised €300m for a vehicle to house a frozen baked goods asset, Secondaries Investor understands.

Technology moves down the list of favoured CV sectors – Houlihan Lokey

The investment bank is seeing a boost in interest in other sectors as the secondaries market reacts to tech disruption, managing director Michael Pilson told Secondaries Investor.

Former CVC MD Jonathan Au joins Revelation Partners

Secondaries Investor had reported that Jonathan Au had departed CVC in June last year, having joined the firm in 2021.

CVs should be structured in an ‘LP-friendly’ way: Lexington’s Christophe Browne

A higher percentage of LPs choosing to roll into CVs would be a ‘healthy’ sign for the market, Lexington Partners’ Christophe Browne said at NEXUS 2026.

Structured solutions offer ability to keep assets within flagships: W Capital’s David Wachter

W Capital Partners believes it’s important to compound and grow assets within original funds to mitigate what it believes will become ‘more of a K-curve market’, David Wachter said at NEXUS 2026.