A clear rationale and early engagement with LPs can help overcome the complexities involved in GP-leds, say Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partners Aleks Bakic, Fadi Samman and Daniel Quinn.
7 min read · 22 April 2021
The traditional 10-year fund life hasn’t changed but GPs want to hold assets for longer. That’s where secondaries come in, says the firm’s Barry Miller.
5 min read · 20 April 2021
There is an art to managing the contrasting cashflow profiles of traditional LP and GP-led secondaries, says Charles Smith, chief investment officer and managing partner at secondaries firm Glendower Capital.
5 min read · 15 April 2021
GPs are no longer spectators in secondaries transactions, which provides opportunities for investors, says Christiaan van der Kam, head of secondaries at the firm.
8 min read · 12 April 2021
The deals are increasingly seen as an alternative to exit and will drive activity in Asia-Pacific say Greenhill’s Briac Houtteville and Lloyd Bradbury.
5 min read · 08 April 2021
A positive selection bias, deep due diligence and strong alignment make GP-led secondaries an attractive proposition, write managing directors Brian Mooney and Stephen Sloan in this sponsored Q&A.
5 min read · 07 April 2021
The value in the range of liquidity options available to private equity managers lies in their bespoke nature, write Katie McMenamin and Ed Ford in this sponsored article.
5 min read · 28 September 2020
Landmark Partners and NM PERA recently introduced the Excess Value Method, calculating the dollar value of a private investment’s performance against a benchmark. This could change how GPs get compensated, Avi Turetsky explains.
8 min read · 10 September 2020
In turbulent times, not all opportunities are created equal, says Partners Group’s Evelyn Zhang.
8 min read · 03 September 2020
