Adam Le
Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Group's private equity publications, overseeing the flow of global news and analysis for Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor. Based in London, Adam works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI's offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Prior to PEI, his roles included reporting on finance and technology for Bloomberg Japan.
The US pension has also acquired stakes in mid-market debt funds on the secondaries market, documents from its latest investment committee meeting show.
Just 28% plan to increase their exposure to the asset class, down from 39% six months ago, the firm’s latest survey has found.
Friday’s hung parliament election result means British private equity faces a challenging road ahead.
The alternatives asset manager has more than doubled the amount it raised for its 2012-vintage predecessor.
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Being a source of primary capital to a GP can help secondaries firms win deals - as long as the competition have not had the same idea, writes Adam Le.
Ardian’s record deal with Mubadala prompted admiration and wariness among its peers — not that it is paying much attention.
LPs in the buyout firm's 2011-vintage €6.7bn ninth fund will be offered bids for their stakes in the summer, Secondaries Investor has learned.
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The investment firm has hired a former AllianceBernstein and AXA executive as partner to lead efforts in the DACH region.
Dominik Woessner's departure comes as the investment bank shuts its Singapore office and centralises operations in Hong Kong.
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The investment arm of the insurance giant has offered investors in the private equity firm's two latest funds the option to cash out.