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 Blackstone unit, which launched its latest secondaries fund a year ago with a $6.5bn hard-cap, is yet to hold a final close on the vehicle.
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The investment manager is in market with at least six vehicles including a dedicated secondaries fund and a real estate fund of funds.
The China-focused private equity firm hired Lazard at the beginning of the year to help it restructure its $400m fund, PEI's sister publication Secondaries Investor has learned.
The preferred equity specialist is seeking north of €500m for its latest vehicle, PEI's sister publication Secondaries Investor has learned.
The fund of funds manager has hired John Cancellieri to focus on primaries, secondaries and co-investments in its Boston headquarters.
A decline in crude oil prices, the S&P 500’s worst ever start to a year, Brexit, and growth fears in China all contributed to the drop in deal volume, estimated at $12bn.
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Firms including HarbourVest Partners and Pantheon were looking at the deal which involved Olympus's 2007-vintage $750m fund.
The investment bank had raised around two-thirds of the target for its latest secondaries fund a month after launching.
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The investment bank also raised over half a billion dollars for a dedicated real estate secondaries fund last year, according to documents seen by PEI sister title Secondaries Investor.
The venture capital firm plans to use almost £30m of proceeds raised in the IPO to make primary and secondaries investments.