Private Equity

Secondaries

Why Asian private equity is worlds apart

The Asian private equity market was grappling with geopolitical rifts even prior to the introduction of global travel bans, yet there are reasons to be optimistic.

10 min read · 30 September 2020

Future Fund offloaded A$6bn of PE in liquidity grab

The Australian SWF's exposure to the asset class had grown in recent months due to its relative outperformance and currency moves, according to acting CIO Sue Brake.

3 min read · 02 September 2020

Goldman Sachs closes $229m pref equity in portfolio managed by Colony Credit Real Estate

An initial $200m was made in a portfolio of five underlying Colony Credit Real Estate interests.

2 min read · 10 August 2020

Betting on unicorns just became less hazardous for HNWIs

Although HNWIs have not been precluded from acquiring positions in pre-IPO businesses via the secondaries market, the process can be complex and fraught with risk.

5 min read · 27 July 2020

Can private equity firms become the new conglomerates?

Single-asset secondaries deals can allow managers to realise the dream of holding prized assets for longer, but present novel challenges for LPs to evaluate, writes capital raiser Ed Stubbings.

3 min read · 24 July 2020

Secondaries funds try to navigate coronavirus chaos

Market volatility has led to stalled deals, the withdrawal of sellers and the return of MAC clauses.

4 min read · 25 March 2020

Four threats to the growth of the GP-led secondaries market

The coronavirus pandemic is one of multiple threats to manager-initiated deals, which accounted for around one-third of total secondaries market volume last year.

6 min read · 17 March 2020

Capiton completes single-asset process for KD Pharma Group

Pantheon and Aberdeen Standard Investments led the deal alongside other investors.

2 min read · 20 February 2020

Campbell Lutyens hires former BC Partners chief fundraiser Charlie Bott to advisory board

Bott most recently was managing partner and head of investor relations at BC Partners, where he led fundraising for 10 years.

2 min read · 19 February 2020

New 2ND Capital leads $134mn Vicente Capital fund restructuring

Other investors included Altamar Capital Partners and Overbrook A. Capital Group.

4 min read · 07 February 2020

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