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Side Letter: Equistone's fund splitEquistone splits out its regional strategies and fundraises. Plus: New Mountain appears to be embracing private wealth and secondaries simultaneously. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Warburg ponders secondariesThursday is Thanksgiving for our readers in the US, so we'll return to your inbox on Monday. In the meantime: Warburg Pincus could become the industry's newest secondaries buyer; and family offices have rampant appetites for private equity. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: LPs seek compliance clarityLPs want GPs to be up front about compliance strengths and weaknesses. Plus: generalist secondaries funds have retained their appeal despite a spike in specialists. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: What's afoot at AIMCo?The Alberta government has ousted AIMCo board members, including its CEO. Plus: diversification is the key to AlpInvest's success; and CVC's $500m software continuation vehicle. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: PE via the app storeEfforts to access the wealth channel through mobile apps will require careful handling. Plus: private equity is dominating secondaries adviser workloads; and the UK's financial industry is more bullish than one might expect. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
NPS shows LPs are keen not to miss the boat on continuation fundsInstitutional investors can no longer ignore the fact that exposure to high-quality assets is increasingly accessed via the secondaries market.
KKR: Secondaries is not a ‘need to have’ strategy for the firmThe alternatives giant doesn't want to enter the sub-sector if it can't be a top-three player, according to chief financial officer Rob Lewin.
Side Letter: LPs follow the leaderLPs are gaining confidence in continuation funds after following the examples set by high-profile GPs. Plus: an FTC ban on non-competes may not impact recruitment; and Bain has set a target for its latest life sciences fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Buyers and sellers continue to adapt in the fast-changing GP-led secondaries marketAdviser estimates put secondaries transaction volume at around $110bn, with GP-led processes accounting for roughly 45% of those transactions.
Side Letter: Secondaries' buyout bonanzaBuyout firms want a slice of the secondaries pie. Plus: Korea's sovereign wealth fund has jumped on the Indian private markets hype; and HKMA's gargantuan private equity portfolio just got a little larger. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.