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How to build a secondaries businessOver the past five years, some private equity shops have shunned their illiquid mentality to launch their own secondaries businesses. Can they give the market’s mega-managers a run for their money?
Secondaries’ phenomenal growth masks underlying pain pointsPrivate equity managers are flocking to the secondaries market, but success in buyouts doesn’t automatically guarantee an easy ride.
Side Letter: CalPERS' latest LP-ledCalPERS is shopping another multibillion portfolio less than a year after closing one. Plus: CVC discloses the expected launch date of its next flagship buyout fund. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Digital platform ROYC: New entrants to the market are driving cost inflationThe firm has teamed up with GPs including Ardian and the Riverside Company to support cross-European private wealth distribution.
Number Crunch: A bumpy ride for logisticsThe transport and logistics sector faces increased risk and subdued fundraising in an uncertain environment.
Side Letter: The big fundraising pictureThe state of play across private markets fundraising. Plus: US fund managers want more ESG leeway from their European LPs; and Leonard Green is back in the market with its 10th buyout flagship. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
DOWNLOAD: PE fundraising sees weakest first half since pandemicNorth American funds were the most active during H1 2025 in spite of growing geopolitical uncertainty.
Side Letter: What Korean LPs wantInsight into the wants and needs of some of East Asia's biggest institutional investors. Plus: notes from Investec's recent roundtable; and an Ardian to Ambienta personnel move. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Insurer Prudential taps Goldman for new group CIOThe investor has hired a successor to Don Guo to oversee its $150bn asset portfolio.
Insurance firm Prudential’s group CIO to exitSingapore-based Don Guo is leaving nearly three years overseeing the group’s $150bn investment portfolio.