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Credit Suisse hires former Pomona execThe bank’s private fund group has hired Mark McDonald to help manage its secondaries activities in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
- Secondaries Special: Crowding the market
New entrants to the private equity secondary market are attracting talent and capital that was previously the sole preserve of dedicated secondaries investors. Graham Winfrey reports
- EMAlternatives loses co-founders to Pomona
Ernest Lambers and John Stephens have left the emerging markets fund of funds to join the London and Hong Kong offices of secondaries-focused Pomona.
- StepStone steps up secondaries business
The acquisition of a firm led by former Pomona and Hamilton Lane executives is the latest franchise expansion from the increasingly competitive San Diego-based private equity advisory firm.
- Regulatory reality
Seven seasoned executives recently sat down with Private Equity Manager to discuss how new regulations will dramatically alter operating procedures.
- Granoff: Secondary activity to return by end of 2009
Secondary specialist Pomona Capital just closed its seventh secondaries fund on $1.3bn. The firm’s chief executive, Michael Granoff, says the secondaries market has ‘enormous deal flow’ but ‘today the price of getting it wrong is real pain’.
- Pomona collects $1.3bn for seventh secondaries fund
The New York- and London-based firm spent about a year fundraising for a vehicle that ended up ‘substantially oversubscribed’.
- SECONDARIES I
With valuations proving a point of contention between would-be vendors and acquirers, sales of private equity portfolios to secondary buyers have been relatively subdued in recent months. But the need to free up capital means action will have to be taken sooner rather than later - and that's why secondaries specialists believe a highly productive period lies ahead. Andy Thomson reports.
- Pomona replaces European head
The fund of funds business has replaced Brian Wright, who left the business back in August 2008, with former Adams Street partner Oliver Gardey.
- Pomona hires former AIG Investments executive
The US secondaries, fund of funds and co-investment firm has brought on Jordan Robinson for product development and made additional senior hires for secondary investment and the Asian fund of funds team.