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How CV dealmakers are addressing LPs’ process pain pointsGP-led deal volume hit an all-time high in 2025, but record growth doesn’t necessarily equate to LP satisfaction with continuation vehicle processes.
Side Letter: PE's exit overhangHow far can secondaries go in addressing private equity's 20-year exit overhang? Plus: UTIMCO is eyeing the secondaries market; and why dividend recaps may become harder to achieve. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Five key trends moving the secondaries marketGrowth in the industry is being driven by greater acceptance and increasingly diverse liquidity options.
Leverage in the time of covid-19A company subject to a secondaries transaction could have at least five layers of leverage. We investigate how coronavirus has tested these layers.
Betting on unicorns just became less hazardous for HNWIsAlthough 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.
Secondaries special: Five new entrants shake up the SI 30This year’s SI 30 welcomes a fresh spin-out, a direct secondaries player and niche specialists.
Boston pension seeks private markets managerThe $4bn defined benefit pension fund wants to hire a firm to manage mezzanine, distressed debt, venture debt, and special situations exposure.
- W Capital adds MD from Paul Capital
The firm has hired Todd Miller as its fifth managing director.
- Strong public markets hamper secondaries
Deal activity on the private equity secondary market has returned to levels more akin to pre-2011 as strong public markets convince sellers to hold their LP interests.
- Secondaries Special: Unlocking value
The secondaries market, which has seen record activity levels in the past two years, has enjoyed a busy start to 2013 – especially around the restructuring of ageing private equity funds