Private Equity
The Deutsche Bank spin-out has led a consortium comprising Blackstone, Hamilton Lane and GCM Grosvenor that backed a deal involving six of Argonne Capital's assets.
2 min read · 21 May 2018
The close of the deal comes six weeks after sister title Secondaries Investor reported the transaction was set to become the largest-ever GP-led restructuring.
2 min read · 19 April 2018
The firm's last dedicated secondaries fund, focused mainly on fund restructurings, closed in April 2017 on $1.1bn.
2 min read · 10 April 2018
A handful of big-name deals pushed GP-led processes into the mainstream in 2017, but questions around their planning and execution will dominate discourse going into 2018.
3 min read · 13 December 2017
A revamped internal structure, new business lines and a focus on separate accounts have helped the firm thrive in a tough market for funds of funds, says head of secondaries Wouter Moerel.
5 min read · 23 November 2017
Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Abecassis responds to PEI’s assessment of GP-led fund restructurings and the need for a genuine ‘do-nothing’ option for LPs.
3 min read · 02 November 2017
The fact that Apax Partners shelved plans for its GP-led secondaries process shows that LPs' desire a genuine 'do nothing' option.
3 min read · 19 October 2017
The potential deal involves the Scandinavian private equity firm's 2008-vintage fund which has around €2bn in NAV.
2 min read · 20 September 2017
The UK's second-biggest private equity firm is working on a plan to roll over existing assets into a new 5-year vehicle, according to sister publication Secondaries Investor.
2 min read · 18 September 2017
Nigel Dawn, from advisor Evercore, discusses some of the ways in which GPs can strategically access the secondaries market to actively manage their portfolio, accelerate liquidity for their investors while maximising the value of their portfolio companies.
5 min read · 07 September 2017
