Private Equity

Secondaries

Secondaries’ new $6.3trn player

Why BlackRock is now entering the fray.

3 min read · 10 May 2018

EQT: Stapled secondaries are 'neat'

The firm used a secondaries transaction to 'push forward' fundraising on its $800m Asian mid-market fund, which closed on Wednesday.

2 min read · 09 May 2018

Blackstone seeks $8bn for secondaries Fund VIII

The firm's Strategic Partners unit is seeking around $2bn more than the target of its predecessor in a year in which some of the biggest names in secondaries have returned to market.

1 min read · 09 May 2018

Montana hires former Adveq chief executive as COO

Sven Lidén, who left the private equity firm after it was acquired by Schroders, has started his new role at the Swiss secondaries specialist.

1 min read · 02 May 2018

BlackRock poaches Goldman execs to build secondaries team

Steve Lessar, co-head of the investment bank's secondaries unit, and Konnin Tam will join the $6.3trn asset manager in July.

2 min read · 02 May 2018

LISTEN: Mark Florman on secondaries, Brexit and the need for transparency

Former BVCA head and founder of Time Private Capital Mark Florman talks due diligence on emerging managers, problematic performance metrics and why all managers should publish an annual report.

1 min read · 30 April 2018

Stapled deals can push the boundaries of fiduciary duty

Why it can be problematic to connect a GP-led secondaries deal to a primary fundraising.

3 min read · 26 April 2018

Is Nordic's really the world's largest GP-led secondaries deal?

A lack of industry standards makes measuring the size of secondaries deals tricky in a fast-evolving market.

2 min read · 25 April 2018

AIG seeks buyers for $2.3bn private markets portfolio

The US insurer has already received first-round bids for the bundle of stakes it wants to sell on the secondaries market.

2 min read · 24 April 2018

Nordic's Melinder: LPs need time in complex GP-led deals

What's it like being the GP at the centre of the largest ever GP-led restructuring? Nordic Capital managing partner Kristoffer Melinder discusses key learnings from its transaction.

4 min read · 23 April 2018

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