Private Equity

Secondaries

SVG fends off HarbourVest bid with NAV uplift - Update(1)

The London-listed private equity investor urged shareholders to take no action on HarbourVest’s £1bn bid, saying the 650p-a-share final offer ‘undervalues the company’.

4 min read · 16 September 2016

Lexington acquired stakes in $1bn Texas ERS sale

The deal closed around six months after a board member at the US pension expressed scepticism about selling stakes on the secondaries market.

2 min read · 14 September 2016

Secondaries: The benefits of preferred equity

Direct secondaries pioneer Vision Capital is the latest firm to join a new and growing market.

4 min read · 13 September 2016

Coller eyes 6.5x return from SVG

Coller bought 50m shares in the listed private equity investor at 100 pence a share in the depths of the financial crisis, and would receive 650 pence a share if an unsolicited bid for SVG Capital succeeds.

2 min read · 12 September 2016

SVG urges shareholders to wait on £1bn HarbourVest bid

The London-listed private equity investor has asked shareholders to wait until its results on 30 September before taking action, but the deal looks likely to proceed, say analysts.

4 min read · 12 September 2016

Ardian tender offer for Bridgepoint III receives tepid response

The global investment firm’s offer of par to 30 June NAV was not taken up by the majority of LPs, Secondaries Investor has learned.

1 min read · 07 September 2016

Elm Capital places €820m in H1 primary fund closings

The London-based global placement agent and secondaries advisor said it completed four primary private equity fund closings in a ‘very strong first half’ for fundraising activity.

2 min read · 07 September 2016

NewQuest makes debut deal from Fund III

The direct secondaries firm used its $540m Fund III to acquire 100% of back-office outsourcing firm Integreon, <span class="ITALIC">Secondaries Investor </span>reports.

1 min read · 06 September 2016

Si30 ranking: Ardian takes top spot

The Paris-based firm raced past Lexington Partners and Blackstone in PEI sister publication Secondaries Investor's exclusive list of the world’s largest secondaries managers.

1 min read · 05 September 2016

Second fiddle no more

In this month's issue of PEI we collaborate with sister title Secondaries Investor to launch our first ranking of the world’s largest secondaries fund managers; it is a market coming of age.

2 min read · 01 September 2016

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