Private Equity

Secondaries

Could AI be the future of LP secondaries?

Generative artificial intelligence is being applied to private markets at breakneck speed. The biggest hurdle to applying these software tools to LP secondaries trades is the market’s lack of standardisation.

10 min read · 01 September 2023

To sell, or not to to sell? That is the LP's question

LPs are facing a difficult choice as they balance liquidity challenges with the deep discounts on offer in the secondaries market.

5 min read · 01 September 2023

Secondaries H1 reports show a dip in activity

A slow start to the year has led some market participants to lower their end-of-year estimates.

3 min read · 01 September 2023

Pantheon explores why GP-leds are hard to ignore

GP-led deal activity is continuing apace. How should investors consider this segment in the context of their wider secondaries and PE allocations? Pantheon’s Amyn Hassanally and Kevin Dunwoodie discuss.

7 min read · 01 September 2023

Rubber stamp speeds up secondaries market’s standardisation

The SEC’s vote last week that makes third-party opinions in continuation fund transactions mandatory was a practice already becoming a market norm.

4 min read · 31 August 2023

PE’s slowdown is giving Malaysia’s PNB room to breathe

The state-backed investor is doubling down on GP due diligence as fundraising timelines lengthen, its CIO for private and strategic investments tells PEI.

7 min read · 28 August 2023

Private Fund Leaders Survey: LPs get comfortable with continuation funds

The survey, which compiled responses from 101 senior buyout, growth, private debt, VC, real estate and infrastructure executives globally, found that most GPs observed their LPs had interest in such options.

2 min read · 23 August 2023

Blackstone, JPMorgan step up on Aterian’s Vander-Bend single-asset deal

The deal is said to be set to deliver a monster return to selling LPs.

3 min read · 18 August 2023

How secondaries can turbocharge evergreen PE funds

A focus on secondaries can deliver strong advantages for new open-end private equity funds, writes Nadim Vasanji, a managing director at Northleaf Capital Partners.

4 min read · 17 August 2023

Ardian to buy chunk of CPPIB portfolio, pension’s co-invest sale gets pulled

Secondaries professionals stressed in recent weeks that pricing has improved since late last year and the expectation is that it will continue to strengthen.

3 min read · 16 August 2023

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