Adam Le
Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Group's private equity publications, overseeing the flow of global news and analysis for Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor. Based in London, Adam works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI's offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Prior to PEI, his roles included reporting on finance and technology for Bloomberg Japan.
Each regional market poses its own set of challenges and opportunities according to Darren Massara, managing partner at the only Asian firm to make our Si30 ranking.
Analysis of our top 30 managers ranking shows a better diversified portfolio of commitments delivers better returns than one concentrating on the largest players.
The law firm has appointed Duncan McDonald in London who will focus on advising sponsors and deals, including secondaries transactions.
The direct secondaries firm used its $540m Fund III to acquire 100% of back-office outsourcing firm Integreon.
The $7bn Californian pension has allocated two-thirds of its portfolio to private assets and has previously committed to secondaries funds.
Recent failed restructurings have not been in vain: secondaries is an evolving industry and learning from its early missteps.
The fund of funds manager has appointed Edouard Merette as chairman of its Asia business to lead its regional growth strategy.
The Paris-headquartered firm raced past Lexington Partners and Blackstone in our exclusive list of the world's largest secondaries managers.
The preferred equity specialist, which is now understood to be targeting around €900m for its fourth fund, will send its number three in command to lead its North America operations, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The $2.7bn pension, which has previously invested in secondaries through funds managed by Landmark Partners, backed NB Alternatives' predecessor fund.