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.
The Blackstone unit has bought a stake in an Eastern Europe-focused Europa fund through a real estate secondaries vehicle.
Stapled deals, such as Palamon's recent transaction involving three of its funds, increased during H1 2015, according to a report by Setter Capital.
The advisory and alternative asset investment firm says it's seeing more deal flow in agriculture funds than it initially expected.
Hollyport continues its tail-end fund stake strategy with the purchase of five interests in IT and healthcare-focused vehicles.
Stakes in Carlyle and Standard Life sell at a discount, according to trading platform PropertyMatch.
The Zurich-based firm has made up to eight deals from its debut secondaries fund, including a €40m Italian buyout funds transaction.
Five buyers – Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Rothschild, Adams Street and PGGM – have committed to two tail-end funds and one new vehicle in a Palamon staple deal.
Proposed changes to private fund limited partnerships would benefit secondaries funds and secondaries investors in the UK.
The use of debt is allowing buyers to remain competitive when bidding on large fund stakes, and this has driven up pricing, according to latest research by Setter Capital.
The Nordic specialist has acquired a stake in EQT Expansion Capital II from its seventh fund.