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.
A round up of some the most noteworthy appointments from last year, as the secondaries market continued its game of recruitment musical chairs.
Buyers are increasingly splitting out their fund strategies as institutional investors seek specific risk/reward categories for secondaries.
Though fund sponsors do not value portfolios on a daily basis, comparisons can theoretically be drawn between public stock market pricing and LP secondaries trading.
The significance of a low take-up rate in a sponsor-initiated secondaries process isn't as cut and dried as it may seem.
The team behind the market’s biggest dedicated GP-led fund has a reputation for being clear, efficient and an intermediary’s dream via its 'sole buyer' strategy.
Matthieu Ducharme's departure comes two weeks after the firm held the final close on its largest-ever secondaries programme.
Sabina Sammartino has led the advisory firm and placement agent's secondaries practice since joining in 2015.
Coller Capital is the latest firm to formalise its push to attract more individual capital – and provide such investors with a way to beat the J-curve.
The 2018-vintage Global Growth Fund III has invested in companies including SHEIN, Bytedance and crypto exchange FTX.
The alternatives giant has committed more than $1bn into equity and credit secondaries over the past half year, according to co-president Jim Zelter.