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.
British Airways Pensions appointed BlackRock as its outsourced CIO for around £21.5bn of its pension schemes’ assets last year.
The PEI Awards celebrates its 21st anniversary, with 12 secondaries categories up for grabs.
The $649bn SWF was 'proactive in monitoring and managing' its existing portfolio last year, including via the secondaries market, according to its latest annual report.
The subsidiary financial services holding company Stifel Financial Corp had advised on $2.5bn of secondaries deals in the three years to June.
We catch up with William Greene, managing partner at Stafford Capital Partners, to discuss why some LPs are parting ways with stakes in infra funds and how big this market could become.
Investors who do not participate in GP-led secondaries could be incurring an opportunity cost of at least 15% over the long run, a study by Upwelling Capital Group has found.
British pensions have been dumping liquid assets to free up cash due to the gilt crisis; whether they’re currently selling private markets holdings for the same reason is another question.
The firm has a subscription credit line of up to 30% of the total of Adams Street Global Secondary Fund 7, US pension documents show.
The firm, which is seeking $15bn for ASF IX, recorded its biggest year of secondaries deployment last year.
Alex Mejia is joining Baird less than 18 months after joining Goldman to advise on single- and double-asset GP-led deals.