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 is understood to be nearing the final close on its latest private equity secondaries fund.
The private equity firm is planning closes for its latest dedicated secondaries vehicle and its fund of funds.
Secondaries Investor sat down with the winners from the most-talked about deal of the year, HarbourVest Partners, to discuss complex deals, what's next for the firm, and those three little letters: SVG.
The investment bank's private equity unit may syndicate the deal on the €963m Duke Street Capital Fund VI, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The commitment to Lexington's latest mid-market secondaries fund is a re-up for the pension, which has invested at least $750m in the space since 2012.
The deal involves 26 stakes held in the Italian fund of funds' 2006-vintage vehicle, Secondaries Investor has learned.
A senior investment officer at the $180bn pension previously said secondaries had become a "very useful portfolio construction tool".
The Nordic direct secondaries firm has invested in a Finnish software company through a combination of direct and secondhand shares.
The private equity firm, which is mulling a move into GP-led restructurings and direct secondaries, held a first close on Adveq Secondaries III last April.
Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii has backed Landmark's latest private equity fund which is seeking up to $4.7bn.