Carmela Mendoza
Fewer investors are using the secondaries market to lock in returns or to refocus their portfolios on the best-performing managers, compared with six months ago.
The appointment is part of a raft of wider moves at the placement agent and advisory firm, including the departure of one of its co-founders.
The US regulator's vote this week to require greater disclosure from private fund sponsors is the tip of the upcoming regulatory iceberg.
The Institutional Limited Partners Association chief executive questions whether the industry is equipped to serve a more demanding clientele.
Delaney Brown has overseen a secondaries team, led by Dushy Sivanithy, that joined the buyside of the single-asset market last year with a $1bn deployment target.
The bank's secondaries advisory group advised on over $4bn of transactions in North America in 12 months to end-October last year.
Brookfield Asset Management's Connor Teskey says the firm can be a leader in secondaries and will initially focus on the GP-led market.
Nine out of 10 of the firm’s existing investors had re-upped in the fund’s $350m first close.
The Swiss firm brought in three executives in December to lead the strategy.
The Conshoshocken-headquartered investment firm gathered a further $450m in the quarter for its latest offering.