Isobel Markham
Isobel Markham is Editor of Private Equity International, overseeing the editorial content of the monthly magazine and contributing news and analysis for PrivateEquityInternational.com. Based in New York, Isobel works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI Media’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
The new office – the placement agent’s ninth globally – will facilitate the firm’s increasing work in the secondaries advisory space.
The vehicle is closing on up to €6.7bn target on the back of a stapled deal with Lexington Partners over the summer.
Lydia Hao joins the asset manager in Hong Kong and will focus on primary funds, secondaries and co-investments.
The strategy suits both fledgling and mature portfolios – with caveats – says Cambridge Associates.
Twenty-two LPs sold stakes to the secondaries house, which has made a staple commitment to BC Partners’ latest fund worth around 30% of the total.
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Record half-yearly fundraising means buyers have had to expand their investment scope to chase promised returns. Here’s a trio of innovative transactions that caught our eye.
A hung parliament may mean more uncertainty in the short term, but opens up the possibility of a favourable deal for the financial sector.
The listed asset manager has pooled capital from nine Finnish LPs to invest in secondaries and large US and European buyout funds over a two-year period.
The agreement means the LP body's members can access the fundraising, secondaries and co-investments platform for free.