Madeleine Farman
Madeleine Farman is a senior reporter for PEI Group’s Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor titles, based in London. Prior to joining PEI, she had covered private equity, private capital and advisers associated with the industry for other newsrooms and publications since 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Madeleine began her career in radio in Auckland.
Buyout firm J-STAR moves four waste treatment and recycling assets into a holding company named Renatus, backed by a continuation fund.
Strategic Partners Real Estate VIII follows vehicles from Ares Management’s Landmark Partners, Partners Group and Goldman Sachs.
Pantheon Global Secondaries Fund VII closed above its $2bn target and follows the close of Pantheon’s credit secondaries vehicle and the launch of an evergreen credit secondaries fund.
The firm has moved minority stakes into a separate vehicle which raised €550m of equity as well as €200m for follow-on.
Europe's largest asset manager has been scoping out building an internal team dedicated to the strategy since at least last year.
Schroders Capital, which recently closed its latest private equity secondaries fund on $410m, is seeking opportunities in the lower mid-market.
Devon Park, founded by secondaries veteran Jonathan Costello, closed on four GP-led transactions worth a combined $2bn last year.
TPG sold talent agency giant CAA to Artémis, the Pinault family’s investment company, in September.
The secondaries market is burgeoning with new entrants and LP interest. Buyers are clamouring for lead buyer status, but does it pay to be hyperbolic if there are contracts to back up the facts?
Crescent Capital Partners is moving an Australian healthcare recruitment business into a separate vehicle.