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.
Secondaries Investor dives into the advisory firm's top five predictions and the drivers behind its outlook, including its prediction of at least $150bn in deal volume this year.
Presenting the first instalment of Second Thoughts, a special series from Secondaries Investor that delves into the latest trends affecting the fastest-growing market in alternatives.
The CFO’s assets consisted of interests in Tikehau’s own debt funds as well as third-party managed private debt funds originated by the firm’s private debt secondaries strategy.
Ashbridge Transformational Secondaries Fund II is nearly four times larger than its predecessor, which closed on $675m in 2018.
New equity and debt capital was raised on a GP-led structured secondaries deal for RFE Investment Partners’ asset ZRG in an Atlantic-Pacific Capital-advised deal.
Buyers are increasingly splitting out their fund strategies as institutional investors seek specific risk/reward categories for secondaries.
The development comes around one month after DWS chief executive Stefan Hoops said that while alternatives was a key pillar for the firm, it would be focusing on commercial real estate and infrastructure.
The fund, which will invest in both LP- and GP-led secondaries opportunities, will primarily focus on buying interests in mid-market buyout funds.
The consensus view from the south of France is that this will be the year that valuations come down to earth.
Ricardo Miró-Quesada, the firm's head of PE, talks to Secondaries Investor on the back of its €450m raise for ASF XIV.