Marine Cole

The vast majority of investors are inquiring about diversity at private equity firms, while some of the largest LPs have started using specific disclosure forms.

Primary investing creates a multi-dimensional relationship with GPs that gives Pomona Capital a strategic edge, according to chief executive Michael Granoff.

The firm's chief executive Michael Granoff on the importance of listening and the evolution of the secondaries market.

US pension plans are torn between curbing private equity commitments or selling holdings to stay on target, and increasing their exposure to boost returns.

Private equity firms should go beyond enforcement cases and speeches and look internally to identify problems that could arise during an SEC inspection, said the Commission’s Igor Rozenblit.

Investing in primary funds has increasingly brought a strategic edge to secondaries buyers, especially as fund information becomes scarce.

Funds of funds are taking advantage of price discrepancies to become opportunistic sellers.

The founder of Eaton Partners, which has worked on Landmark Partners' and Partners Group's fundraising, says the proliferation of sovereign wealth funds as private equity investors helps offset pension fund bans on placement agents.

Secondaries fundraising hit a post-crisis high in the first half of the year, but the expanding market can take it, say investors.

Luca Salvato, a partner who was at Coller for 16 years, plans to leave the secondaries firm shortly and to take the rest of the summer off to consider his next move.