Staff Writer
Opportunities to offer employees liquidity in company shares are increasing, writes Industry Ventures' founder Hans Swildens and senior associate Ira Simkhovitch.
The use of leverage in the secondaries market has helped drive pricing and deal volume, but not all investors use the same type of leverage, explains Sunaina Sinha, founder of Cebile Capital.
Acquisitions of listed funds of funds can present excellent opportunities for sophisticated buyers willing to navigate a public acquisition, explain Katherine Ashton and David Schwartz, of Debevoise & Plimpton.
Few African funds are trading on the secondaries market and sources estimate the market could take between five and seven years to develop.
The listed Italian bank is selling its assets to increase its focus on traditional banking.
An increasing number of private equity secondaries transactions focused on small buyout and venture capital managers has helped Adveq find value in the market, explains Nico Taverna, head of the firm’s secondaries programme.
The property services firm has raised €140 million of fresh equity for its industrial fund through secondaries transactions.
European technology companies are providing increasing opportunities for secondaries investors, says Roland Dennert, a managing partner at Cipio Partners.
The market for small- and medium-sized transactions is picking up, writes Lars Lindqvist, founder and chief executive of broker Cattegatt.
Hong Kong-based NewQuest has been putting Fund II to work and is expected to have deployed 50% of its capital by the end of July.