Staff Writer
Affiliate title Private Equity International's PEI Awards are voted for by the industry and hotly contested. This year, the 12 secondaries categories were more competitive than ever.
A transaction involving Chinese insurance giant Ping An beat out continuation fund deals to win in the region as competition in the local market intensified.
Clearlake Capital's fourth 'Icon' deal was voted transaction of the year in the region, while readers selected Kirkland & Ellis as top law firm.
Astorg Partners' €1.3bn continuation vehicle process took top spot for Deal of the Year, while Kirkland & Ellis was crowned Law Firm of the Year in the region.
Secondaries Investor will be back on 4 January with more breaking news, analysis and insight on the most-talked about strategy in private markets.
The secondaries market offers significant opportunities, but in light of macro uncertainties, it is best to focus on being prepared rather than making predictions, says Pomona Capital’s Michael Granoff.
The secondaries market is growing significantly, driven in part by GP-led deals. Yet this is only the start of its transformation, say Evercore’s Lea Lazaric Calvert, Jasmine Hunet Lamourille and Francesca Paveri.
Secondaries market participants like Jeremy Coller, Yann Robard and Johanna Lottmann try to forecast how the sector will look in 10 or 20 years' time.
The normalisation of continuation funds, the pervasiveness of secondaries technology and the opportunity for retail capital are three areas that have caught our attention in recent weeks.
Presenting the 20 most influential people in secondaries in this our sixth ranking of the brightest young talents in the industry.