Commentary

Thought leadership from the secondaries sector’s leading voices including legal experts, industry veterans, asset class specialists (from real estate to private equity) and academics.

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Amid the broadening supply of private wealth-focused evergreen vehicles, ICG and Dawson Partners are the latest managers to join the fold with funds focused on secondaries.
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From partial exits to continuation funds, more African GPs are turning to secondaries transactions to deliver liquidity back to LPs.
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Not every firm has smashed the lights out when it comes to fundraising for vehicles focusing on concentrated bets.
While impact secondaries transactions remain a relatively small part of overall secondaries volume, these vehicles can offer more certainty around impact-linked growth stories compared with their blind-pool counterparts.
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A survey from the credit secondaries advisory firm suggests the strategy has continued its ascent with more deals, stiffer competition and a wider group of participants.
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Lawyers from Skadden, Arps examine how sale and purchase agreements have evolved to better fit sponsor-initiated processes.
Uncertainty about the use of proceeds poses an issue for NAV lenders looking to manage ESG risks.
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Reports of the benefits of preferential terms for investors who negotiate and structure a deal may be greatly exaggerated.
Manulife Investment Management’s GP-led secondaries programme will seek out concentrated deals from the large-cap space through to the lower mid-market.
The SEC’s decision to grant Coller Capital and Pantheon permission to shop their secondaries-focused evergreen vehicles to high-net-worth investors could prompt more players to follow suit.
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