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.

risk, dominoes
Buyers are used to dealing with currency or concentration risk, but information asymmetry is trickier to price.
Abe Finkelstein
The little known ‘low-funded secondary’ can help GPs in the short and long term, writes Vintage's Abe Finkelstein (pictured).
bamboo forest
Note to sellers: A portfolio containing managers with robust ESG policies is a more enticing proposition.
Partner Martha Heitmann discusses ESG-driven secondaries sales and what to do if a portfolio sets off alarms.
Three years ago the thought of a $100bn secondaries market was met with a chuckle; today it looks more likely than not.
five question marks on sticky notes
Jeff Akers and Pinal Nicum of Adams Street Partners discuss their latest fundraise, the rise of SMAs and the limitations of relying on leverage to generate returns.
Sunaina Sinha
Right of First Refusal clauses can mean buyers face hurdles on certain fund stakes when bidding on a portfolio. Sunaina Sinha, founder of Cebile Capital, talks to Secondaries Investor about how buyers use pricing allocation to ensure they acquire whole portfolios.
Key takeaways from our podcast this week with 17Capital’s Augustin Duhamel on the state and future of preferred equity.
Melissa Ackermann
Melissa Ackermann, who joined investment firm Multiplicity Partners in June, discusses the opportunities in out-of-favour real estate secondaries deals.
The US prosecutor’s claim that Abraaj ‘boosted’ valuations to entice secondaries buyers is at odds with market logic.
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