Avoiding the crowded core is key to finding value in an asset class that is growing explosively, according to Pantheon's Andrea Echberg.
We recently asked private equity insiders – including several high-profile secondaries heads – what they have at the top of their summer reading lists this year. Can you guess which book belongs to which industry expert?
Some GP-led deals fail due to a lack of trust, and GPs should be completely transparent about any benefits they receive, according to law firm Proskauer Rose’s Howard Beber and Michael Suppappola.
The alternative to debt or a secondaries sale is gaining traction, with Vision Capital the latest player to enter the fray.
Proskauer Rose’s Howard Beber and Michael Suppappola tell Secondaries Investor that despite having healthy scepticism, LPs are increasingly judging each deal on its merits.
Record levels of dry powder, macroeconomic headwinds and political uncertainty; advisory firms’ mid-year reports make for interesting reading.
It’s a chicken and egg scenario for manager-led transactions in a region that is several years behind Europe and North America.
VC-focused secondaries seems like a niche market, but don’t be fooled: there is more to it than meets the eye.
Florida's State Board of Administration has committed more than $1bn to secondaries vehicles since 2010. Secondaries Investor caught up with John Bradley, senior investment officer at the $180bn pension, about why it lowered its allocation target and how LPs see secondaries.
Secondaries fundraising hit a post-crisis high in the first half of the year, but the expanding market can take it, say investors.