GP-led restructuring transactions have become more acceptable for buyers and are expected to be a growing trend over the next few months, according to Credit Suisse private fund group director Mark McDonald.
Axiom Asia invests about 20% of its fund of funds in secondaries and co-investments but hasn’t seen any GP restructuring deals attractive enough to pursue, says head of secondaries Alex Sao-Wei Lee.
The best secondaries market opportunities are found ‘off the beaten track’, and not through auctions, explains Hanspeter Bader, managing partner and head of private assets at Unigestion.
It could take between five to seven years for Asia's direct secondaries market to mature, according to Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest Capital Partners.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board plans to invest $10bn in the secondary market in the next five years, explains vice president and head of secondaries and co-investments Yann Robard.
A direct secondaries firm must evaluate ESG just like a primary GP, explains Verdane's investor relations director Frida Einarson.
Headway founder Christiaan de Lint explains why secondaries deal flow might slow down once banks gets to grips with tough regulations.
Michael Clarke, head of investor services for the EMEA region at CBRE Global Investors, tells us what he expects in the European real estate secondaries market.
Michael Granoff talks to us about Pomona’s latest fund and the changes he has seen in the secondaries market during his 20 years at the firm.
Kunal Shah talks to us about real assets secondaries, emerging markets and more.