Coronavirus

Widespread deal syndication could give rise to unanticipated problems amid the coronavirus crisis.

One in 10 general partners plan to seek secondaries processes due to the covid-19 pandemic, a survey by sister publication PEI has found.

Compared with 2008, the secondaries market is better positioned for a swift recovery, writes Triago managing partner Mathiéu Drean.

While the covid-19 story has a long way to run, several important themes have started to emerge.

Our senior editorial teams covering PE, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and secondaries discuss the latest in how private markets are responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus: ways firms are helping people out in the crisis.

We caused a stir with reports of unnamed LP defaults last week; was it a storm in a teacup?

An overhang of LPs wanting to sell stakes in funds could delay transfers in order to conform with publicly traded partnership rules.

GP-led processes were used to isolate top performing assets during the bull market, so why not the opposite now?

Two European LPs have already defaulted on capital calls, and more are rumoured, creating a potential pool of early secondaries opportunities.

Buyers' own rates of deployment will decrease by nearly 30% over the next two months, according to Setter Capital.