Manager Strategy

Dawson believes it can differentiate itself in a rapidly growing secondaries market by using scale, founder and managing partner Yann Robard tells Secondaries Investor.

The firm is gearing up to launch its next fund and could target $1bn, Secondaries Investor understands.

The firm plans to significantly scale Performance Equity Management’s secondaries capabilities, according to managing partner Jonathan Tétrault.

Europe's largest asset manager has been scoping out building an internal team dedicated to the strategy since at least last year.

Four ways the AI and machine learning-focused firm is deploying its tech-enabled secondaries system in the LP portfolio market.

The comments come two months after the asset manager said it was considering acquiring a secondaries firm.

Alts now account for nearly one-fifth of the firm’s $1.37trn assets under management, driven by manager acquisitions and inflows from the wealth channel.

The firm, founded by former Ardian and Coller Capital professionals, has also received a minority investment from French asset manager Carmignac.

The firm's GP Equity Solutions product – co-led by Sebastiaan Van Den Berg and Michal Lange – will invest in global B2B niche leaders.

Secondaries is one of four verticals the Canadian asset management giant could look at for an acquisition.