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The UPS Group Trust didn’t buy any real estate assets on the secondaries market during the second half of 2014 because of high prices.
Leverage is not new to the secondary market, but it has become more prevalent and consequently LPs should keep an eye on the impact of its use, says Chason Beggerow, a partner at private equity advisory firm Altius Associates.
Partners Group generated $77bn in private equity secondaries deal flow across 450 deals in 2014, but the firm remains selective in an increasingly competitive market, says co-head of private equity secondaries Adam Howarth.
Toronto-based Kensington Capital Partners hasn’t invested in secondaries since 2010, when it purchased two stakes in Trivest Fund IV, explained managing director Suganya Tharmalingam.
Secondaries deal volume grew to $42bn in 2014 and was partly driven by transactions of $1bn or more.
The median bid for limited partner stakes trading on the secondaries market grew 1.2 percent year over year.
Abbott Capital plans to invest between $50m and $100m in secondaries each year, according to director Martha Cassidy.
Secondaries valuations have reached a record high; will they keep climbing in 2015?
The average price for private equity fund interests reached a record high in Q3, according to Credit Suisse.
Real estate represents the largest share of real assets secondaries and the growth of the market is one of the key trends of 2014, according to a quarterly update from Credit Suisse.