Pricing

Strong buyer demand is allowing some GPs to drive better terms for themselves on manager-led deals, according to panellists at PEI's Women in Private Equity Forum.

Business that have benefited from the coronavirus crisis are as difficult to value as those that have suffered, says Glendower Capital's CIO at the annual BVCA Summit.

The Canadian pension giant is understood to have sold chunks of the portfolio, worth as much as $2.5bn in total, to separate buyers.

Buyers will value a 'safe pair of hands' over pure return potential until the market stabilises further, according to Elm Capital.

The average high bid for buyout funds surpassed 90% of NAV in the three months to end-August, according to data from the intermediary.

Deal volume will rise as distressed sellers and mainstream sellers adapt to an environment changed by the global pandemic, Jeremy Coller has said.

Buyers being cautious of imminent write-downs in H1 fuelled the lowest pricing since 2012, according to the advisor's latest mid-year report.

A study from fund administrator Gen II Fund Services sheds light on how fund managers expected the pandemic to affect their valuations.

Here’s a taste of what senior market professionals had to say about the state of the secondaries market in sister publication PEI’s recent roundtable.

Valuations and pricing have become closely linked as buyers put less emphasis on future upside when evaluating assets, according to Elm Capital.