GP-Leds

DigitalBridge has used secondaries market technology before, including a 2020 deal with Goldman Sachs Asset Management involving a preferred equity injection.

The misuse of common practices in the private equity industry could allow misalignment between LPs and GPs.

Diagnostics business The Binding Site was part of a group of companies involved in the firm's landmark 2018 GP-led secondaries process.

Board members referenced recent remarks from a Danish CIO that compared private equity to a ‘pyramid scheme.’

It’s all about alignment and outperformance when it comes to selling the idea of a GP-led; two reports this week suggest LPs and GPs have a way to go to get on the same path.

Investors who do not participate in GP-led secondaries could be incurring an opportunity cost of at least 15% over the long run, a study by Upwelling Capital Group has found.

While North America has coalesced around a common process, some transactions in Europe are subject to different time frames and varying access to information, attendees at the BVCA Summit were told.

The tender offer is among several options GPs have to deliver liquidity back to LPs at a time when distributions and fundraising are slowing.

Multi-family office Verium has sold two direct investments into a continuation vehicle backed by institutional capital.

The secondaries market for energy assets has become more favourable this year with the war in Ukraine driving higher commodities prices.