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Generative artificial intelligence is being applied to private markets at breakneck speed. The biggest hurdle to applying these software tools to LP secondaries trades is the market’s lack of standardisation.

The firm wants to move CycloMedia and Digital Barriers into a separate vehicle with as much as €300m in NAV.

Hans Swildens, Jonathan Ting and Wade Cobb of Industry Ventures give six predictions on the rapidly growing VC secondaries market.

Hans Swildens, Jonathan Ting and Wade Cobb of Industry Ventures explain how the VC secondaries market has come to be worth nearly $130bn.

The VC and growth firm has established 10 sustainability goals, inspired by the UN SDGs, and in December published its first annual report on progress against these.

Robert Emerson joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where his clients included Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Vista Equity Partners and Two Sigma.

Buyers are showing greater manager selectivity but are willing to pay for quality, a Palico spokesperson said.

The $1.5bn deal is part of a plan to transform South Korean cement maker Ssangyong into a plastics recycling giant.

Executives from Apollo Global Management, Evercore, LGT Capital Partners and more share the books they'll be taking on vacation this summer.

The firm targets growth assets via GP-led deals, highly concentrated LP stake trades and preferred equity.