The GP-led secondaries market is continuing its growth spurt – both in terms of volume sought and new entrants. But there’s no guarantee that everyone will succeed.
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Friday Letter: The Kodak-Mastercard Foundation transaction suggests further corporate sellers may come to the secondaries market as they go through structural shifts
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LGT Capital Partners' latest vehicle launched in 2022 and had collected $4.38bn as of January.
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There is a 'huge supply/demand imbalance, particularly for larger sized transactions' which is leading to the firm doing this, according to the firm's chief investment officer and CEO.
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Secondaries investors continue to defy fundraising obstacles amid increasing demand for more specialisation within the market.
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The attractive risk-return profiles of #secondaries funds will last as long as buyers continue to acquire good-quality assets at significant discounts, according to research from Seine Capital.
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'I can hand on heart say there has never been a deeper, more robust pipeline than the one that we have right now,' HarbourVest's Jeff Keay told Secondaries Investor on the back of its $15.1bn flagship raise.
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Transfer agreements are seen as a $100,000 'copy & paste job' by some and 'complex legal contracts' that law firms are losing money on by others.
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#Secondaries activity for CFO bonds is light and could pick up if the stars align.
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Secondaries Investor reported in March that Goldman Sachs and AlpInvest Partners were investors in the deal involving global life science ingredients distributor Barentz.
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Combining Dover Street XI and its co-investment vehicle Secondary Overflow Fund V, the manager has raised $18.5bn to deploy into #secondaries transactions.
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The Nordic PE firm, which was among the first private markets managers to embrace ESG, has raised €588m to acquire two assets from its fifth flagship fund.
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There are at least 14 #secondaries vehicles seeking capital to invest in the asset class, Secondaries Investor data shows.
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The Carlyle unit is also in market with its flagship #secondaries programme and a dedicated single-asset-focused fund.
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It is understood @Lazard's head of US secondaries advisory Amanda Ugarte will join the investment bank to lead and build out its #secondaries advisory team.
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Tim Henn, who has joined from JPMorgan as head of private equity #secondaries, tells Secondaries Investor the firm plans to invest in deals with #GPs it knows through its platform.
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The firm hopes to surpass the size of its previous #secondaries flagship, which closed on $22.2bn in 2023.
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