Secondaries

A vintage year for the secondaries market

Shorter duration and immediate returns makes the secondaries market increasingly attractive to investors craving greater liquidity. John Bakie investigates the appeal of this maturing market......

unquote | 10 May 2013 | secure
A vintage year for the secondaries market

Adams Street closes Secondary Fund 5 on $1bn

Adams Street Partners has closed its Global Secondary Fund 5 on its $1bn hard-cap.

unquote | 08 May 2013

Blackstone agrees to buy Strategic Partners from Credit Suisse

Blackstone Group has agreed to acquire Credit Suisse Group AG’s secondary private equity business, Strategic Partners, for an undisclosed price.

unquote | 23 Apr 2013 | secure
LP interview: The secondaries saga

LP interview: The secondaries saga

Founded in 1991, London-based Paul Capital has decades of experience in secondaries and fund-of-funds investments. unquote" talks to secondaries specialist and partner Elaine Small about......

unquote | 17 Apr 2013 | secure
Coller names Jones as CEO

Coller names Jones as CEO

Secondaries specialist Coller Capital has named extant deputy CIO Tim Jones as CEO, a new role for the firm. Founder Jeremy Coller becomes executive chairman and will remain CIO.

unquote | 27 Mar 2013 | secure
LP interview: Secondaries come first

LP interview: Secondaries come first

Anneken Tappe interviews Idinvest CEO Christophe Bavière and asks why secondaries funds are increasingly attractive for European investors

unquote | 01 Mar 2013

LGT closes third secondaries fund on $2bn

LGT Capital Partners has held a final close for Crown Global Secondaries III (CGS III) on its $2bn hard-cap.

DACH unquote | 18 Feb 2013 | secure

Deutsche Bank closes $614m secondaries fund

Deutsche Bank (DB) has closed DB Secondary Opportunities Fund II (DB SOF II) on $614m, above its $500m target.

DACH unquote | 12 Feb 2013 | secure

NewGlobe secondaries firm launches

Secondaries firm NewGlobe Capital has launched today in partnership with US investor Hamilton Lane and private equity firm Vanterra Capital.

unquote | 25 Jan 2013 | secure

17Capital Fund II holds final close on €208m

17Capital has closed its second mezzanine fund above target on €208m.

UK unquote | 10 Jan 2013 | secure

Partners Group closes oversubscribed €2bn secondaries fund

Partners Group has closed its latest private equity secondaries fund at its hard-cap of €2bn before the end of the fundraising period.

DACH unquote | 10 Dec 2012 | secure

GED buys own portfolio with tail-end fund

GED has raised a secondary tail-end fund that has acquired the portfolio of its first Iberian fund, GED Iberian.

Southern Europe unquote | 19 Oct 2012 | secure
Secondaries and mezzanine vehicles proving popular in 2012

Secondaries and mezzanine vehicles proving popular in 2012

Looking at the funds launched so far this year in Europe shows sustained appetite for mezzanine and secondaries vehicles, reflecting current investment opportunities and subsequent LP interest......

unquote | 16 Oct 2012
Greenpark promotes Daniel Green to CIO

Greenpark promotes Daniel Green to CIO

Secondaries player Greenpark Capital has promoted Daniel Green to chief investment officer.

unquote | 01 Oct 2012 | secure

Idinvest holds first close at €100m

Idinvest Partners has held a first close for Idinvest Secondary Fund at €100m.

France unquote | 07 Sep 2012 | secure
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CVC’s €3bn buy-back of Ista in April caused much excitement for German private equity in 2013, though a deeper look at the figures......

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France unquote” May 2013

“Some key ideas are currently gaining ground,” said Afic chairman Louis Godron at the association’s annual conference in Paris......

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UK & Ireland unquote” May 2013

The UK & Ireland’s first quarter activity levels are at their lowest level for the past five years, according to the latest research......

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Nordic unquote" May 2013

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Southern Europe unquote” May 2013

Italian businesses are struggling. In the first quarter of the year, 4,218 Italian firms went bankrupt according to financial newspaper......

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CEE unquote” April 2013

It’s official: Central and Eastern Europe is unsexy. It is the least desirable geography for family offices to invest in, according......

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Benelux unquote" April 2013

Exits have dominated the Benelux market in the past month, but the disposals were not all good news for private equity in the region.......

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unquote" British Private Equity Awards 2013

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