Secondaries
Prime-time for secondaries
The secondaries segment has clearly been popular with LPs, but can it cope with mounting levels of dry powder?
Partners Group closes sixth secondaries fund on €2.5bn
Its previous vehicle, Partners Group Secondary 2011, reached a final close on €2bn in 2012
Coller collects $7.15bn for seventh fund
CIP VII was oversubscribed and raised in around six months
Hollyport closes Secondary Opportunities V on £187.5m hard-cap
Fundraising exceeds £150m target after five months on the road
Montana’s third secondary fund closes on €400m hard-cap
Fund has attracted 15 investors
Palamon pushes fundraising via old fund stake sell-off
GP's 2013 €210m fund to be converted to a standard vehicle post-deal
Hollyport holds £125m first close for latest secondaries fund
Fund targeting £150m by the end of 2015
Portobello closes maiden secondaries vehicle
Fund will exclusively acquire assets from GP's second buyout vehicle
Direct secondaries: not just the last resort
In three years Europe has seen just nine direct secondaries transactions
European funds enjoying secondaries tailwind
Currency movements and good performance boost demand for European secondaries
Mantra holds €53m second close for secondaries fund
Vehicle expected to reach €75m hard-cap
Akina closes Euro Choice Secondary on €224m
Fund launched in Q4 2013 with €200m target
Pantheon raises $1.1bn for fifth secondaries fund
SEC filings reveal $2.5bn target and 1% management fee
OW Bunker: ATP sells €36m Altor commitment
Pension fund does not rule out investments in future Altor funds
Pantheon sells secondary stakes in IK funds
Both stakes were less than 10% of the PE-investor's stakes in the funds.
Coller’s Tim Jones predicts choppy waters ahead
Tim Jones of Coller Capital discusses the increasingly competitive secondaries market and his outlook for 2015
Montana closes second fund on $100m
Montana Annual Secondary Program II closes on hard-cap after three months
Akina holds interim close for Euro Choice Secondary
Fund will hold final close on 17 December
DBPE closes third secondaries fund
Fund closes on hard-cap of $1.655bn
French retail funds: is the model still viable?
Further consolidation of France's FCPI managers could spell an opportunity for direct secondaries
Secondaries: A balancing act
Transfers are becoming more complex as cash continues to flood secondaries market
Committed Advisors hits €500m for secondaries fund
Vehicle has already made nine investments
Akina’s Euro Choice Secondary holds €73.5m first close
News comes a few months after Euro Choice V final close
Verdane hits SEK 2bn for latest fund
Fund was raised in one year without placement agent