Analysis/Secondaries
Second-hand: could continuation vehicles become ‘SPACs of 2022’?
As the pace of secondary fundraising and deals gains momentum, some challenges start to arise
GP Profile: Tyrus Capital plans secondaries deployment drive
Mature and tail-end secondaries opportunities on the rise with motivated sellers seeking to organise their portfolios, Gunter Waldner tells Unquote
Secondaries set for bumper year as dry powder overhang remains
The market is gearing up for a flurry of secondaries investing in 2021 with an estimated $61bn deployment target
Evolving VC landscape helps fuel venture secondaries
Backing a portfolio of companies after various funding rounds gives comfort to some investors, with valuations seen as more concrete
GP Profile: Tyrus banks on quick secondaries turnaround
Waldner says the firm looks to raise €200-250m every 12-15 months and is now raising its fifth fund
Covid-19, oversubscribed funds fuel interest in early secondaries
Early secondaries are tipped to become more plentiful in the coming months, but market observers urge caution to mitigate potential pitfalls
Secondaries update: Unigestion’s David Swanson
Secondaries activity is recovering from the initial coronavirus-related shock, with good prospects for GP-led secondaries deals
Co-investment: get out or double down?
While some LPs could be overexposed to troubled sectors, others could up their game and deploy into opportunities arising mid-cycle
Secondary market update: coming out of hibernation
After a pause in activity, the market is gearing up for a busy final quarter, says Rede Partners' Adam Turtle
EQ Asset Management eager to deploy following double fund close
EQ says it has completed five acquisitions through its secondaries fund since the outbreak of Covid-19
Virtual Briefing: ESG and rebalancing through secondaries
Palico's Woolston Commons, Cambridge Associates' Varco and Unigestion's Newsome discuss whether the current crisis will lead to an ESG rethink
LP Profile: CPP Investments
Unquote picks out key takeaways from CPPI’s latest annual report, and hears from head of PE funds Delaney Brown about the Canadian LP's strategy
Reputational risk, early secondaries help assuage LP default fears
GPs that recently raised are the ones potentially more at risk, but market sources agree widespread defaults would be far-fetched
Secondaries players weigh up risk and rewards of "ring-fencing" deals
GP-led transactions isolating assets hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis could appeal to adventurous secondaries players, but challenges abound
Video: Coller's Francois Aguerre on PE's reasons to be cheerful
In the third of Unquote's Lockdown series, Francois Aguerre discusses how long-term secondaries prospects are still strong despite the turmoil
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Back for secondaries
When activity begins again, will LPs be willing to take a pricing hit? And where will buyer and seller expectations meet?
DWS putting secondary capital to work in late-stage co-investments
Secondaries player has found that offering a mid-cycle co-invest can be an option for PE-backed assets to capitalise on opportunities
2010-vintage funds: what is still in UK portfolios
PE managers now have a number of options available to them when funds near the end of their lifespan
Coronavirus: European LPs contemplate course corrections
LPs are not unanimous in their opinion of how the current pandemic will reshape ways of thinking
Secondaries players hold fire despite copious dry powder
Market is likely to pause until Q2 2020 valuations are released, potentially leading to a flurry in Q4
Secondaries: opportunistic buyers ready for fund stakes to hit market
With more sellers coming to market, prices are unlikely to stay at pre-Covid-19 heights, which could in turn encourage more opportunistic buyers
New perspectives: How secondaries are reshaping PE's risk profile
With LPs increasingly hungry for PE, the boom of the secondaries market can shift perceptions around the risks associated with the asset class
Secondaries sea change: Backing your winners
What was once the preserve of the underperformer is now shifting towards the prized asset
IPEM TV 2020: direct investing still tricky, says Coller's Francois Aguerre
Aguerre explains why co-investments will likely remain a preferable option for large LPs
