
DWS putting secondary capital to work in late-stage co-investments

GPs typically have around 10% of their fund dedicated to follow-on investments, but most often will not use it all for one company, so secondaries player DWS has found that offering a mid-cycle co-invest can be an option to capitalise on opportunities. Denise Ko Genovese reports
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