Covid-19, oversubscribed funds fuel interest in early secondaries
Early secondaries are tipped to become more plentiful in the coming months, as some LPs will want to offload undrawn liabilities while buyers look for alternative ways to get into oversubscribed, must-have funds. But market observers urge caution to mitigate the pitfalls of the strategy, writes Alessia Argentieri
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