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Secondaries

Lazard appoints head of Asia secondaries practice

Dominik Woessner, formerly head of Greenhill Cogent’s secondary advisory business in Asia, has joined Lazard to lead the origination and execution of secondaries transactions in the region.

  • Secondaries
  • 17 January 2018
Secondaries: Back in the game

After several years of uncertainty, secondaries investments have returned to growth again, particularly in Asia. Strong pricing and healthy deal flow on the primary side could help maintain this upward trajectory

  • Secondaries
  • 07 December 2017
SL Capital raises $428m secondaries fund

SL Capital, a private markets arm of Aberdeen Standard Investments, has raised $428 million for its third private equity secondaries fund, surpassing the target of $400 million.

  • Europe
  • 30 October 2017
LP interview: LGT Capital Partners

LGT Capital Partners sees Asia as a misunderstood investment destination among Western LPs due to unfounded concerns about the risk of the region. Local connections are key to building a strong strategy

  • Greater China
  • 27 October 2017
LP interview: Ardian

Ardian has raised large amounts of capital on the basis of a big-ticket secondaries strategy. Jan Philipp Schmitz, a managing director with the firm, discusses where investor demand is heading

  • LPs
  • 27 September 2017
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GP-led secondaries: Stigmatized no more

Traditionally perceived as a recourse for private equity firms in trouble, GP-led secondary transactions are starting to be used by brand-name managers as a liquidity solution for LPs

  • GPs
  • 13 September 2017
Deutsche's Jason Sambanju launches secondaries firm

Jason Sambanju, the former head of Asian private equity secondaries at Deutsche Bank, has launched his own investment firm – Foundation Private Equity – which will pursue secondary opportunities in the region.

  • People
  • 04 July 2017
NewQuest opens India office

Dedicated Asia secondaries investor NewQuest Capital Partners has opened an office in Mumbai, its third in the region. The firm has invested $200 million in India over the last two years and expects its investment pace to increase in the near term.

  • South Asia
  • 27 June 2017
Hamilton Lane raises its largest-ever global secondaries fund

Hamilton Lane has closed its latest global secondaries fund at $1.9 billion. It is the largest secondaries vehicle the firm has ever raised, coming in at more than twice the size of the previous fund.

  • Fundraising
  • 08 June 2017
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Secondaries: A cautionary tale

Cracks have appeared in the secondary transactions through which Standard Chartered Private Equity had sought to secure its future, underlining the challenges for investors of bank-led deals

  • Secondaries
  • 29 March 2017
Unigestion acquires European rival Akina

Switzerland-based wealth management firm and PE fund-of-funds Unigestion has acquired the Europe-focused private equity business of its rival Akina Partners.

  • Europe
  • 08 February 2017
Axiom raises $1b for fourth Asian fund-of-funds

Axiom Asia has closed its fourth pan-regional fund-of-funds at just over $1 billion, sticking to its tried and tested model of a single co-mingled vehicle with no separately managed accounts. The initial target was $750 million.

  • Fund-of-funds
  • 09 January 2017
Neuberger Berman raises $2.5b for global secondaries fund

Neuberger Berman has closed its fourth global private equity secondaries fund at $2.5 billion, surpassing the target of $2 billion after nine months in the market.

  • Secondaries
  • 06 January 2017
Secondaries: The personal edge

Deep relationships within the GP community can make all the difference in terms of sourcing opportunities – and acting on them quickly – in Asia’s increasingly competitive secondaries market

  • Secondaries
  • 24 November 2016
HarbourVest closes global secondaries fund at $4.8b

HarbourVest Partners has reached a final close of $4.8 billion on its latest global secondaries fund, beating the target of $3.6 billion.

  • Fundraising
  • 09 November 2016
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Secondaries: Stick or twist?

After several years of rapid growth, secondaries volumes slowed in the first half of 2016, while fundraising reached an all-time high. Opinion is divided on the prospects for an increasingly nuanced market

  • Secondaries
  • 07 September 2016
Hamilton Lane closes global fund-of-funds at $516m

Hamilton Lane has closed its latest global fund-of-funds at $516 million, exceeding a target of $400 million on the back of strong international investor interest.

  • Fundraising
  • 27 July 2016
Secondaries: Waiting for the shoe to drop

Asian secondaries players are counting on an explosion in demand for alternative liquidity solutions over the next few years, but cutting deals in this niche market requires a nimble approach

  • Secondaries
  • 29 June 2016
Korea's GEPS seeks offshore secondaries managers

South Korea’s Government Pension Investment Service (GEPS) is looking to make two commitments – of $50 million apiece – to overseas GPs operating co-mingled global secondaries funds.

  • North Asia
  • 09 May 2016
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Asian outlier: Standard Chartered and secondaries direct

Over the past three years, Standard Chartered has completed Asia’s largest secondary direct deal and put its PE unit in a position to raise fresh capital. But it is not necessarily a harbinger of things to come

  • Secondaries
  • 23 March 2016
Partners Group raises $2.8b for global secondaries program

Partners Group has closed its sixth dedicated private equity secondary program at the hard cap of EUR2.5 billion ($2.8 billion).

  • Fundraising
  • 18 March 2016
NewQuest reaches first close on Fund III, hires ex-CVC executive

Direct secondaries specialist NewQuest Capital Partners has reached a first close of just over $500 million on its third fund, beating the initial target for the entire vehicle.

  • Fundraising
  • 14 March 2016
India's VC-backed Tracxn launches start-up exit platform

Tracxn, an India-based start-up data analytics platform backed by SAIF Partners, has launched an online platform to help angel investors find exit opportunities from start-ups.

  • South Asia
  • 22 February 2016
Australia's Future Fund makes secondary sale to CPPIB - report

Australia’s Future Fund exited A$1 billion ($712 million) worth of fund positions from its private equity portfolio last year, with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) picking up the assets.

  • Australasia
  • 19 February 2016
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