The Japanese insurer’s decision to create an alternatives division follows sister company Japan Post Bank’s move in December to establish a private equity division.
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Proskauer hires PE partner in New York
Monica Arora will work on primary and secondaries portfolio transactions.
Pantheon principal departs for family office – exclusive
Veena Isaac, an eight-year veteran of the firm, has joined Jasper Ridge Partners’ Menlo Park office to focus on secondaries.
Who might be a white knight for SVG?
The London-listed firm says it is ‘in talks’ with potential buyers, so Secondaries Investor examined who those suitors might be.
Park Hill on collateralised fund obligations
CFOs can offer investors another route into a growing market, write Park Hill’s Adrian Millan and Pablo Caló.
HarbourVest to delist from Euronext Amsterdam
HVPE, a listed fund of funds that invests in and alongside HarbourVest-managed funds, transitioned to the main market of the LSE last year.
Oregon: faith in a GP and pricing are biggest factors influencing sales
There is increasing scepticism among limited partners regarding fund restructurings and recapitalisations, according to Oregon State Treasury’s Sam Green.
HarbourVest raises stake in doughnut debt fund
The global investment firm has acquired stakes in a fund that invested in Krispy Kreme UK from Deutsche Bank, a UK pension fund and a Swiss insurer.
SVG plots defence amid search for white knight
The London-listed private equity investor has until 29 September under the City Code to publish its defence document in response to HarbourVest’s 650p-a-share bid.
Macro in mind
Macroeconomic concerns have weighed on secondaries market participants’ minds over the last 12 months and have had varied effects.