Adam Le
Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Group's private equity publications, overseeing the flow of global news and analysis for Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor. Based in London, Adam works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI's offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Prior to PEI, his roles included reporting on finance and technology for Bloomberg Japan.
The investment firm has sold a portfolio of fund stakes it had acquired on the secondaries market, making $184m in proceeds.
The advisory firm has hired a former Deloitte infrastructure specialist to focus on secondaries in the asset class as well as private equity.
The pension has made a $100m commitment to the Blackstone unit’s latest secondaries fund, saying the firm has an ‘excellent track record’.
The direct secondaries specialist has acquired a portfolio of India-focused assets that include energy, online services and travel-related portfolio companies.
Failure to address environmental, social, governance and sustainability issues will be costly for private equity firms, according to Adam Black.
UK and European buyers who attended a recent exclusive secondaries dinner in London were also asked for their views on return multiples for deals in 2016.
The pension fund has continued its support of the two firms' secondaries platforms with almost $400m in new commitments.
Recent deals have shown the reasons real estate secondaries sellers come to market are just as varied as those in private equity.
The Brazilian private equity firm has increased its ownership of the Swiss listed vehicle to almost two-thirds as part of a plan to refocus its investments on co-investments.
The Singapore-listed private equity firm bought the interests in two Australian and UK resources funds in a deal worth S$62m in total.
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