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.
Tail-end opportunities, the beauty of volatility and the proliferation of GP-led transactions were among the topics broached at an industry event in London this week.
The National Bank of Greece has signed a €288m deal to spin out its private equity unit 18 months after proceedings began.
The Carlyle Group's fund of funds unit has expanded with the hire of an ex-Bain Capital vice-president on its secondaries team.
Ashley Johansen, a partner responsible for fundraising, has left the firm just a month after the firm closed its biggest-ever secondaries fund.
The fund of funds was willing to buy up to $1bn worth of stakes in the New York buyout firm's eighth fund.
Volatility in global equity and commodity markets helped push average pricing down in the second half of last year, according to the advisory unit's outlook for 2016.
The world's third largest reinsurer has offloaded stakes in three buyout funds amid the implementation of Solvency II.
The firm, launched by ex-Willowridge partner Michael Bego, is seeking a secondaries associate to focus on venture capital, leveraged buyout and mezzanine funds.
An educational material supplier and Germany's leading optical lens maker were among companies transferred in the €400m deal.
The pension has sold its stake in a fund amid controversy the fund is invested in a payday loans company.
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