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.
ACP Secondaries 5 is already around 60% deployed and the firm is seeking to capitalise on a lack of liquidity in the underlying private equity market, global chief executive José Luis Molina tells Secondaries Investor.
The firm's decision comes two months after Secondaries Investor reported the European manager had put its blindpool GP-led secondaries fundraising plans on ice.
The mid-market manager is seeking to move four assets into a new vehicle, Secondaries Investor has learned.
Paul Sanabria and Jeff Hammer joined the asset management unit of Canada's largest insurer in 2019 and have overseen its debut GP-led fundraise.
The fund, which manages around $110bn on behalf of nurses and teachers, is heading towards its private markets allocation targets after a period of build-up and growth. In this podcast, Deputy CIO Damien Webb discusses the fund's view of the secondaries market.
Wesley will become head of private funds advisory at Moelis, a role left vacant following the departure of Rodney Reid last year, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The US pension giant has come up with a pricing strategy that could make it benefit more from this portfolio sale, Secondaries Investor understands.
The firm has its eye on programmatic sellers with its $30bn latest raise for ASF IX.
Ardian’s $30bn haul and Evercore’s estimate of $160bn in deal volume suggest the next phase of the market’s development has begun.
Rob Campbell, head of North America at ICG's Strategic Equity unit, outlines elements for a successful CV when just one asset is involved and why such deals differ from co-investments.