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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.
Shawn Winnie told Secondaries Investor he is leaving his position as a senior portfolio manager at the $65bn pension to provide advice to LPs free of charge.
Blackstone's secondaries unit has raised $5.4bn for its latest secondaries fund, which it started investing in the second quarter.
VC-focused secondaries seems like a niche market, but don’t be fooled: there is more to it than meets the eye.
The global investment firm has raised $3.9bn and held an interim close on its latest dedicated secondaries fund.
Almost all LPs who responded to PEI's Brexit survey said they were not considering selling stakes in UK or Europe-focused funds.
The investment bank took two months to surpass the halfway mark for its $5bn secondaries fund that will focus on buyout and distressed strategies in developed markets.
The city state is one of three Asia-Pacific countries that are expected to provide increasing LP portfolio dealflow, Jason Sambanju told Secondaries Investor.
The majority of secondaries and fund of funds respondents to a recent survey by Investec said that while they use debt, they don't need it to be competitive.
The firm expects steady early secondaries dealflow thanks to opportunistic sellers, succession planning issues and allocation changes, according to managing director Roland Reynolds.
Florida's State Board of Administration has committed more than $1bn to secondaries vehicles since 2010. Secondaries Investor caught up with John Bradley, senior investment officer at the $180bn pension, about why it lowered its allocation target and how LPs see secondaries.
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