Madeleine Farman
Madeleine Farman is the editor of PEI Group’s Secondaries Investor title based in London. Prior to joining PEI, she had covered private equity, private capital and advisers associated with the industry for other newsrooms and publications since 2016. Originally from New Zealand, Madeleine began her career in radio in Auckland.
Secondaries professionals share their insights into what they believe will continue to drive market activity in the New Year.
Executives from Blackstone Strategic Partners, Evercore and Goldman Sachs Asset Management reflect on what’s driving GP- and LP-led dealflow, and give their predictions for 2026.
This year’s top deals include two sales from LPs without programmatic selling backgrounds, two CV-on-CV deals and a sizeable credit CV, as well as some honourable mentions on smaller, yet innovative processes seen this year.
Bridgepoint, which owns PEI Group, has been eyeing the ‘best route into secondaries’ for the past year, group chief executive Raoul Hughes says in a statement.
Two buyers have lined up on the deal run by HarbourVest’s publicly listed investment trust, which is generating net proceeds of $300m from the sale, Secondaries Investor has learned.
Secondaries Investor reviews predictions made at the start of 2025 to see which expectations became reality.
The secondaries giant is the latest player to set up a formal strategy targeting the asset class, Secondaries Investor understands.
The firm’s Abu Dhabi office will be led by managing director Doug Bourne, who joined from Schroders earlier this year.
Sameer Shamsi will continue his focus on GP-led secondaries advisory at Lazard, Secondaries Investor understands.
The firm has been eyeing the launch of an infrastructure evergreen since last year, Secondaries Investor previously reported.