Madeleine Farman is a senior reporter for PEI Group’s Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor titles, 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 fundraising dipped 30 percent year-over-year in the first half, with $31.2 billion raised, according to preliminary data from Secondaries Investor.
Investors have pulled back on deploying capital in 2022, but the long-term trajectory for GP-led transactions is positive, Campbell Lutyens' Gerald Cooper and Immanuel Rubin tell Secondaries Investor.
The vast majority of deals from Israel Secondary Fund III, which is more than triple the size of its predecessor, are expected to be direct secondaries and GP-leds.
Secondaries-focused PA Capital joined forces with New York Life’s private equity affiliate GoldPoint Partners and lender Madison Capital Funding, rebranding as Apogem Capital in April.