Editor's View

Our in-house take on what news, trends and developments affecting the secondaries market means to its different participants. In these weekly commentaries we stir discussion and prompt debate as well as comment on issues important to market participants in a lively and thought-provoking way.

The polls are open for the annual PEI awards – don’t miss your chance to tell us who shone this year, including which secondaries firms, deals, advisors and law firms were second to none.
Some of the industry’s biggest names gathered in London last week for a panel organised by law firm Proskauer. Secondaries Investor can bring you the inside track from the closed event.
The industry did not want a Trump presidency, but now that it’s a reality, what are the silver linings?
Campbell Lutyens and 17Capital are the latest firms to boost or establish their presence in New York, so how important is it that secondaries players have an address there?
GP-led restructurings once sat comfortably in the ‘non-traditional secondaries’ bucket, but the definition is evolving as buyers search for higher returns through even more complex deals.
SVG’s capitulation to HarbourVest’s final offer for its portfolio marks the end of a saga that may usher in a new era for secondaries.
Recent SEC focus on fund restructuring has put pressure on GPs to make sure their limited partners get fair treatment during the process. Molly Diggins, general counsel for advisory firm Monument, who says LPs should make themselves heard and ask for greater transparency.
As the drama over the London-listed private equity vehicle unfolds, PEI sizes up the dramatis personae.
Secondaries Investor has been in the Big Apple talking to market participants. Here’s how things look from North America.
Investing in primary funds has increasingly brought a strategic edge to secondaries buyers, especially as fund information becomes scarce.
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