Commentary

This week Secondaries Investor moderated a panel on the debt secondaries market hosted by sister publication Private Debt Investor. Here is what we learned from the discussion featuring executives from Manulife Investment Management, Tikehau Capital and Pantheon.

Kempen Capital Management’s director, private markets, Marvin de Jong, warns that the covid-19 crisis is not a re-run of 2008.

For better or worse private equity fundraising will have to be conducted with less of a human touch.

An apparent flurry of dealflow doesn’t mean they will all get across the line

The $257bn collected by the 30 firms comprising our latest ranking of the secondaries market's biggest fundraisers could be small fry in years to come.

Secondary market innovations bode well for investors and GPs that need to be nimble in an evolving landscape, write Mozaic Capital’s Solomon Owayda and Christine Patrinos.

Our annual list of the industry’s most impressive people under 36 shows the next iteration of the sector will be in good hands.

This year’s health crisis has made single-asset transactions more appealing for a host of reasons.

The tough environment for SMEs and the business development companies that fund them represents an opportunity in a burgeoning strategy.