Commentary

The US prosecutor’s claim that Abraaj ‘boosted’ valuations to entice secondaries buyers is at odds with market logic.

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The secondaries market's transformation into a $70bn market is due to both a wave of the Fairy Godmother’s wand and the payoff for years of scrubbing floors, write Houlihan Lokey's Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria.

The release of former restructurings expert Andrew Caspersen should remind the private equity industry more scrutiny is a good thing.

The market is too competitive and those who bought stakes after the global financial crisis look like 'super smart money' now, the $65bn fund's director of investments Stephen Moseley tells Secondaries Investor.

LPs not proactively managing their mature fund commitments are incurring potentially huge opportunity costs.

Emerging market GP-led deals are rife with difficulties but Carlyle’s name and the dynamics of the secondaries market suggest a deal can be done on its Africa fund.

Norinchukin Bank’s $5bn portfolio sale is driven by regulation, but it may well be some time before similar deals come to market.

The private equity giant's push into impact investing relies on the GP relationships and fund commitments its Strategic Partners unit has built.

The impact of SEC attention, the right way to get a fairness opinion and the growing influence of the LPAC – just some of the topics discussed on Secondaries Investor’s upcoming stapled deals podcast.