Commentary

Thought leadership from the secondaries sector’s leading voices including legal experts, industry veterans, asset class specialists (from real estate to private equity) and academics.

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The private equity giant's push into impact investing relies on the GP relationships and fund commitments its Strategic Partners unit has built.
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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.
Secondaries firm Pomona Capital celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Chief executive and founder Michael Granoff discusses how the secondaries environment and Pomona have evolved and what he sees for the future
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More mega-deals, the pros of a market downturn and how participants are dealing with limited resources – just some of the topics discussed at sister publication Private Equity International’s recent roundtable.
Disclosure, the role of the LPAC and status quo options may make some GP-led restructurings unaligned with the industry body's guidelines, according to Cleary Gottlieb.
Axing carry and management fees for certain investors is a neat way of giving back.
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On the heels of ILPA’s recent best practices on GP-led secondaries, BRG’s Finbarr O’Connor and Gavin Farrell take a practical look at issues important to LPs, and how GPs can address the guidance as they formulate transactions.
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Co-founder Agnès Nahum and partner Alexandre Delos discuss how the firm uses secondaries as a portfolio management tool and how fund duration and market cycles influence its decision to sell stakes.
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Running a fund restructuring can be virgin territory for GPs; ILPA’s latest guidelines will be as helpful to them as it will to its members.
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Secondaries Investor caught up with the industry body’s chief executive Steven Nelson for a sneak peek at its soon-to-be released GP-led secondaries best practices.
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