Commentary

Armed with the most recent data, Nigel Dawn, senior managing director at Evercore, reflects on the market's growth, what has surprised him the most in its evolution and where he sees it heading in the next decade.

Ardian has become the latest private markets firm to open an office in a country whose institutional investors are hungry for private markets.

LPs worried about conflicts in fund restructuring situations may be reassured by Charterhouse’s sale of Comexposium.

Buyers who acquire assets from a fund that is winding down need to be aware of several key issues, including the lack of a counterparty from which to recover any losses, according to Proskauer's Andy Shore.

The spin-out of ABN AMRO's private equity unit to form Capital A shows buyers are willing to accept less by way of secondaries assets if they really like the team.

Ambiguity around who pays for what when a vehicle comes to the end of its term could scupper growth in the GP-led secondaries market.

Submissions for 12 secondaries categories in sister publication Private Equity International's annual industry awards close next week.

Tom Angell, partner at financial services firm WithumSmith+Brown, dissects the results of sister publication pfm's Fees & Expenses Benchmarking Survey.

There is a cohort of crisis-era funds which investors would be better off getting out of or re-incentivising their GP.

As the market evolves, the lines between direct secondaries and secondary buyouts are becoming increasingly blurred, writes Rede Partners' head of secondaries Yaron Zafir.