Stafford plans to allocate 80% of its latest $1bn+ timberland fund to secondaries, chief executive Angus Whiteley told Secondaries Investor.
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, the asset management arm of European insurer, would rather see one good co-investment opportunity than be shown multiple bad ones, says head of PE and co-investments Gregory Schmitt.
Rob Campbell, head of North America at ICG's Strategic Equity unit, outlines elements for a successful CV when just one asset is involved and why such deals differ from co-investments.
There's a growing set of more than 28,000 buyout companies with diminished IPO and M&A exit avenues, according to Kline Hill Partners' Mike Bego.
The firm is fresh off raising its largest fund ever, StepStone Secondary Opportunities Fund V, which totalled $7.4bn across its entire programme.
'I can hand on heart say there has never been a deeper, more robust pipeline than the one that we have right now,' HarbourVest's Jeff Keay told Secondaries Investor on the back of its $15.1bn flagship raise.
On the back of the firm's $3.4bn raise for its latest real estate secondaries fund, Harold Hope, global head of Goldman Sachs's Vintage group, says a major repricing of assets is presenting more attractive entry points for buyers.
From partial exits to continuation funds, more African GPs are turning to secondaries transactions to deliver liquidity back to LPs.
Manulife Investment Management’s GP-led secondaries programme will seek out concentrated deals from the large-cap space through to the lower mid-market.
ICG LP Secondaries Fund I has completed seven transactions and is already around 50% committed.