Ardian’s Wilfred Small and Arnaud Mercier speak with Secondaries Investor about Ardian's artificial intelligence platform and where AI's limitations are in private markets.
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, managing partner and chief executive of the secondaries firm, says it is easier to attract investors who want to write larger tickets – a difficult proposition with smaller funds.
Opportunities abound for young talented women in the secondaries industry due to the diversity of the job itself, according to the senior managing director.
Secondaries Investor catches up with John Bradley, senior investment officer at the $218bn US pension, to discuss the SMA's target returns and why it chose to work with Aegon Asset Management on the account.
Increasingly seen as a solution to a range of GP funding needs and as an attractive source of returns, minority GP stake sales are on the rise, says Thomas Liaudet in this sponsored Q&A.
While there are expected to be plenty of new opportunities in the secondaries market over the coming period, success will require experience and a considered approach, says Pomona Capital’s Michael Granoff in this sponsored Q&A.
Supply and demand in the secondaries market is a key focus as LPs look to tap liquidity, according to Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond, partners in the funds and secondaries team at Travers Smith.