Firms & Funds

As affiliate title Private Equity International celebrates its 21st anniversary this December, we look back at how far the secondaries market has come over the past two decades.

Harvest’s tender offer sale is among several that GPs are using to give existing LPs an option to generate liquidity, while trying to boost new fundraisings.

Though this year’s ranking of the biggest secondaries fundraisers has a different name at number one for the first time ever, many of the most interesting subplots can be found further down.

Andrew Hawkins becomes vice-chairman amid a raft of changes at the listed manager's Strategic Equity secondaries unit.

Clearlake is among a host of firms exploring building out or bolting on secondaries platforms.

The Nuveen subsidiary is building a team to target GP-led deals in the US mid-market, a year after executing its own large secondaries deal.

The impact secondaries firm has shifted the focus of its clean growth strategy recently to preferred equity structured transactions from traditional LP interests.

GP-led activity is picking up thanks to a decline in exit activity during the pandemic and rising familiarity with the practice.

Pomona X, which launched in 2020, is around 37% larger than its predecessor and the firm's first multi-billion dollar fund.

The European direct secondaries specialist is seeking more than $2bn across separate vehicles.