SEC scrutinises GPs’ role in stake sales
The US regulator is getting to grips with potential conflicts of interest in plain vanilla deals.
Newbury buys Palamon stakes
The deal involves the London firm's latest buyout fund which was part-raised by a 2015 stapled deal involving a group of buyers led by Goldman Sachs.
Time is money: five things to consider when buying a fund stake
In secondaries, timing can mean the difference between a successful deal and a failed one. We spoke to market sources and discussed elements participants in a secondaries transaction should be aware of.
Strategic Partners backs $230m Nordic infra deal
The Blackstone unit has tapped its latest real assets fund to emerge as the winner of a competitive tender offer process run by Campbell Lutyens.
Landmark, Metropolitan buyers in Harvard RE sale
The two deals were worth almost $2bn combined and represent the largest secondaries transaction in the asset class this year.
Hollyport snaps up pair of stakes
The tail-end specialist invested in a European mid-market fund and a Polish vehicle through its £187m Secondary Opportunities V vehicle.
Candover: the saga continues
The acquisition of Arle Capital Partners by a distressed legacy specialist is the latest in an almost decade-old attempt to salvage the UK investor’s legacy portfolio, sister publication PEI reports.
Halder invites bids for fund restructuring – exclusive
The €325m, 2008-vintage Halder-GMIV Germany II contains seven small- and mid-market assets.
Strategic Partners buys in $100m-plus Japanese sale
The stakes were offloaded by Norinchukin Bank, a Japanese co-operative.
Verdane exits Swedish defence company
The Nordic direct secondaries firm acquired the interest in Exensor in 2013 when it acquired the remaining assets of a 2000-vintage VC fund.