News & Analysis

Expect another year of healthy trading in the market for second-hand fund stakes.

NewView Capital Management, which acquired a portfolio of 31 stakes from VC-giant NEA, used them to seed its debut fund.

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.

Family offices are twice as likely as institutional investors to sell private equity stakes due to poor manager performance.

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

The firm is seeking $3bn for its latest dedicated secondaries fund, 18 months after hitting a final close on its predecessor.

The Deutsche Bank spin-out has gone past the $1.75bn target for its first fund launched as a standalone firm.

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.

Brexit could bring portfolios to market but buyers need to hedge against the risk they pose, according to panelists at PEI's Women in Private Equity Forum.