News & Analysis

This is the second exit through an IPO this year for the direct secondaries firm, which has had eight exits in the last 12 months.

Azini Capital has completed four investments out of that fund, including its most recent one in end user computing risk management company ClusterSeven.

Global mezzanine powerhouse ICG has hired Chris Austin as its global head of consultant relations in North America.

The move happens as Coller Capital continues to raise its Coller International Partners VII, targeting $5.5bn.

The acquisition by the Paris-based investment bank will allow Secondcap to expand internationally.

Some of the best emerging markets secondary opportunities can be found in Asia.

The closed-end fund targets high net worth investors and invests predominantly in funds sponsored by The Carlyle Group.

Although the secondaries market provides a much needed liquidity source to the private equity industry, GPs and LPs agree it’s still not enough, according to a new SEI survey.

AlpInvest Partners, the fund of funds arm of The Carlyle Group, has re-hired Neal Costello, who had been a senior principal at CPPIB since 2013.

Bakaya will advise institutional investors and fund sponsors on transactions in the real estate sector.