The flexibility of the secondaries market is helping GPs and LPs alike navigate a volatile macro environment, say Johanna Lottmann and Johannes Groeller in this sponsored Q&A.
The fund finance specialist separated the finance and compliance roles in response to its own growth as well as increased regulation.
The hiring comes as several mid-market investment banks are acquiring capabilities to advise on secondaries transactions, usually focused on GP-led deals like single-asset continuation funds.
The liquidity offered by the secondaries market has a critical role to play in opening up the asset class to a new set of investors, say UBS Asset Management’s Jochen Mende and Tanja von Ehrlich.
Alex Mejia is joining Baird less than 18 months after joining Goldman to advise on single- and double-asset GP-led deals.
The Nice-headquartered secondaries firm is deploying its fourth fund, which closed above its hard-cap in March.
The firm is responding to demand from GPs for capital to help manage their balance sheets, according to partner Michael Gubbels.
Secondaries Investor catches up with Michael Granoff, the firm's chief executive, on the back of its $2.6bn raise for Fund X.
The move brings the total number of partners at London-headquartered Hollyport Capital, which specialises in acquiring tail-end private equity portfolios, to eight.
The proliferation of product offerings within private equity and alternatives in the region will fuel a boon for buyers, according to Strategic Partners' global head.
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