What’s driving European secondaries activity?
Executives from Blackstone Strategic Partners, Evercore and Goldman Sachs Asset Management reflect on what’s driving GP- and LP-led dealflow, and give their predictions for 2026.
Secondaries Investor’s top five Second Thoughts episodes
Podcasts covering the rapid growth of the credit secondaries market, the fledgling GP stakes secondaries market, and the expansion of private wealth capital were among our most listened to episodes in 2025.
The new era of GP-led secondaries
In this episode of our Second Thoughts podcast, senior leaders from Lexington Partners, LGT Capital Partners and Davis Polk discuss how continuation funds are transforming private markets.
Unpacking the early rise of GP stake secondaries
In this podcast, two industry veterans discuss the different types of GP stake secondaries transactions, the motivations driving market participants to pursue such deals, and the outlook for this emerging segment of the secondaries market.
Inside secondaries’ expansion into private wealth
In this episode of our Second Thoughts podcast, senior leaders from Lexington Partners, Proskauer and StepStone Group discuss the burgeoning space and the impacts of capital-raising efforts there on the secondaries market.
Infra LP-leds rule by volume, but GP-leds are sizeable
In this special episode from our affiliate The Infrastructure Investor Podcast, we discuss the evolution of infra secondaries, its best-in-class pricing, the outsized role of continuation funds, new buyer-led technology and more.
The opportunity surrounding uncertainty
In the latest edition of our Second Thoughts podcast, Pomona's chief executive Michael Granoff and Proskauer partner Galen Lewis discuss what's driving LPs to the secondaries market and how uncertainty is impacting investment decisions.
What’s next for StepStone after its record real estate fundraise?
In the latest episode of the Second Thoughts podcast, StepStone’s Jeffrey Giller discusses the firm’s plans for deployment and the runway for growth in the real estate secondaries market.
Behind the organisation opening doors to students of colour in secondaries
In this Second Thoughts podcast, Peter Wright, founder of the Diversity in Secondaries Initiative, discusses why he set up the non-profit and notes its key achievements.
How tariff turbulence is hitting private markets
In this podcast, PEI Group editors discuss what GPs say they're focusing on amid the trade war-induced uncertainty, how the secondaries market stands to benefit, and how investors are reacting to the volatile environment.
Do LPs need to take a more proactive approach to secondaries?
In the latest edition of Secondaries Investor’s Second Thoughts, our journalists discuss key takeaways from LPs and buyers at PEI Group’s NEXUS conference as secondaries volume continues to smash records.