Research & Data

Volume exceeded the previous first-half record of $22bn last year, with transactions of $500m-plus driving activity.

Private equity and real estate secondaries funds raised $12.7bn in the first half, an almost 50% drop year-on-year.

The firm closed its ASF VI Energy fund on $283m, including co-investments.

The strategy underperforms the All Funds Index over all time-frames except the 10-year bracket, according to data from ILPA.

The average top price for funds of funds has hit 87% of NAV as buyers start to view them as 'high-quality indices', according to Setter Capital.

Almost 40% of LPs have already invested or will consider investing in funds that take stakes in GPs, according to the secondaries firm’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer.

Buyout stakes trading at 10% premiums to NAV last year were 'not uncommon'.

The use of debt to delay capital calls saw HVPE’s distributions outweigh investments last year.

IT, growth capital and emerging markets are some of themes to have emerged so far in the investment period of LGT's latest secondaries fund.

The recovery of oil prices has boosted the attractiveness of the asset class, according to analysis by intermediary Setter Capital.