Manager Strategy

The change in name comes three years after the private equity giant acquired a 60% stake in the secondaries specialist.

The position will add to the firm's existing four-person data science team to help build the next generation of data-driven private equity investment tools.

As secondaries activity accelerates, more traditional buyout shops are exploring adding these capabilities.

Large-cap contemporaries including Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners have launched or are launching buyside businesses focusing on the strategy.

Manulife Investment Management’s GP-led secondaries programme will seek out concentrated deals from the large-cap space through to the lower mid-market.

'Valuations have returned to a steady state, but GPs are facing more significant DPI challenges than ever,' W Capital Partners' David Wachter tells Secondaries Investor.

The new secondaries buyer founded by Mantra’s former head of secondaries Fabrice Moyne has an opportunistic and flexible approach across structures and strategies, its partners say.

CVC Capital Partners has kicked off plans to list on Euronext Amsterdam. It is expecting to raise a minimum of €1.25bn via the IPO.

Dawson believes it can differentiate itself in a rapidly growing secondaries market by using scale, founder and managing partner Yann Robard tells Secondaries Investor.

The firm is gearing up to launch its next fund and could target $1bn, Secondaries Investor understands.