GP-Leds

Market participants gathered on the Cote d’Azur to discuss the industry’s biggest issues. Here are the key takeaways.

Record volumes, high prices and the growing popularity of VC funds are among the trends outlined in recent reports from the secondaries advisors.

Vestar Capital Partners V holds around $900m in net asset value across four assets, two of which are publicly listed.

The deal, which involves three of the Peruvian private equity firm's existing funds, is understood to be the largest GP-led transaction to come out of Latin America.

The London-based retail real estate manager’s sale of a six-property portfolio will allow investors in its Pradera European Retail Fund 2 to fully exit the vehicle.

The Swiss firm has raised €300m to invest in the smaller end of the market, seeking a net IRR of 20%.

Louise Boothby, who has been at the firm since 2010, will be responsible for deal origination and execution at the firm's London office.

In the first of a three-part series, Cyril Demaria, head of private markets at Wellershoff & Partners, says that new entrants into the secondaries market often underestimate the amount of information and level of insight required to succeed.

The deal was valued at around $450m and marks GIC's entry as an investor.

Secondaries Investor examines the transactions that caught the eye over the last 12 months.