FoFs

Founder Benjamin Revillon discusses the firm's recent fundraising and how it is planning to deploy $765m in an inflationary environment.

The JV with property investor ShopOne, struck on the back of a secondaries recap, provides fresh capital to invest in shopping centres in metropolitan areas.

The niche firm's Fund IV will make individual investments of between $5m and $1bn, with the aid of co-investors at the top of this range.

The secondaries giant's deployment fell 65% during the pandemic despite closing the largest secondaries capital pool on record.

The fundraise is part of total capital commitments of $1.5bn across the most recent series in the firm's family of funds.

Stéphane Chevrier, an early former member of Ardian's US secondaries team, will lead the niche firm's further push into the North American secondaries market.

Vincent Gombault – a figure known for his polarising personality and management style – oversaw the evolution of Ardian’s rise to the top of the secondaries market.

Vincent Gombault, a two-decade veteran of the firm, oversaw a strategy that has grown to account for around half of the investment giant's $103bn in AUM.

Connor Hussey catches up with HarbourVest’s new management company CFO Rob MacGoey on crisis preparedness, the firm’s growth in operations and finance, the democratisation of private equity and more.

Secondaries buyers should look for a chance to engage with GPs on ESG before deciding not to invest, says LGT Capital Partners' ESG committee chairman.