Adam Le
Adam Le is Senior Editor, EMEA, for PEI Group's private equity publications, overseeing the flow of global news and analysis for Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor. Based in London, Adam works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI's offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Prior to PEI, his roles included reporting on finance and technology for Bloomberg Japan.
The asset manager has appointed Whit Matthews and promoted a senior investment manager to co-head of its US private equity team in Boston.
The global investment firm’s offer of par to 30 June NAV was not taken up by the majority of LPs, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The direct secondaries firm used its $540m Fund III to acquire 100% of back-office outsourcing firm Integreon, Secondaries Investor reports.
The Paris-based firm raced past Lexington Partners and Blackstone in PEI sister publication Secondaries Investor's exclusive list of the world’s largest secondaries managers.
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The preferred equity specialist, which is now understood to be targeting around €900m for its fourth fund, will send its number three in command to lead its North America operations.
Top of the asset class: our exclusive ranking of the world’s largest secondaries firms shows a market that has come of age.
Just because everyone uses debt, it doesn’t mean you can’t be competitive without it, a survey shows.
The Blackstone unit, which launched its latest secondaries fund a year ago with a $6.5bn hard-cap, is yet to hold a final close on the vehicle.
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The investment manager is in market with at least six vehicles including a dedicated secondaries fund and a real estate fund of funds.
The China-focused private equity firm hired Lazard at the beginning of the year to help it restructure its $400m fund, PEI's sister publication Secondaries Investor has learned.