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The traditional 10-year fund life hasn't changed but GPs want to hold assets for longer. That's where secondaries come in, says the firm's Barry Miller.
More understanding of the benefits of the strategy among GPs and LPs may drive continued expansion, say the firm’s Ben Perl, Ethan Falkove and Peter Bock.
There is an art to managing the contrasting cashflow profiles of traditional LP and GP-led secondaries, says Charles Smith, chief investment officer and managing partner at secondaries firm Glendower Capital.
The appetite for recapitalisations of small numbers of high-performing assets is adding opportunities (and challenges) to the GP-led market, say Travers Smith partner Sam Kay and senior associate Ed Ford.
A clear rationale and early engagement with LPs can help overcome the complexities involved in GP-leds, say Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partners Aleks Bakic, Fadi Samman and Daniel Quinn.
Private equity sponsors are driving ESG developments in fund finance, write Thomas Smith and Felix Paterson of Debevoise & Plimpton.
A proactive approach to environmental, social and governance factors can identify risks that static datasets may miss, says Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon, executive vice-president at RepRisk.
CFOs now have more financing tools than ever to drive success for their LPs, asset management platforms and principals, writes Zachary Barnett.
Close partnerships with management are key to building better business practices, says Katharine Preston, vice-president, sustainable investing at OMERS.
Samantha Hutchinson and Brian Foster examine how ‘PRAV’ facilities, preferred equity solutions and continuation financings can be used.