The overallocation and liquidity pressures driving LPs to slow new fund commitments are also the reason why now could be an ideal time to be a secondaries buyer, say Adams Street Partners’ Jeff Akers and Joe Goldrick to Private Equity International (PEI).
“As a long-time secondaries market participant, we think there are almost always good investments available for sophisticated secondaries buyers, but certain periods have provided even stronger opportunities and we believe now may be one of those times.”
— Jeff Akers, Partner & Head of Secondary Investments
Learn more about Adams Street’s perspective in the full article titled, “Keynote Interview: The Secondaries Paradox” in the December issue.
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