Secondaries have been catapulted to the forefront of private equity, affecting all aspects of the asset class. There are now more buyers, sellers and intermediaries than ever before, with different players using the secondary market for a variety of different reasons.
In response to a demand for more information, Preqin has launched the 2009 Private Equity Secondaries Review.
This year's Review is the most comprehensive guide to the sector ever produced, featuring over 300 pages of detailed information including:
- Detailed analysis examining the history and development of the industry, historic NAV vs. trading price premiums and discounts, performance of secondary fund of funds, fund of funds activity in secondaries, institutional investor buyers and sellers, intermediaries, placement agents and more
- Profiles for 53 specialist secondary fund of funds managers, 66 fund of funds managers with secondaries interests, 74 institutional investor buyers and 24 sellers, 40 intermediary firms and placement agents, 156 investors in secondary fund of funds
- Results of surveys of GPs, LPs, intermediaries
- Listings of 155 secondaries funds closed historically, 27 funds currently in the market, individual net to LP fund performance for 94 vehicles.
- Transaction table showing 20 deals done in 2008