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Dietrich Knauth
Fundraising remained active in the second quarter, with U.S. buyout funds raising more than $81.5 billion combined. The year got off to a faster start than 2018, with $160 billion raised to date, compared to $86 billion in the first six months of 2018. Fundraising picked up in a big way during the fourth quarter […]
Eric Albertson is senior investment director in charge of secondaries at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He spoke with Buyouts about his firm’s approach to finding value in the secondary PE marketplace. Aberdeen tends to focus on the smaller end of the secondary market. What kinds of opportunities are you seeing? We will use secondaries sporadically throughout […]
The market for new private equity funds remains strong going into 2019, with more than $209 billion raised by buyout and mezzanine funds in the past year. Despite an active Q4, which saw $73.2 billion in fundraising, 2018 didn’t match the highs of 2017, when buyouts and mezzanine funds raised $241.6 billion. Still, LP demand […]