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Generating liquidity in private equity portfolios is increasingly challenging.
Market conditions mean there is a reluctance among would-be buyers to commit to acquisitions and difficulties for sellers looking to exit holdings at attractive premiums.
The bar for exits may be very high, but some GPs are bucking the trend.
Watch the replay on our latest webinar, ‘The Art of Exits’.
Paul Newsome, Partner and Head of Investment Solutions, Lance Zhou, Senior Vice President – Secondaries, and Pieter-Jan Frederix, Partner – Directs, examine what factors are required to achieve exits in the current environment and how Unigestion has been able to maintain a strong pace of exits at attractive multiples over the past two years.
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As investors come back from their well-earned summer breaks, one issue continues to prey on their minds: “when will I get my money back?”
Exit activity for the first half of 2024 was 27% below that for the same period in 2023. This slide in activity has continued since the peak reached in 2021 and does not show any near-term signs of reversing. Investment activity has also been lower – in the first half it was 18% below that of the same period last year.
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