In this latest episode of Second Thoughts, our bi-monthly take on the biggest trends and developments in secondaries, the spotlight is on our yearly ranking of the top secondaries firms globally. Blackstone Strategic Partners has topped this year's SI 50 ranking published by Secondaries Investor and Private Equity International, raising $51.3 billion across funds that closed between 1 January 2018 and 30 June 2023.
Senior reporter Madeleine Farman speaks with global head Verdun Perry, discussing the state of the secondaries market, what Strategic Partners is looking for in opportunities currently, and some of the key moments across Perry's career.
SI Decade: The birth of programmatic secondaries sales
The sustainable boom in private credit
SI Decade: Inside the biggest regulation changes to secondaries
SI Decade: Will the North American market’s dominance continue?
SI Decade: From frustration to longer holds with single-asset continuation vehicles
SI Decade: Zombie funds to continuation vehicles
Delivering flexible capital during difficult times
PIMCO’s François Trausch on decarbonization, banks and ‘pretend and extend’
SI Decade: From financial crisis to secondaries sales
Where banks' multifamily exposure is causing the most 'acute risk'
So you want to launch a new fund strategy?
Where electric vehicles meet infrastructure investing
The figures behind secondaries' second record year
Navigating APAC's 'toughest-ever' fundraising environment
The impact of geopolitics on real estate returns
How endowments and foundations can make the most of market volatility
Apollo’s Akila Grewal on the firm's strategic evolution
ELFA's Sabrina Fox on the tussles that have shaped deal agreements
Pemberton's Symon Drake-Brockman on the building of a pan-European GP
Kartesia’s Julien Rigon on how LP pressure has shaped ESG
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