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.
How to break into venture capital
How the SEC is already probing ESG claims
Ex-Apollo insider spills the beans on private equity’s inner workings
‘We continue to build infra for a planet that no longer exists’
Inside this year’s record-breaking PEI 300 ranking
PEI Future 40 fundraisers on what’s next for private equity
Farmland Partners’ ‘short and distort’ public markets nightmare
The quest for ‘green’ data centres
Private funds’ year of living dangerously
Natural gas caught in the Russia-Ukraine crossfire
What investors think of manager changes
Pantheon on the ’silver lining’ of hiring in a pandemic
How natural gas can pave the way to net zero
BlackRock excited by the investment ’white space’ of the energy transition
Ajit Pai on the infrastructure bill’s broadband boom
Four trailblazers on the future of ESG-linked credit
What ever happened to opportunity zones?
EisnerAmper‘s CEO on a possible ‘sea change‘ for the accounting industry
Is now the time to sell a portfolio?
How private debt has weathered the uncertainty around inflation
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