The global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the economy, financial markets and individuals around the world. During and following such market downturns, an increased number of LPs and GPs face pressure to raise liquidity at the same time that traditional avenues tend to freeze up. Here, we review what’s happening in the secondary marketplace in response to the crisis and highlight the compelling secondary opportunities.
GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset manager, announced today that it completed the final close for its Co-Investment Opportunities Fund II with approximately $540 million in committed capital.
As the current market cycle matures, investors should look back at historical peaks – and ensuing fallouts – to better understand today’s private equity market. Here, we provide five considerations for creating a balanced private equity program for any market cycle.
In seeking opportunities in a growing market, private equity co-investors need broad access to deals, and selection of these deals can be a matter of both manager quality and individual deal potential. We explain why diligence on both fronts is imperative.
The South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission (“RSIC”) has formed a strategic partnership with GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management firm, to build RSIC’s private equity co-investments program.
We offer clients a broad range of tailored solutions across strategies, including multi-strategy, macro, relative value, long/short equity, quantitative strategies, and opportunistic credit. Levaraging our large scale and presence in the industry, we are able to offer clients preferntial exposure to hard-to-access managers and seek to obtain terms that can drive economic and structural advantages.
