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Aug 21, 2025

Market volatility through the second quarter of 2025 continues to impact investor confidence. However, the secondaries market is seeing growing momentum. Private equity has historically generated attractive returns through market cycles.

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Aug 12, 2025

Music royalty investments are a form of asset-based investing, backed by music copyrights that generate income through streaming, downloads, performances, and placements in media.

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Jul 30, 2025

Private credit continued to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns and contractual cash yield in Q2-25. Given its defensive characteristics, private credit has performed well through periods of market volatility and has historically delivered lower loss rates relative to leveraged loans and high yield debt.

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Jul 23, 2025

This article introduces core secondary investment concepts, including the differences between LP-led and GP-led secondaries and factors to consider as investors seek to build exposure to private equity secondary strategies.

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Jun 2, 2025

In this article featured in Buyouts, Matthew Sparks discusses the current market environment and why mid-market secondaries are well positioned to deliver value in periods of market dislocation.

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May 15, 2025

Despite Q1-2025's cautious tone and rising global uncertainty tempering the strong M&A rebound and improved distributions seen at the end of 2024, private equity's consistent historical performance means secondaries, both LP-led and GP-led, are strategically well-positioned today.

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May 8, 2025

Investor optimism at the start of 2025 has pivoted to a cautious stance, with trade policy tension and ensuing macroeconomic uncertainty driving market volatility. 

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Apr 29, 2025

On this InsuranceAUM.com podcast, Northleaf's Shane Feeney discusses the evolution and growing importance of private equity secondaries. 

 

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Apr 26, 2025

The importance of secondaries as a tool to bridge old-to-new investment horizons is likely to increase due to today’s market volatility, and there should be a sustainable premium return for those who can provide liquidity.

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Mar 14, 2025

Commercial legal assets are investments collateralized by anticipated settlement proceeds of litigation claims, or a portfolio of claims. 

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