Real assets in a COVID-19 world

In this paper, we discuss some of real assets, namely infrastructure and real estate, investment trends that have been brought to the fore during the COVID-19 crisis, from accelerating digitalisation to the decline in retail property. We will explore how asset classifications are likely to develop in response to these long-term trends and why it…

Feeling insecure? Leverage in PE secondaries deals

The use of leverage in private equity secondaries has its advantages, but also raises issues around the form of security in respect of such financings that both purchasers and sellers should be aware of. Feeling insecure? Leverage in PE secondaries deal The use of leverage in private equity secondaries transactions is not new. As the…