Secondary market and liquidity innovation: is private capital entering a new era?
The secondary market in private equity plays a crucial role in providing liquidity for investors.
It enables investors to sell their shares in private equity funds before they reach maturity, thereby increasing portfolio flexibility and diversification.
In addition, the creation of secondary markets can attract a greater number of investors to private equity, due to the greater flexibility of entry and exit. However, it is important to note that the secondary market in private equity can be subject to significant volatility, and asset prices can be strongly influenced by market conditions.
- Explore strategies and mechanisms that facilitate the transition of illiquid assets into liquid assets. This includes, but is not limited to, the digitization of assets, the use of blockchain technology, and the creation of secondary markets;
- Examine the digitisation of assets, the user of blockchain technology, and the creation of secondary markets;
- Cover the development of the secondary market, and how private capital is changing and disrupting the game;
and more!
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Antoine Colson, CEO and Managing Partner, IPEM
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Benjamin Baumann, Global Head of Secondaries, Mercer
Benjamin Baumann is a Partner of Mercer Alternatives and, as Global Head of Secondaries, mainly responsible for leading Mercer’s discretionary secondary investments. In his portfolio management role, he is also a member of various Alternatives portfolio construction groups and Mercer’s Secondaries pre-IC, the Infrastructure and Real Estate Rating Review Committees, and of the Mercer (Private Equity) Secondaries IC, the Real Assets IC, and the Private Debt IC. Benjamin also serves as CIO of Mercer Alternatives AG (based in Zurich), the delegated Investment Manager of all Mercer’s Alternatives solutions implemented in Luxembourg. |
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Nicholas Pratt, Technology & Operations Editor, Funds Europe
Nik has been a financial journalist since 1999, starting as a reporter for Banking Technology and has written for Funds Europe since 2005. As technology and operations editor, Nik also edits the FundsTech report and is a presenter at FundsTech events. He has a master’s degree in Modern and Contemporary Writing and a degree in Philosophy and English Literature from the University of Sheffield. |
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Antoine Colson is a passionate tradeshow and event entrepreneur. He joined the IPEM journey in 2017 after meeting Gilles Barissat who founded the event in 2016. Antoine has served as CEO and Managing Partner of IPEM since. As such, he is responsible for the IPEM brand and the development of IPEM in Cannes, Paris and internationally.
Before joining IPEM, Antoine launched several event businesses, in particular France Attractive the annual conference and awards for local economic development. Before moving to the event industry, he worked with French private equity firm Eurazeo and held various positions with Saint-Gobain and Disney.
Antoine graduated from HEC Paris (2005) and Emory Goizueta Business School (2005).