Jeffrey Akers

Jan 8, 2025 | adamsstreetpartners.com | Jeffrey Akers

In episode 262 of the InsuranceAUM.com podcast hosted by Stewart Foley, Adams Street’s Jeff Akers, Partner & Head of Secondaries, explains how secondaries can offer shorter durations and diversification in high-quality assets, often at discounted prices. To achieve strong returns, Akers highlights the need for competitive edges like targeting overlooked market segments and leveraging strong GP relationships to access prime opportunities. Stewart: My name’s Stewart Foley, I’ll be your host.

Nov 11, 2024 | adamsstreetpartners.com | Jeffrey Akers |Arjun Thakkar

Key Takeaways Competitive edge still exists in an evolving secondary market, dependent on a buyer’s positioning and access The benefits of an existing primary platform and associated relationships are difficult to replicate and provide select buyers potential access and diligence advantages Recent volatility and continued uncertainty are expected to favor targeted secondary buyers who have a bias towards quality and returns driven by fundamentals Small- and mid-market funds possess attractive...

May 1, 2024 | adamsstreetpartners.com | David Brett |Jeffrey Akers

The challenging economic environment is expected to continue to generate compelling opportunities for both co-investment and secondaries strategies, say Adams Street Partners’ David Brett and Jeff Akers to Private Equity International (PEI). “Investor appetite for co-investment products remains strong.

Jan 17, 2024 | adamsstreetpartners.com | Jeffrey Akers |Clinton Miller

Key Takeaways The traditional benefits of secondary investing – discount at entry, shorter duration and increased diversification – are critical to generating attractive risk-adjusted returns An evolving secondary market requires buyers to be prepared and purposeful in their investment and portfolio construction approach to target and optimize such benefits Secondary buyers with deep fund- and company-level insights gained from long-term GP relationships and private market data are typically...

Dec 5, 2023 | adamsstreetpartners.com | Jeffrey Akers |Joseph Goldrick

The overallocation and liquidity pressures driving LPs to slow new fund commitments are also the reason why now could be an ideal time to be a secondaries buyer, say Adams Street Partners’ Jeff Akers and Joe Goldrick to Private Equity International (PEI).