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Secondaries’ emerging leaders: GP-leds to become a proactive portfolio management tool

The GP-led market will become 'indistinguishable' from the sponsor-to-sponsor market over the next five years as PE firms seek to gain access to companies via CVs, one 2026 Next Gen Leader says.

The GP-led market will become 'indistinguishable' from the sponsor-to-sponsor market over the next five years as PE firms seek to gain access to companies via CVs, one 2026 Next Gen Leader says.

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Why it matters

The growing use of GP-led secondaries as a proactive portfolio management tool signals an important evolution in private equity secondary markets, potentially affecting deal structures and liquidity, but it remains a niche development with limited immediate systemic impact.

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