As traditional private equity strategies face longer holding periods, a record exit backlog, and slower distributions, secondaries are becoming an increasingly relevant complement.
On this episode of The View From Apollo’s Allocation Insights series, Alex Wright and Diana Sands are joined by Partner and Co-Head of Apollo's Sponsor & Secondary Solutions business Steve Lessar to discuss how private market secondaries have evolved from a niche liquidity tool to a core allocation of modern private market portfolios, which can offer immediate exposure to mature assets and attractive risk-adjusted return potential.
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