How to find uniqueness in the secondary market

Secondary market investment strategies have seen extraordinary growth since the turn of the century. Jeff Hammer discusses a business that’s been fully embraced by institutional investors, and how Manulife Investment Management leverages its sponsor-centric platform to enable specialization in GP-led secondary market opportunities.

Global Co-Head of Secondaries Jeff Hammer discusses the art of the GP-led secondaries deal with Giovanni Amodeo of ION Analytics.
“We have a neural web of information that allows us to perhaps know a little bit more about some of these companies and sponsors when they come to market than someone who doesn’t have the same platform—that’s how we’ve created differentiation for ourselves.”
Jeff Hammer

Jeff Hammer, 

Global Co-Head of Secondaries, Private Markets

Manulife Investment Management

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