Last week, we attended the Pension Bridge Private Equity Exclusive in Chicago where GPs and LPs gathered from across the North American private equity industry to meet and share insights. One of our Partners Giorgio Riva participated on the panel titled “Traditional Secondaries: An Unstoppable Force” that discussed the resilience and growth of the secondaries market as we look at the rest of 2024 and into 2025. At Dawson, we believe the market is long opportunity and short capital – that there is not enough capital to meet the growing pent-up liquidity needs in the market. However, as the secondary market gets more mature and more institutionalized, we believe more capital will flow into it from institutions and private wealth channels, pushing the market’s trajectory higher. We are already looking forward to the next #conference. #PensionBridgePEX #privatecapital #secondaries
Dawson Partners
Investment Management
Toronto, Ontario 8,560 followers
Flexible. Aligned. Customized. Solutions.
About us
Dawson Partners (“Dawson”) is a leading global alternative asset manager focused on providing innovative structured solutions to the private markets. Founded in 2015 as Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Dawson provides tailored portfolio financing and liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs.
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www.dawsonpartners.com
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- Industry
- Investment Management
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario
- Type
- Privately Held
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- 2015
- Specialties
- Private equity, Preferred equity, and Private equity secondaries
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We had an insightful and motivating few days of team building and presentations from all areas of the Firm. Thanks to everyone for another successful offsite.
Last week, the entire Firm got together for an energizing full-team offsite. It was our first offsite since our rebranding to Dawson Partners and the largest ever since our inception. We spent part of the three days looking back at our KPIs for the first half of this year. Focusing on what we said we would do and comparing it to what was accomplished. We think it’s important to keep ourselves accountable. In short, we had an incredible start to the year. More capital raised in the first six months of this year than all of last year. More capital deployed in the first half of this year than all of last year. All of this is intentional as we entered this year wanting to capture what we believe to be an attractive market opportunity. The team worked hard, stayed focused and executed well. There is a lot to be proud of. We also spent a good portion of our time looking ahead to the second half of this year and beyond. It’s fair to say there is much more to do… but we feel like we’ve got this. We highlighted areas of focus. We discussed ways in which we aim to continue to predict rather than react to complexity. We talked a lot about our culture. It’s not just what we do it but how we do it that gives us great pride. Staying hungry but humble, collaborative, communicative, and focusing on when you give, you get. In all that we do. Lastly, we reiterated some of our favourite themes at Dawson. We believe big is beautiful, growth is good. We believe we are more resourced, more informed and more sophisticated than ever before. We believe that scale matters. We believe in our guiding principles of integrity, partnership and performance. We aim to put our investors first. Because, without investors, there would be no Dawson. We remind ourselves of this each and every day. We enter the second half of this year excited, energized, inspired and grateful. Here we come 2024H2……
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We will be at the Pension Bridge Private Equity Exclusive in Chicago on July 22-24, 2024. Giorgio Riva will be speaking on the panel titled “Traditional Secondaries: An Unstoppable Force” on July 22. Bridget Riberdy is also attending the #conference. We hope to see you there. #PensionBridgePEX #privatecapital #secondaries
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On June 20th, a group of our team members attended the Out Investors Toronto Pride Social, including our very own Marilia Bothamley, CPA, CMA as a panelist. The event was an opportunity for investment professionals to hear from prominent LGBT+ voices and allies on various topics, such as the importance of having a strong corporate culture in order to attract and retain the best talent with a diverse set of perspectives. At Dawson, we believe diversity leads to better investment decisions and benefits all stakeholders. And that the diversity of our team helps to drive our culture of innovation and collaboration. We are proud to be a lead sponsor of the event and champion this important cause.
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As we close on the first half of the year, we think back to a very productive six months. In the last month alone, we announced the closing of two significant transactions. Each one was a customized structured liquidity solution which aligned with the respective counterparty’s objectives. Both transactions highlighted our ability to move at scale and with certainty. At Dawson, we believe scale matters. We believe scale has enabled us. As we have grown, we believe we have become bigger, better, faster and stronger as a firm. Transactions like these ones help showcase this. Big is beautiful and growth is good. Year-to-date in 2024, we have transacted on $3.2B. This will likely be the busiest six months we have ever had for deployment since the inception of our Firm.
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In a new episode out today, Managing Partner Yann Robard sits down with host Ted Seides on the Capital Allocators podcast and discusses how Dawson came to be; the intricacies of the private equity market; Dawson’s culture and strategy; the importance of scale and technology in an organization; and the outlook for the secondaries market. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gxAicSVc We hope you enjoy the conversation.
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We are pleased to announce the closing of a more than $900 million transaction with a large U.S.-based asset manager. The transaction was a customized structured liquidity solution which enabled our counterparty to accelerate liquidity on an existing portfolio of 13 buyout fund interests while maintaining participation in potential future upside in the portfolio. “We are particularly proud of this transaction, one of our largest since our inception, where we were able to act nimbly to provide a full portfolio solution and execution certainty to the counterparty at scale,” said Giorgio Riva, Partner at Dawson. “Our focus is to provide bespoke solutions to investors seeking liquidity of all kinds with their private equity portfolios, while also being thoughtful partners.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/da-fEaK5
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In our latest Dawson Whitepaper featured in the June edition of Buyouts we make a case that, after a couple of years of dire distributions, the second half of 2024 may see a revival in distributions. Is Liquidity on the Horizon? You be the judge. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gYjG73ZK
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June marks Pride Month, a time to celebrate the uniqueness in everyone and promote equal rights and inclusion for all. We are proud to support the LGBTQ+ community and value the unique perspectives, resilience and contributions those a part of it bring to the world. Wishing everyone a Happy Pride Month.
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We will be at SuperReturn International in Berlin June 4-7, 2024. Yann Robard will be speaking on the panel titled “What are the key trends in the secondaries market for 2024 and beyond? Benefits of specialisation” on June 6. Other team members also attending the #conference include Rob Gavin, Chris Miller, Andrew Gillespie and Diana Carol. We look forward to seeing you there. #SUPERRETURN #privatecapital #secondaries
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