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Fortune
Allie Garfinkle

MYSTERIOUS: Why the exploding secondaries market is hard to pin down | Mind Blowing Facts

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Secondaries are an elephant-sized black box. 

The market is mammoth, expanding, and—here’s the kicker—we have no clue how big it really is. The secondaries market has exploded in recent years, driven by a simple problem: companies are staying private longer, exits have dried up, and investors need inventive ways to return cash to their LPs.

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