The private equity secondary market is booming, with volumes surpassing $160 billion last year. But according to Ricardo Miró-Quesada, Partner and Head of Private Equity at Arcano Capital, this is only the beginning—especially in Europe.
In a video interview with 0100 Conferences, Miró-Quesada highlighted Arcano’s focus on secondaries, driven by rising demand for liquidity and the growing use of GP-led transactions. With many post-2020 funds soon entering the market, he sees strong momentum ahead.
While the U.S. leads in volume, Europe’s share is expanding quickly. As transparency improves, secondaries are shifting from a liquidity fix to a strategic tool for institutional investors.
Arcano, with over €12 billion in AUM, is leveraging its deep market relationships to capitalize on what Miró-Quesada calls “just the tip of the iceberg” in the evolving secondaries landscape.
he third edition of 0100 International — organized by Zero One Hundred Conferences in partnership with the Milan City Council’s Department of Economic Development and Milano&Partners — brought together the global private markets community for a high-signal, execution-focused gathering held from October 27–29.
François Candelon, Partner for Value Creation & Portfolio Monitoring at Seven2, shares how the firm aligns every investment around a clear “exit animal”—a vision of the company at exit—and uses disciplined execution, AI-driven transformation, and sustainability as levers for resilience and premium valuations. From reengineering core processes with AI to embedding decarbonization into business strategy, Candelon explains how Seven2 builds companies that are not just exit-ready, but future-proof.
Private markets are entering a new era where trust, compliance, and technology converge. While public markets enjoy automation and transparency, private assets still depend on paper-based, fragmented systems. Antonio Chiarello, CEO of Weltix, argues that the next leap forward is not just digitization, but the creation of digital infrastructures that redefine ownership. In this conversation, he discusses why friction is structural rather than technological, how regulation enables innovation, and how programmable liquidity and transparency can channel more private capital into real economic growth.
