Hamilton Lane’s Bryan Jenkins on private equity secondaries
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Bryan Jenkins, Head of Portfolio Strategy & Research, Hamilton Lane
May 2026
In this exclusive interview, Bryan discusses the private equity secondaries market, the drivers of its explosive growth experienced in recent years and the main motivations why investors have been allocating to the asset class. He explains what investors should be looking for to identify best-in-class PE managers and highlights the most important risks and execution challenges in PE secondaries that investors need to be aware of.
Watch the full interview which covers:
00:13 - How would you describe the private equity secondaries market today and what do you see as the main forces that have driven its explosive growth in recent years?
01:32 - What are the main reasons motivating your investor base to allocate to PE secondaries?
02:08 - PE continuation vehicles were seen with some trepidation as they emerged in volume over recent years. How has this sub segment of the market shifted since?
03:11 - What characteristics should investors be looking for in PE managers that separate the best from the rest?
04:19 - Looking ahead, what are the most important risks and execution challenges in PE secondaries?
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Bryan Jenkins, Head of Portfolio Strategy & Research, Hamilton Lane
Bryan is Head of Portfolio Strategy & Research at Hamilton Lane, where he oversees portfolio strategy, quantitative research, risk assessment and the development of the firm’s proprietary data and analytics. Bryan chairs the Portfolio Management Committee and is a member of Hamilton Lane’s Evergreen Portfolio Committee. He is also a member of the BVCA’s Research Advisory Group.
Bryan began his career at Hamilton Lane in 2012. He has previously held roles on the firm’s Research and Private Markets Analytics teams.
Bryan received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Drexel University.
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