agent fundraising secondary market founded 1992 founder antoine drean headquarters new york paris dubai products private equity number of employees 30 february 2016 website www.triago.com triago is a leading global placement agent specializing in raising capital for private equity investment firms from a range of institutional investors . 1 it is one of a number of placement agents that also has significant private equity secondary market operations acting as a sell side intermediary in secondary transactions . 2 triago also provides strategic advisory for private equity investors and fund managers . triago serves private equity general partners and limited partners globally from offices in new york city paris and dubai and employs a staff of 28 representing 14 different nationalities . 3 history edit founded in 1992 by antoine dr an triago was among the first independent placement agents established in europe to focus on private equity fundraising and is among the oldest agents in the private equity industry . 4 triago initially focused on bringing outside capital from north america the middle east and asia to european private equity managers at a time when many european private equity teams were captive to banks and insurance companies and when there was little institutional capital available for investment in private equity in europe . 5 as the u.s. private equity industry matured in the late 1990s and the growth of domestic funds available for investment in private equity slowed triago expanded its business by matching european funds available for alternative investments with u.s. private equity teams . 5 6 the firm has raised capital for over 140 private equity funds for such clients as bridgepoint wilbur ross s wl ross & co. and kelso place asset management . 7 8 the firm s dedicated private equity secondary market advisory team has transferred more than 1 100 positions making it one of the industry s largest intermediaries . 9 triago is also a widely referenced source of benchmark data analysis and commentary on private equity trends and developments . 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 references edit dow jones private equity analyst special section sources of capital page 23 placement agent ranking total raised from new lps 5th time out the deal by paul whitfield march 18 2010 company website the wharton global alumni forum dr an biography march 2009 a b the revolution within banker middle east january 5 2010 placement agency triago has witnessed huge changes in private equity acquisitions monthly february 1 2008 kelso place closes institutional fund on 100 million real deals agents of change may 5 2010 see firms in focus triago real deals shopping used private equity fortune magazine august 9 2010 private equity secondaries financial times may 26 2011 k.k.r. and apollo to manage 6 billion for texas pension fund new york times november 7 2011 g4s u turn a symptom of m & a unwillingness financial times november 5 2011 investors to buyout funds keep the cash wall street journal heard on the street march 28 2011 private equity investors shrug off allocation snag financial news november 7 2011 boom time dry powder stretches holding periods realdeals november 7 2011 one careful owner what the secondary market says about the state of private equity the economist december 10 2011 wharton video guest lecture series triago history and business lines march 22 2010 triago ceo pe shakeout will be huge by luisa beltran pe hub july 20 2010 triago secondaries deal volume to spike this year by christopher witkowsky private equity online march 30 2010 triago to help raise 500 million fund by arif sharif bloomberg march 21 2010 external links edit triago company website the triago quarterly november 2015 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title triago & oldid 738807278 categories private equity secondary marketcompanies based in pariscompanies established in 1992investment banks navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 04 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view