PCA/Private Equity Secondary Fees

I was reading Secondaries Investor's 2022 Advisory report and had some questions from it. 

How does fee generation compare to deal value? For example, Evercore did ~57 billion in deals (of the ~130 billion in deals done, which is a wild share compared to traditional M&A where the leading firm has 15% share [GS]), what would you guess their total fee generation looks like?

Overall, I am trying to gain insight into fee generation per head in PCA/secondary advisory compared to M&A advisory. Is it more or less profitable for the firms?

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Please correct me if I'm off.

Since Evercore did 57 billion in deals advised on, with 40% of this LP, LP fee generation is between $114 million and $228 million ($57 billion * 40% * 50 bps or 100 bps). Assuming a 2.5% GP fee, GP fee generation is $855 million ($57 billion * 60% * 2.5%).

With Evercore PCA having ~90 people (per their website stating 70), fee generation per head would be $10.7 million. 

 

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