Rod James
Rod James is a reporter with Secondaries Investor and also contributes to sister title PrivateEquityInternational.com. He is based in the London office. Prior to PEI, his roles included a stint as a freelancer covering fintech and transaction banking, CEEMEA capital markets reporter with EMEA Finance magazine, and editor of the Latin American political and economic risk team at IHS Global Insight.
The $66bn sovereign wealth fund is inviting bids on a portfolio comprised around 40% of infrastructure funds.
Toni Vainio was promoted partner of Pantheon's debt secondaries team, one of 23 investment team promotions.
Adapting the balance sheet of the investor to the various risk profiles of the underlying assets makes a lot of sense, says Pierre-Antoine de Selancy, managing partner of 17Capital.
The firm is seeking a mid-senior professional as it invests its fifth fund, which closed last year on $220m.
The secondaries unit of Rothschild Merchant Banking Group beat its €700m target for FASO V.
Solaiman Zein's appointment as vice-president follows that of Philip Viergutz, formerly of AlpInvest Partners, as a partner in October.
Secondaries Investor reported in August that the VC-focused firm was targeting $600m for Fund IV, an 85% increase on the amount sought by its predecessor.
Funds of funds outperformed secondaries by cash-on-cash returns in all but the four most recent vintage years, according to research by Wellershoff & Partners.
Hollyport Secondary Opportunities VII has raised double the amount collected by its 2017-vintage predecessor.
Preferred equity and real estate find a place among the largest secondaries fundraises of the year.
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