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.
Coller Capital, Park Hill and Campbell Lutyens are among the firms featured on PEI's list of the 50 best fundraisers in private equity.
The firm's last dedicated secondaries fund, focused mainly on end-of-life processes, closed in April 2017 on $1.1bn.
The niche secondaries firm has hit the €800m hard-cap on its latest fund, two months after Secondaries Investor revealed it had passed the €650m mark.
Secondaries funds hitting final close raised $5.49bn in Q1 2018, with investor demand showing no sign of abating.
The firm, founded by an ex-Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity executive, is exploring a process involving its 2006-vintage fund which is heavily exposed to the UK consumer sector.
The City of Fresno Retirement Systems is seeking a fund manager to construct a $120m private equity 'fund of one' which can include secondaries.
Private equity and real estate secondaries funds are seeking around $9bn more compared with the first quarter of last year.
Strategic Partners Real Assets II has hit final close on $1.75bn, edging out Ardian's $1.7bn ASF VII Infrastructure.
Secondaries Investor’s annual law firm survey saw an increase in funds of funds and secondaries funds’ sell-side activity and a rise in complex deal types.
The Swiss asset manager acquired Akina Partners in February 2017 and their operations have been largely separate up until now.
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