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 fund has a 14-year life and 60% of the GP commitment will be put forward by the firm's parent.
The $48bn pension fund has proposed giving its CIO freedom to sell up to $500m in fund stakes per year without needing board approval.
The mature portfolio includes stakes in funds managed with exposure to restaurant chain Pizza Hut and gift and card shop Paperchase.
The deal, which involves three of the Peruvian private equity firm's existing funds, is understood to be the largest GP-led transaction to come out of Latin America.
The record amount of capital hauled in for private equity secondaries in 2017 is unlikely to be repeated in 2018.
Private equity and real estate secondaries funds raised more than a combined $38bn last year, driven by Strategic Partners and Goldman Sachs Asset Management vehicles.
Vincent de Boursetty will be based in Zug and work across the fund placement and secondaries advisory lines.
Daniel Green, who was also CIO at Greenpark Capital, has joined the firm as EMEA head of private equity secondaries.
The Swiss firm is seeking €300m to make investments of between €5m and €30m in small- and mid-market European targets.
The Swiss firm has raised €300m to invest in the smaller end of the market, seeking a net IRR of 20%.
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