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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 Paradise Papers, a cache of leaked documents from offshore services firm Appleby, reveal an investment in HarbourVest's 2005-vintage secondaries fund.
Stepping stones over a small river
The fund, which has been in the market since 2015, held its final close in June and is already 40% invested, Secondaries Investor has learned.
Crispin Payne has joined the management team at Displaydata, one of Coller's portfolio companies, Secondaries Investor has learned.
Stage Capital, which spun out of National Bank of Greece's alternatives arm last year, is itself interested in backing spin-outs and portfolio transfers.
Endowment Wealth Management, a financial advisor from the American mid-west, has already bought six stakes in startups valued at more than $1bn.
The secondaries veteran's move to the role of senior advisor comes after several other changes in the advisory business.
departure
Beate Pelz has left the preferred equity specialist after two and half years as the firm adds an analyst to its team.
Funds that closed this year took on average two months longer to raise than those that closed last year, with the mean fund size slightly up on 2016.
handshake
The VC-focused fund of funds made six promotions across its investment and operations team as it continues to deploy secondaries Fund X.
The firm's niche secondaries fund has closed above its $400m target after 16 months of fundraising.
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