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.
AESF VI will be nearly double the size of its predecessor, according to a document seen by Secondaries Investor that reveals details of the fund's investments.
Hans Swildens is chief executive and founder of the venture capital-focused fund of funds and secondaries specialist. He speaks to Secondaries Investor about who's selling what, the rise of corporate spin-outs, and how small and complex rules the day.
Average high bids for special situations and timber funds increased by 11.03% and 32.44% respectively over the period.
The firm is more than 85% of the way to its target for Opportunities Fund III, which invests in direct secondaries in Europe and North America.
Stakes in funds near the end of their lives with considerable remaining NAV have moved from being a specialist to a mainstream pursuit – and leverage can help buyers maximise returns..
This is the $82bn pension's first investment with the private equity and real estate secondaries firm.
The French spinout is planning to launch a fund of funds vehicle with secondaries and co-investment pockets by the end of the year.
The Finnish investment firm has acquired a bundle of buyout stakes in a €138m deal from the French asset manager, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The firm raised the same amount for its predecessor vehicle that acquires stakes in North American lower- and mid-market funds.
The Texas pension has committed $20m to the secondaries firm's latest private equity vehicle.
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