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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.
As an increasing number of sponsors turn to secondaries processes, doubts are being raised about the market’s building blocks. Just how aligned is the secondaries market today?
Golding Capital infrastructure fund
Golding Infrastructure 2020 will make primary and secondaries investments in 'conservative' core- and core-plus assets in Europe and North America.
norway
The GP-led deal by Norvestor Equity comes during a slowdown caused by a stubborn gap between the pricing expectations of buyers and sellers.
Si 50
Though this year’s ranking of the biggest secondaries fundraisers has a different name at number one for the first time ever, many of the most interesting subplots can be found further down.
infrastructure
Stafford has raised its fourth flagship vehicle at a time of strong demand for inflation-resistant asset classes such as infrastructure.
The deal was to be priced off the sale of a minority stake software business Medius to Advent but was negotiated down in line with falling public markets.
Mid-market-focused DC Advisory is adding secondaries to its M&A, restructuring, capital raising and GP stakes businesses.
market volatility
Public pensions drove the LP-led market in H1, as allocation pressures led them to sell despite worsening price dislocation, Campbell Lutyens found.
JPMorgan secondaries appointment
Secondaries Investor reported last month that JPMorgan was returning to the PE secondaries market with the appointment of Tim Henn from Portfolio Advisors.
Venture
The market passed the $100bn mark in 2021, according to research by VC secondaries specialist Industry Ventures.
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