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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.
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Eric Deram of Natixis subsidiary Flexstone Partners discuss its latest fundraise, fees and its approach to investing in a downturn.
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV has held a final close on $2.7bn, above its target of $2.5bn, leapfrogging two Chinese GPs to the top spot.
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IR professional Beverly Berman joins the preferred equity specialist as a senior advisor, as it returns to market seeking €1.8bn.
Fundraising underwhelmed in the first half of 2019 but things are set to change in the second. Find out more with our interactive report showcasing Secondaries Investor data.
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Recent deals involving Bluegem Capital and Warburg Pincus have put a new spin on single-asset restructurings, raising interesting questions for LPs.
The EU's investment agency will target vanilla and complex secondaries deals in funds that it is invested in through its primary platform.
Allen & Overy's new partner Antoine Sarailler will focus on fund formation across private equity, infrastructure, credit and real estate, as well as primary and secondaries transactions
Based in Paris, Antoine Sarailler will focus on fund formation across private equity, infrastructure, credit and real estate, as well as primary and secondaries transactions.
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The secondaries buyer becomes a minority shareholder in the high-end UK department store alongside principals from former owner Bluegem Capital.
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The Blackstone unit has become the first of the big names to wind up fundraising in a likely record year for secondaries.
Real Assets Fund IV is targeting $700m, almost double the amount raised for its predecessor.
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