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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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The world's largest asset manager has added a director and an associate to its growing secondaries team.
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The Asia specialist is seeking $850m for direct secondaries and sponsor-led deals, which account for a growing proportion of its investments.
Single-asset deals, preferred equity and asset-class diversity were among the themes to emerge in Secondaries Investor's annual advisory survey.
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Running a fund restructuring can be virgin territory for GPs; ILPA’s latest guidelines will be as helpful to them as it will to its members.
The Swedish life insurer sold stakes in funds managed by Bridgepoint, EQT and IK, among others.
The departure of MJ Hudson's former private funds head Ted Craig was revealed last week by Secondaries Investor.
The investment firm is offering an annual fee reduction of 5 basis points to LPs that commit to Dover Street X before the end of May.
The US's second-largest pension fund committed $500m to ASF VIII, twice the amount it invested in the firm's previous secondaries programme.
The buyout firm is exploring options for its 2008-vintage Fund V, which holds the world's third-largest ice cream producer Froneri, in a deal that could be worth close to €2bn.
The secondaries firm, along with investment manager Wafra, has acquired a stake in Siris Capital Capital Group and will fund the repurchase of another minority stake sold at the firm's inception.
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