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 deal gave investors in Avenue Capital Group's 2011-vintage Europe Special Situations Fund II the option to sell their stakes at par or roll over into a new vehicle.
A GP-led deal in the music royalties space shows how adventurous secondaries investors are getting and how readily existing deal types can be applied to new asset classes.
The promotion of Francesca Paveri and Jasmine Hunet means that all three MDs in the London-based secondaries team are now women.
The firm used its latest fund to acquire positions in funds managed by Scottish Equity Partners and Gresham, having bought several UK-based assets in 2018.
SALU led a consortium that bought all the stakes in Augur's 2010-vintage European buyout fund in a deal run by Elm Capital.
The desire of private equity firms to hold assets for longer is creating misalignment with their LPs – and conditions for the secondaries market to thrive.
The firm will seek at least €433m for primary, direct secondaries and co-investments in the European and North American lower- and mid-market.
The investment firm acquired the stake from UniCredit Bank, which has been selling down non-core assets to focus on corporate banking.
The US overtakes Europe, buyers team up on deals, and energy and VC look primed for a strong 2019, according to the advisory firm's Financial Sponsor Secondary Market 2018 Year-End Review.
The advisory firm and placement agent wants to ensure it is regulated in continental Europe when the UK departs the EU.
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