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 rise of single-asset transactions has left some market practitioners unimpressed.
The Taiwanese insurer has committed $80m a piece to ASF VIII and Lexington Capital Partners IX at a time when Asian insurers are upping their alternatives exposure to boost returns.
Around $17bn-worth of big processes launched or closed last year, according to Secondaries Investor data.
The lower-risk nature of real estate exposure means sellers are less likely to opportunistically bring $1bn-plus portfolios to market.
The Nordic direct secondaries specialist has hit the hard-cap on Verdane Capital X, which is double the size of its 2016-vintage predecessor.
Ron Heinz, who joins from niche secondaries firm Sweetwater Capital, is one of five appointments made by the firm in the second half of last year.
The secondaries market is going from strength to strength. Can anything throw it off track?
The firm has raised more than 40% of the target for Fund VIII as a raft of secondaries firms seek capital for the strategy.
Money, the desire for variety and changing generational priorities could drive more secondaries investment people into the advisory world.
Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System has re-upped with the secondaries firm, which is seeking $9bn for Fund VIII.
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