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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.
Personal development promotion
The promotions at the private equity and real estate secondaries firm include a Secondaries Investor Young Gun.
Landscape with hills, mountains and hikers.
Traveller Capital Advisors is seeking around $25m for its third fund.
NBPE sold a portfolio of 14 legacy fund interests, the latest in a long line of listed funds that have used the market to reshape or liquidate their portfolios.
Door big and small
The most recent vintage of secondaries funds is considerably larger than the last, though last year's closes suggest the mid-market may be an exception.
Michael Hu has been appointed director in Ardian’s Singapore-based funds of funds team, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The firm has gained exposure to Kester Capital's 2013-vintage European buyout fund and healthcare manufacturer Frontier Medical Group.
Fred Han, who has experience at UBS and Greenhill, is joining as a principal based in New York.
The firm backed a $185m secondaries process on the Gulf-headquartered investor's 2007-vintage tech fund and made a stapled commitment to its successor.
What do we think we will be reporting this year?
Michigan Department of Treasury has put $150m toward ASF VIII, having invested in two of the firm's infra secondaries vehicles.
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