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.
Goldman Sachs and Hamilton Lane's backing of a $1.35bn VC directs deal shows it is no longer a place where buyers struggle to write big tickets.
A handful of successful GP-led processes, involving household names such as CDC and Coller Capital, represent a significant step forward for the Indian secondaries market in 2018.
The process to give more runway to assets in L Capital Asia, a 2009-vintage, $637m buyout fund, is being run by Evercore.
The strategy has returned 14.6% since inception, though high pricing and competition is causing the pension to lower its expectations, according to senior investment officer John Bradley.
The secondaries advisor and placement agent has opened in Charlotte, adding to its New York, Chicago and Los Angeles offices.
NewView Capital Management, which acquired a portfolio of 31 stakes from VC-giant NEA, used them to seed its debut fund.
Family offices are twice as likely as institutional investors to sell private equity stakes due to poor manager performance.
The firm is seeking $3bn for its latest dedicated secondaries fund, 18 months after hitting a final close on its predecessor.
Brexit could bring portfolios to market but buyers need to hedge against the risk they pose, according to panelists at PEI's Women in Private Equity Forum.
A combination of high valuations, geopolitics and currency concerns is affecting the asset manager's secondaries market outlook.
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