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 energy investor has set up a continuation vehicle for the process on its $1.24bn Fund IV.
The firm is seeking as much as $7bn for its eighth flagship private equity secondaries fund, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The Norwegian state-backed firm has acquired a clutch of European mid-market stakes, public filings show.
The divergence of these metrics brings into question the idea that secondaries offers a quick path to liquidity, according to data from eFront.
The pension, which was set to explore a secondaries sale over the summer, is considering a $150m commitment to the Blackstone unit's Fund VIII.
The figure is four times larger than that sought by firms in January.
University of Michigan endowment's sale is the latest in a series of large divestments by North American institutional investors.
The $16.7bn US pension wants to reduce its number of GP relationships.
The process on the 2006-vintage, $8.1bn Fund VI is being put to limited partners on Wednesday, Secondaries Investor understands.
Kumber Husain joins global head Mark McDonald and EMEA head Daniel Green as part of an ongoing secondaries rebuild.
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