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.
LPs should consider what an offer from a secondaries buyer means for a GP's future, according to panel participants at an industry conference in London.
David Enriquez, the $65bn pension's co-head of private equity, says the market needs to differentiate between types of process and their purpose.
Lumpiness, rather than sentiment, is why secondaries fundraising is down.
Five secondaries funds closed in Q3, compared with seven in the same quarter last year.
The process involved the firm's 2007-vintage buyout fund which was subject to an abandoned stapled deal in 2015.
The single-asset restructuring involves the remaining asset in the €2.2bn TDR Capital II fund and could be worth nearly $1bn.
One of the UK's oldest buyout firms is in early stage talks with investors about a process on its €4bn Charterhouse Capital Partners IX, Secondaries Investor has learned.
At a secondaries-themed breakfast we found that, unlike the pastries, changes to US tax rules are not going down well.
The close of Landmark Equity Partners XVI, which had a $4.75bn hard-cap, brings the firm's total committed capital to $27bn.
The London-listed PE fund sold Photobox and Knight Square for 103% of their carrying value and will now proceed to wind down the remainder of its portfolio.
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