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 tail-end specialist acquired stakes in funds managed by BC Partners, Graphite Capital and Apax Partners, among others.
The retail-focused firm, which is seeking $1.25bn for Asian investments, wants more time to manage the assets in its 2009-vintage fund.
The Spanish firm has wrapped up three fundraisings since last June, including raising €545m for Altamar Global Secondaries IX.
The deal included stakes in Bridgepoint, BC Partners and DH Private Equity Partners funds.
Auldbrass was founded by Howard Sanders, who used to make private investments on behalf of Citi Holdings' pension plan.
The firm is to offer an exit to LPs in its 2008- and 2013-vintage Asia vehicles, Secondaries Investor has learned.
Firms are planning to raise $77bn by the middle of next year, according to the advisory firm's latest survey.
The firm's sustainable capital business makes primary, secondaries and co-investments in companies helping drive the transition to a greener economy.
Volume exceeded the previous first-half record of $22bn last year, with transactions of $500m-plus driving activity.
The secondaries firm has provided direct secondaries buyer Compass Partners with €100m to acquire a mix of minority and majority stakes in three assets.
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