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 average top price for funds of funds has hit 87% of NAV as buyers start to view them as 'high-quality indices', according to Setter Capital.
The acquisition of a 'significant' minority stake will help NewQuest expand its range of secondaries offerings and dealflow.
Assets in the deal include UK wine wholesaler Enotria & Coe and cosmetic surgeons chain Private Clinic Group.
Nadira Huda, a Secondaries Investor Young Gun, becomes the second Greenhill professional to move across this year.
A lack of exit opportunities is a thing of the past, according to managing director Tim Brody, whose firm has placed a big bet on Asia with its latest secondaries funds.
Buyout stakes trading at 10% premiums to NAV last year were 'not uncommon'.
Scott Conners, former co-manager of Landmark's private equity team, discusses the role that tempted him out of retirement.
Subsidiary Azalea Asset Management had been acquiring stakes on the secondaries market with the intention of using them in its Astrea IV collateralised fund obligation.
A huge stapled secondaries deal last April set sovereign wealth fund Mubadala on the road to being a third-party fund manager, but what has it done with the capital?
Public Officials Benefit Association, which has $9.2bn under management, is putting aside an initial $150m for primaries, secondaries and coinvestments.
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