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 amount of dry powder dedicated to impact secondaries increased markedly in 2022 – if from a very low base.
NYPPEX and chief executive Lawrence Allen are appealing the ruling by FINRA, which concluded they pose a 'substantial risk' to the investing public.
Multi-family office Verium has sold two direct investments into a continuation vehicle backed by institutional capital.
Goldman's predecessor Fund II raised $2.75bn, making it the third-largest real estate secondaries fund raised at the time.
The secondaries market for energy assets has become more favourable this year with the war in Ukraine driving higher commodities prices.
Alex Mejia is joining Baird less than 18 months after joining Goldman to advise on single- and double-asset GP-led deals.
The Nice-headquartered secondaries firm is deploying its fourth fund, which closed above its hard-cap in March.
The firm is responding to demand from GPs for capital to help manage their balance sheets, according to partner Michael Gubbels.
Macquarie estimates there could be $50bn-$67bn of infrastructure secondaries AUM by 2025, compared with $18.6bn last year.
Neuberger Berman will make concentrated bets in the LP-led and GP-led secondaries markets.