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 former Citi captive expects to hold the final close on the vehicle by the end of the year, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The number of leverage providers in secondaries has more than doubled over the last four years, according to the report obtained exclusively by Secondaries Investor.
The move is one of seven promotions to partner.
The amount has been raised in five months.
The acquisitions comprise interests in European midmarket buyout funds.
The former Coller Capital exec has left the preferred equity pioneer after three years.
The newly appointed head of the US financial regulator must divest direct and indirect holdings in at least 54 private markets funds.
The preferred equity pioneer had a 90% re-up rate in its latest vehicle that exceeded its initial target.
The investment bank has been granted a five-year extension to divest private market holdings.
The bank’s private equity unit has joined a group of buyers to provide liquidity to LPs in the buyout firm’s 2006-vintage fund.