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.
Vintage Secondary Fund V collected about 70% more than its predecessor and was launched and closed in October.
Pantheon Secondary Opportunities Fund is one of a growing number of funds dedicated to GP-led deals, including offerings from Blackstone and LGT.
Fund IX has benefited from the strong performance of private equity pushing many LPs close to their allocation limits, COO Jon Gray said on an earnings call.
The firm, founded by Tony Cusano, has raised $1bn to invest in special situations, distressed and credit secondaries opportunities.
Calvin Marks joins the Pasadena-based firm as it invests its second niche secondaries fund, which closed in August on $213.4m.
Ardian acquired a majority of the portfolio, offloaded to crystalise returns after a fiscal year in which Harvard's PE portfolio returned 77%.
Last year, the Boston mid-market GP carried out a $1.7bn process on its 2012-vintage fund, backed by AlpInvest, Lexington and Hamilton Lane.
Village Global has backed stake-trading start-up Liquidly, which plans to open its first liquidity window in Q4.
The team co-led by Earl Hunt was launched in April with $1bn to deploy and promises of being a 'category killer' in the credit secondaries market.
Ardian has backed several sizeable deals designed to grow an investment manager's third-party AUM, involving groups such as Mubadala and John Hancock.