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.
SOF IV has raised 30% more than its 2017-vintage predecessor from LPs such as San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association.
The Wind Point deal marks the first wave of continuation fund deals on continuation funds. Sponsors must have a doubly compelling case the second time around.
The New York Life-owned alternatives manager is targeting $500m for Fund VI, 80% more than the amount raised for its predecessor.
The boutique placement agent and adviser has made three promotions to partner across its platform as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Ashbridge Transformational Secondaries Fund II is targeting $3.5bn to invest in complex deals, with single-asset restructurings a key focus.
The process is on a fund that resulted from a 2018 GP-led restructuring and points to a next step in the evolution of the secondaries market.
Private equity, and secondaries especially, is a people business, so it’s no surprise to see what has drawn the most sets of eyeballs during the first half of the year.
The mid-market investment bank has appointed a 10-year veteran of Moelis & Company to co-lead the New York-based advisory unit.
The investment firm has increased its headcount from 46 at the start of 2020 to nearly 100 today in line with an expanding market.
The Canadian growth investor is raising a fund to reinvest in its best assets, having used a GP-led deal to buy out select LPs and co-investors.