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 firm, which last week closed the sale of a minority stake in Pensions Insurance Corporation to a UK family office, will begin marketing Keyhaven Secondaries Fund III next year.
London CIV, formed through the pooling of 32 London Local Authority Pension Funds, is set to launch a series of private market investment funds.
Submissions for the PEI Awards suggest 2020 could have been far worse for the secondaries market.
Medical devices business Confluent accounted for a majority of NAV in a transaction involving Ampersand Capital Partners.
The Canadian pension giant is rebuilding following the departures of group head Michael Woolhouse and European lead Nik Morandi.
The asset manager's predecessor fund raised $568m to invest in small- and medium-sized funds in developed and emerging markets.
The flight towards high-quality assets is ongoing as buyers wait for clarity on the real economic impact of covid-19, according to Jasmin Capital's head of secondaries.
The firm has held the final close on its latest secondaries vehicle, which is already 20% committed to deals involving GPs such as Thomas H Lee Partners and Clearlake Capital Group.
The management team of Glouston Partners bought it out of $22bn hedge fund and private equity manager Permal Group in 2016.
Campbell Lutyens worked on $12.5bn of deals last year including five single-asset restructurings, two strip sales and two preferred equity deals.