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.
Brian Mooney is one of seven high-level executives to have resigned from Greenhill's secondaries advisory unit in recent months.
The secondaries market is more seller-friendly than ever, allowing sponsors to push terms that surprise even seasoned pros. This is unlikely to last.
This is the second GP-led process that HarbourVest has led on a Portobello fund, after the 2015 restructuring of 2006-vintage Fund II.
The process carried out by Antin Infrastructure Partners gives more capital to fast-growing assets in its 2016-vintage Fund III, including three fibre companies.
It follows pension’s $300m investment in Ardian's ASF VIII in June, its first commitment to a secondaries fund in more than a decade.
Last week, Newbury Partners sold a position to GP stakes fund RidgeLake Partners. We looked at the ownership of firms that comprise our SI 30 ranking to see who might be next.
Proskauer advised on $20.9bn of secondaries deals last year, one of the most active law firms in the market.
The fund is the 'primary driver' of growth in fee-earning assets under management among the firm's commingled funds, vice-chairman Erik Hirsch said on an earnings call Wednesday.
Strong buyer demand is allowing some GPs to drive better terms for themselves on manager-led deals, according to panellists at PEI's Women in Private Equity Forum.
The alternatives manager is raising the Special Opportunities fund alongside its flagship secondaries vehicle, which is targeting $3.75bn.