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.
Private equity volumes dropped by 58.5% and real estate by 53.4%, with infrastructure showing resilience, according to Setter Capital.
Well-known faces from Debevoise, LGT Capital Partners, HarbourVest Partners and PJT Park Hill discussed why women may be especially suited to life in the secondaries market.
The portfolio acquired from a sovereign wealth fund is probably the largest-ever infrastructure sale, said Blackstone COO Jon Gray.
In 2017, CEO Hans Swildens said Industry Ventures' funds would only exceed $500m if there was 'a massive downmarket correction'.
Vertex Holdings is offering liquidity options on multiple funds in a deal that could be worth as much as $500m.
Australia's sovereign wealth fund sold more than $2bn of private fund stakes across several transactions.
The close of Strategic Partners' latest real estate secondaries fund has led Secondaries Investor to revise its fundraising figures.
Strategic Partners Real Estate VII has raised $600m more than its predecessor and is looking at a strong pipeline of GP-led deals.
Mill Reef Capital has made five appointments since its founding last year by ex-Schroder Adveq secondaries head Nico Taverna and Gregor Hasler of LGT Capital Partners.
The advisory firm has hired a vice-president from Campbell Lutyens, having appointed an Asian secondaries head in March.