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.
Funds managed by AlpInvest Partners accounted for nearly 60% of capital raised firm-wide in Q1.
The London-based director was described as 'very on the ball' by a competitor buyer in last year's ranking of the most impressive professionals under 36.
eQ PE SF III makes secondaries investments in small and mid-market growth companies in northern Europe.
His firm Venture Capital Fund of America was the first to acquire interests in private equity funds.
Hamilton Lane is targeting $3bn for the fund, more than double the target of its 2015-vintage predecessor.
The investment manager closed its latest fund last September on $220m.
The firm has tapped an Adams Street Partners investment professional for its latest senior hire.
The world's largest asset manager also eyes an opportunity to buy highly coveted, rarely traded fund stakes, according to secondaries co-head Steve Lessar.
The importance of alignment between the GP and LPs in a fund restructuring is well known, so what about the portfolio company’s management?
US mid-market-focused Secondary Fund IV made its first sale at the end of December.