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 small-cap-focused team is led by Ludovic Douge, a Secondaries Investor Young Gun.
The economic shock caused by coronavirus is already filtering down into the asset class.
The secondaries firm is targeting €1.25bn for its fourth flagship fund.
Angel Island Capital raised $440m for its debut third-party capital fund from a mix of secondaries and primary investors.
Higher fees and difficulty in agreeing on side letters with secondaries funds were among the reasons given.
Richard Olson is moving into valuations, having left the financial services firm in June.
The alternatives manager has more than 125 investment professionals across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
The vehicle will be the firm's second flagship after becoming an independent entity in 2017.
Secondaries firms with local knowledge and an appetite for bureaucracy could reap the rewards.
The firm has played a growing role in GP-led deals, including co-leading a restructuring on Permira's 2016-vintage fund.