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- and mid-market specialist is seeking 75% more than the amount it raised for its 2015-vintage predecessor.
Philip Viergutz will join the Swiss secondaries firm as a partner after 11 years with the Carlyle subsidiary.
Fokke Lucas has been at the preferred equity specialist since joining as an investment associate in 2012.
The sovereign wealth fund, which has $17bn of private equity assets, hired a new head of PE in March.
The close of Strategic Partners VIII on $11.1bn has helped fundraising rebound in the third quarter, with Ardian and Lexington Partners still to hold their final closes.
The investment manager has raised $235m for a global real assets fund, 10% of which will be invested via secondaries.
Infrastructure secondaries are a growing part of the market, and for LPs, navigating these processes can be a minefield.
The Malaysian private equity firm is giving LPs in its 2013-vintage, $1.3bn Fund VII an exit option, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The firm founded by former Siguler Guff principal Tony Cusano received nearly half of the total raised so far from cornerstone investor New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.
The strategy has returned 15.5% since inception, as the pension fights pressure on returns by co-investing with its secondaries partners.