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.
High valuations on entry and an onerous fee burden are causing investors to look elsewhere.
Almost one-fifth of LPs cite liquidity requirements as a motivation for selling fund stakes – a seven-year high – according to research by Montana Capital Partners.
The UK private equity giant has grown its exposure to discount retailer Action, whose exiting LPs achieved a gross multiple of 31.3x.
Ryan Levitt joins fellow Pomona alumni Olver Gardey to help manage ICG's $1bn listed PE vehicle.
Standards regimes can encourage box-ticking at the expense of more detailed analysis, according to the secondaries firm's ESG & sustainability head.
For three decades, Investcorp has built a reputation connecting investors in the Gulf with opportunities in the developed world. Now, as it shoots for $50bn in AUM, it is carrying out its grandest plans yet.
Too many LPs are focusing on volatility as a key indicator of risk – a measure that is unsuited to liquid markets, according to consultancy Wellershoff and Partners.
Which firms raised the most capital over five years revealed, and what the changes mean for the secondaries market.
Michael Slane, co-head of Investec's European Funds group, discusses the heightened need for FX hedging and how private funds can do it without breaking the bank.
Lexington Partners, Adams Street and StepStone were part of a consortium that acquired five assets off Eurazeo's balance sheet which were used to seed the €700m Eurazeo Capital IV buyout fund.