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.
Neil Harper, who has been at the bank's investment partners unit since 2006, is the group's second senior departure in six months.
Cheryl Potter has taken over as chair of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, the third woman to hold the role since 1983.
Single-asset restructurings have exploded in popularity over the past 12 months, but are not to everyone’s taste.
The desire of private equity firms to hold assets for longer is creating misalignment with their LPs – and conditions for the secondaries market to thrive.
The placement agent and advisory firm is among the first to announce a new office opening as part of its Brexit contingency plans.
The firms have backed a $150m fund aimed at employees of private companies, using a part-debt/part-equity strategy.
Money, the desire for variety and changing generational priorities could drive more secondaries investment people into the advisory world.
Comments from one of the US's largest pension plans are a reminder that the debate around credit lines is not settled.
The largest funds will become diversified, low-risk vehicles for large-scale deployments, said partner Elias Korosis at IPEM.
The move gives Meketa a foothold in the real estate space and signals PCA’s entry into investment management.