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.
Sean Gallary joined the Carlyle unit last year to lead the partnership team, which was seeking $1.5bn to invest in GP management company stakes.
The placement agent and secondaries advisor has raised $200m to finance seed, allocation and expansion operations for firms that want to go it alone.
HarbourVest Partners Ireland Limited, which will accommodate investment managers and other functions, is awaiting approval from the Irish regulator.
The UK mid-market firm's senior team has raised a £200m fund to invest in European tech and business services, with backers including Pantheon and Idinvest.
LPs in Abraaj's sixth global flagship and certain regional funds have been asked to cover credit line payments.
One of the UK's oldest buyout firms is in early stage talks with investors about a process on its €4bn Charterhouse Capital Partners IX.
New managers are up, secondaries are down and co-investments remain popular in the latest version of the Rede Liquidity Index.
The Riverside Company picks up the lower mid-market/small-cap award for the Americas for Tate’s Bake Shop.
Apax Partners’ impressive growth strategy for GlobalLogic wins the Editors’ Award for the Americas.
The continent looks like it is fulfilling its long-held promise; the question is whether the breakthrough will last.