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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.
UK public pensions have not been seduced into private equity’s growth as successfully as some other investors. Sarah Smart, chairwoman of pensions administrator TPT Retirement Solutions, suggests some reasons why.
Is the internal rate of return the most appropriate way of presenting investment performance?
The bank's equities portfolio was up 34%, a year after receiving an extension on its Volcker Rule divestment obligations.
The portfolio included stakes in Montagu Private Equity and IK Investment Partners' funds, sister publication Secondaries Investor has learned.
The firm's last dedicated secondaries fund, focused mainly on fund restructurings, closed in April 2017 on $1.1bn.
The amount of unspent capital is undoubtedly high, but for managers willing to look there are more than enough opportunities out there.
The Swiss asset manager acquired Akina Partners in February 2017 and their operations have been largely separate up until now.
The firm has opened offices in Chicago and Los Angeles as it continues expanding its secondaries advisory and fundraising business.
The fund is targeting primary fund investments, secondaries and direct co-investments in Europe, Asia and emerging markets.
More than 90% of LPs expect to maintain or increase their private equity allocations with only secondaries receiving a muted response in Rede Partners survey.
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