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 EBRD’s private equity head Anne Fossemalle discusses the lesson learned from the 2008 crash and how it taught GPs to listen to their investors.
Caisse subsidiaries CDC IC and Bpifrance are linking up with the sovereign wealth fund to invest in French companies, the seventh such partnership formed by the French state-owned investor.
Red-hot competition is pushing GPs to specialise while giving funds of funds managers more options than ever before.
Red-hot competition is pushing GPs to specialise while giving funds of funds managers more options than ever before.
Some environmental challenges do not yet have effective answers. There are others for which answer exist, but are not widely implemented. Oskar Nolte is a good example. The German company manufactures environmentally friendly coating systems for the furniture industry, targeting its water-based, solvent-free product at the industrialised manufacturers that supply brands such as IKEA. The […]
When Giddens co-founded Bridges Fund Management in 2002, she was breaking new ground. Now she’s sharing her experience with a wider audience.
Stage Capital, which spun out of National Bank of Greece's alternatives arm last year, is itself interested in backing spin-outs and portfolio transfers.
LeapFrog offers its strategic investors a safer way to get to know the emerging consumer story.
LeapFrog offers its strategic investors a safer way to get to know the emerging consumer story.
The investment firm has acquired minority direct stakes in the fund's portfolio companies and will work with the Italian manager to raise a country-focused fund.