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 active versus passive debate has raged for years in the traditional asset management industry. With the development of increasingly accurate investible indices, could it soon be relevant to private equity?
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The €325m Halder-GMIV Germany II contains seven small- and mid-market assets.
The firm, one of Africa’s largest alternative asset managers, is raising its third fund of funds with an international focus.
With many predicting an economic downturn, we examine the lessons from the global financial crisis and how firms are reacting a decade on.
The investment bank's analysis of the first half suggests that 2017 could break records on a number of fronts.
The Minneapolis-headquartered distressed specialist hit its hard-cap after four months of fundraising.
The region priced highest among all fund types apart from venture capital and infrastructure, according to data from Setter Capital.
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The splintered UK public pension system has been amalgamated into eight funds. Rod James investigates how the new pools work and the way each will treat private equity.
Star Strategic Assets III has already made two European investments.
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The vehicle has amassed $1.1bn so far for its latest secondaries vehicle.