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.
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The alternatives manager has opened an office in mainland Europe to tap into growing institutional and private wealth demand.
The biggest riser on this year’s list is greatly increasing its support for fund managers rocked by covid-19 and currency volatility.
The role in the Portfolio Operations teams involves working directly with portfolio companies to 'accelerate growth and innovation'.
Eight of the top 20 largest firms in the PEI 300 already manage secondaries funds or are working on the strategy.
Technology specialists are hot on the heels of the very largest multi-asset managers with the pandemic adding further impetus.
Although public market volatility doesn't have to weigh heavily on companies' December NAVs, GPs ignore it at their peril.
Market volatility has led to stalled deals, the withdrawal of sellers and the return of MAC clauses.