Placement agent C.P. Eaton Partners has appointed Loren A. Boston as managing director and a member of the management committee with responsibility for leading the firm’s private equity fundraising business.
With over 26 years of Wall Street experience, Boston (pictured) was previously managing director and global head of origination for Merrill Lynch’s private equity funds group.
From 1999 through early 2004 he was managing director and global head of the private equity fund group at Citigroup Global Markets.
Boston brings to C.P. Eaton a large network of relationships in the private equity community. While at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, he was responsible for many fund raising mandates for private equity strategies in the US, Europe and Asia.
Charles P. Eaton, founder of C.P Eaton, says: “We are delighted that Loren is joining us as we continue to broaden our business geographically and within specific product silos including private equity, real estate, real assets, and hedge funds/liquid products. We have raised more than USD33bn across 57 funds representing the full spectrum of alternative investment strategies. We are always looking for the most talented investment managers and the best internal team to serve those clients, and Loren is an exceptional strategic addition to the existing team.”
Boston says: “It is an exciting time to be joining C.P. Eaton. With the fundraising market starting to show signs of rebound, the firm is well positioned and strategically staffed to serve the needs of leading private equity firms around the globe. C.P. Eaton offers a business model that is unique among top agents in that all seasoned professionals have a significant ownership share in the business. With many firms in the placement community undergoing significant change, C.P. Eaton is well positioned to become a pre-eminent leader.”
