Grupo Dunas Capital, an independent platform for the management of financial, real estate, and alternative assets in Spain, has appointed Natividad Sierra as Managing Director and Chief of Investor Relations of Alternative Assets.
Downing, a private investment firm focussed on healthcare, education, and housing, as well as a small number of other specialist sectors has expanded its Development Capital team with the appointment of Luke Stevenson as Associate Director.
Palladio Partners, an investment boutique specialised in infrastructure, private equity and private debt real assets, is expanding its customer service team with the appointment of Sikandar Salam as Managing Director effective immediately.
Circularity Capital, a specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European businesses in the circular economy, has appoint of Juliet Buffey as an Operating Principal in its portfolio growth team.
BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager, is restructuring its private credit division in a bid to close the gap with rivals in the rapidly expanding market, with the establishment of a new division Global Direct Lending led by Stephen Caron, according to a repot by Bloomberg.
Global private markets investor Pantheon made three senior additions to its team with the appointment of Arnab Mazumdar as Partner and Chief Data & Innovation Officer, and two new Managing Directors, Christian D’Amico and Brian Hanson.
Castlelake, a global alternative investment firm specialising in asset-based investments, is to sell a $5bn portfolio of 118 aircraft – including narrowbody, widebody, and regional jets – to aviation finance company Avolon.
Private equity firm MBK Partners has teamed with Young Poong Corp, the largest shareholder of Korea Zinc Co, to launch a joint tender offer to acquire a controlling stake in the world’s leading refined zinc producer, valuing the company at KRW13.7tn won ($10.3bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Funds managed by private investment firm Apollo have acquired a majority interest in Freedom CNG (Freedom), an owner and operator of compressed natural gas and renewable natural gas fuelling infrastructure in Texas.
Private equity giant Apollo is making a push into the high-grade debt market, an area long controlled by traditional banks, steered by former UBS, Swiss Re, and the World Bank executive Jamshid Ehsani, who joined the firm in 2010, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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