Vista Equity Partners has opened a new Vista Consulting Group (VCG) office in Singapore. VCG is the affiliated consulting arm of Vista, an investment firm focused on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. The new office will serve as the Asia headquarters for VCG, expanding Vista’s presence and providing additional

IPSX Group (International Property Securities Exchange), which operates a regulated securities exchange dedicated to commercial property, has appointed Peter Wyllie to the role of Director, Capital Markets, reporting into Roger Clarke, Head of Capital Markets.  The IPSX team now comprises 17, following a number of hires over recent months as

Lazard UK Investment Banking (Lazard) has launched a new team, Lazard Venture and Growth Banking, and appointed Garri Jones and Nick James as Managing Directors in the company’s UK investment banking business. Jones and James will formally start their new roles in January from Numis, where they ran a ventures

Schmitt focuses on the commercial tire market, light manufacturing, and other middle market industrial businesses, assisting companies with M&A activities, financing growth, and market consolidation on the buy or the sell side. Prior to joining Skyway Capital Markets, Schmitt served in various senior management and executive positions with Michelin North

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired private equity partner Justin Hutchinson from Kirkland & Ellis, as part of the Firm’s continued efforts to drive growth across its transactional practices and increase the Firm’s bench-strength in London – one of the key centres for further investment alongside New York

Ares Management Corporation has appointed Michael Schechter as Partner and Head of Credit Trading. Based in Los Angeles, Schechter will oversee the trading of all bank loans, high yield and related credit instruments in the US and Europe. In this new position, Schechter will work with Ares’ existing senior trading

The Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to the professionals who perform investment and operational due diligence, has appointed Kelly DePonte, Managing Director at Probitas Partners, to its Advisory Board. “We are excited to welcome Kelly to the IMDDA Advisory Board,” says Andrew Borowiec, IMDDA Executive

Ancala Midstream Acquisitions (Ancala Midstream) has appointed Eric Marston as Chief Operating Officer and Nick Harrison as Chief Financial Officer. Ancala Midstream recently announced the acquisition of the Zennor-operated Finlaggan gas processing business and has grown its inventory of contracted gas volumes since taking operatorship of the SAGE system. The SAGE