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James Savage joins YFM Equity Partners

YFM Equity Partners has appointed James Savage as portfolio director. Based in the London office, he will focus on actively managing YFM’s growth and buy-out investments as part of the portfolio team led by David Bell.   With over 12 years’ industry experience, Savage joins from Barclays’ Principal Investments team

bfinance adds to research team

bfinance, an independently owned investment consultancy, has appointed Anish Butani to strengthen infrastructure coverage in the private markets team. Butani (pictured) joins from KPMG Corporate Finance, where he gained over 8 years’ experience as a senior member of the infrastructure corporate finance team based in London, advising investors on M&A

David Buttress joins 83North as general partner

83North, the international venture capital firm with operations in Europe and Israel, has appointed David Buttress as a general partner. Buttress will be based at the firm’s London office and will work alongside 83North’s five existing general partners.   Until February 2017 Buttress was the chief executive officer of Just

Morrison & Foerster adds private investment funds partner in Hong Kong

Law firm Morrison & Foerster has appointed Serena Tan as a partner in the corporate group in the firm’s Hong Kong office. A native Mandarin speaker, Tan comes to the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton bringing expertise in fund formation and fund management.   Her joining Morrison & Foerster also

IK appoints operating partner

Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners has appointed Johan Van de Steen as operating partner as of April 2017. Van de Steen will head IK’s strategy, operations and business control (SOBC) team.   Van de Steen, 51, has substantial hands-on industrial experience, acquired over more than two decades in

Sasha Jensen, Context Jensen Partners

Record number of fundraising hires in alt asset management industry

A record high of 251 fundraising and marketing professionals were hired by alternative asset management firms in the first quarter of 2017, according to data from the Context Jensen Partners’ Q1 2017 newsletter. Context Jensen Partners (CJP) is a global corporate advisory and executive search firm that recruits capital raising

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Big data company Quantexa opens Brussels office

Quantexa, a big data and analytics company backed by HSBC and Albion Ventures, has opened a new office in Brussels. Further offices in Sydney and New York are due to open within the next 12 months.   Following on from last month's USD3.3 million fund raising, Quantexa's expansion reflects a

GLAS adds veteran trust specialists to Americas team

Global Loan Agency Services, the UK parent of the global GLAS companies, has appointed two veteran trust professionals to its global trust team. Martin Reed and Adam Berman, long-time specialists in corporate trust administration and corporate financial services, will help lead GLAS globally as vice-presidents of corporate trust and agency

Bill Sherman, Ipreo

Ipreo appoints head of market structure

Ipreo, a provider of workflow solutions and market intelligence to financial services and corporate professionals, has hired Stephen Grady as managing director, head of market structure and strategy.   Grady comes to Ipreo with more than 20 years of industry experience, most recently at Legal & General Investment Management, where

Campbell Lutyens adds to advisory board

Campbell Lutyens, a global alternative asset advisory firm focused on fund placement and secondary transactions, has added Wayne Kozun to its advisory board. Kozun was until recently a senior vice president at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board where his various responsibilities included management of OTPP’s global public equities portfolio, the

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