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Adamas Marc de Kloe

Adamas makes three key hires

Hong Kong-based Adamas Asset Management has made three key hires to support growth of the firm’s presence in Europe and its private credit team.  Marc de Kloe (pictured), joining the executive team as Managing Director, will assist in coordinating compliant sales and marketing activities to further develop relationships with European-based

Aequitas Bob Jesenik

Aequitas Capital appoints two to executive management team

Jeff Mazer and Katya Baron have joined Aequitas Capital as senior managing director of capital markets and treasury, and managing director of capital markets, respectively. Mazer has more than 30 years of financial services industry experience. He most recently served as a director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Global

Bessemer Venture Partners promotes Eric Ahlgren to VP

Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a USD4 billion venture global capital firm, has appointed Eric Ahlgren (pictured) as Vice President. In his new role, Ahlgren will continue to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in promising technology startups. Since joining BVP in 2013, Ahlgren has focused his investments on data infrastructure, cloud computing and

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Scepter Partners forms dedicated merchant bank for sovereign investors and family offices

Scepter Partners, a standing syndicate of sovereign investors and ultra-high net worth families, has formed a core merchant banking division with veteran investment banker Anthony J Steains and his former Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia team.  Steains will lead all merchant banking activities of Scepter, which will consist of syndication, structuring

Wells Fargo Securities Research and Economics Group adds three senior hires

Three senior hires will join the Research and Economics group of Wells Fargo Securities, the capital markets and investment banking business of Wells Fargo & Company. Michael Schumacher will join Research and Economics as head of Rates Strategy in September; Jim Birchenough will join the Equity Research team as a

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BNY Mellon appointed account bank for Activate Capital Lending Platform

BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been appointed account bank for Activate Capital lending platform (Active Capital), a EUR500 million home-building joint venture between the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and KKR. Activate Capital will help increase Ireland’s housing supply by lending to Irish

Investec expands Growth and Acquisition Finance team

Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has added to its Growth and Acquisition Finance team with the appointment of Steven Ive as an originator. He will report to Gary Edwards, and focus on Asset Based & Cash flow lending to drive growth amongst mid-market companies. Ive joins from GE Capital Bank (GE)

TA Associates makes new hires in Boston, Menlo Park and London

Private equity firm TA Associates has added investment staff with Amara Suebsaeng, Alex Melamud and Max Cancre rejoining the firm as Vice Presidents in Boston, Menlo Park and London, respectively, while John DiCola has joined the firm as a Vice President in Boston. “We are pleased to welcome John to

ApplePie Capital appoints Jeff Zinn to lead Capital Markets Group

ApplePie Capital, the first marketplace lender solely dedicated to the franchise industry, has appointed Jeff Zinn as Head of Capital Markets. Zinn comes to ApplePie Capital from Jefferies & Company, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, where he served as Managing Director, specialising in structured product sales since

Alex Plakas joins Honigman’s Private Equity practice in Chicago

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn has appointed Alex Plakas as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity Practice Group. Plakas, who joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, will be based in Honigman’s Chicago office, which was recently acquired as part of a strategic growth plan aimed at better serving clients

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