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Samuelle Thevenet and Charlotte Metaireau join Activa Capital

Samuelle Thevenet and Charlotte Metaireau have joined Activa Capital as finance director and marketing and communications manager, respectively. Thevenet, 36, previously worked for two years as company secretary at CM-CIC LBO Partners (a subsidiary of Credit Mutuel – CIC) and three years as chief financial officer at Actem Partners –

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Vision Capital strengthens partnership and associate team

Vision Capital has promoted Daryl Cohen to partner and Jonathan Guest, Konstantin Oelfke and Emil Fajersson to associate at the firm. Cohen joined Vision Capital as an associate in 2008, and was made principal in 2010. He has been instrumental in deal origination and evaluation for the firm and was

Michael Singer joins Ramius as chief executive

Michael Singer has joined Ramius as chief executive officer reporting to Peter Cohen. Singer will be responsible for overseeing and managing the day-to-day operations of Ramius. Thomas Strauss will become chairman of Ramius and vice chairman of Cowen Group, with a focus on expanding global relationships and partnerships in the

Former CEO of iShares to lead ETF investments at Warburg Pincus

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Lee Kranefuss as an executive-in-residence (EIR). Kranefuss (pictured) will work to help Warburg Pincus identify and evaluate investment opportunities in the areas of exchange-traded funds, index investing and asset management, particularly in Europe, Asia and Latin America.   Kranefuss was the architect and

W Christopher White, chairman of Cadwalader

Cadwalader appoints six to special counsel

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, a counsellor to global financial institutions and corporations, has named associates Nathan M Bull, Sophie K Cuthbertson, Douglas J Donahue, Brian Foster, Ellen Halstead and Jeffrey Nagle to special counsel. W Christopher White (pictured), chairman of Cadwalader, says: "It is with great pleasure that I announce

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KPMG boosts alternative investment funds practice

KPMG, the US audit, tax and advisory firm, is adding several new hires to its alternative investment funds (AIF) practice’s national team in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The practice is also making additional moves to boost experience and expertise in alternative investments in the firm’s West Coast offices. "KPMG

Business Growth Fund hires investment associate in the South West

Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has appointed Edwin Davies as an investment associate, based in BGF’s Bristol office. Davies’ appointment brings the South West and South Wales regional team to six people and he will be responsible for identifying

Edwin Parker, Northern Trust

Northern Trust hires Edwin Parker to support alternative fund administration services

Northern Trust has expanded its alternatives business development team across the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and Channel Islands with the appointment of Edwin Parker. In this newly created role Parker (pictured) will focus on offering Northern Trust’s hedge fund administration services and its specialist private equity, infrastructure, and real estate fund

Z Capital Partners names William Monagle as managing director

Z Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on revitalising businesses, has named William J Monagle, Jr, as managing director.  Monagle (pictured), who has served in a consultant capacity to Z Capital since early this year, will be responsible for operational and accounting due diligence for portfolio companies, board representation

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Hastings adds two to UK infrastructure team

Hastings Funds Management has appointed two new members to its European infrastructure team to strengthen the firm’s infrastructure equity, debt and business development capabilities. Heiko Schupp has joined Hastings as investment director to lead business development, institutional relationship building and fund-raising activities in the UK and Europe. Schupp will report

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