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Akin has appointed Payson Lyman as Partner in the firm’s Boston office. Lyman, whose practice focuses on hybrid capital, preferred equity and other equity capital solutions, joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was also Partner.
Apollo Global Management is bolstering its European presence by relocating Managing Director Adriaan van der Knaap from New York to London. This move is part of the firm’s strategy to boost its capital solutions team across Europe.
Russell Investments has hired Ayesha Parra from Goldman Sachs Asset Management as Global Head of Alternatives in its New York office. She will lead the overall business strategy for the firm’s alternatives platform globally.
Vista Equity Partners, the software and technology-focused private equity firm with over $100bn in assets under management, is considering the sale of Finastra’s Capital Markets division at a valuation of at least $2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Balderton Capital, one of Europe’s leading technology venture capital firms, has raised $615mfor its Early Stage Fund IX and $685m Growth Fund II, to back Europe’s “most ambitious entrepreneurs from seed stage through IPO.
The San Francisco City & County Employees’ Retirement System will invest $130m in new private equity and private credit commitments, according to a report from CEO/CIO Alison Romano included in the materials for its upcoming board meeting on 14 August.
Family and founder-focused private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Golden State Foods, a US supplier to the foodservice and retail industries, doing so alongside the Wetterau family, who will maintain a significant ownership interest.
The Alameda County Employees Retirement Association is proposing a new policy to streamline the process for rolling its private credit investments into continuation funds, according to a report by Buyouts Insider.
New Catalyst Strategic Partners, an alternative investment firm focused on acquiring economic interests and minority ownership stakes in private investment firms, has added Ali Gray, Alice Wang and Curtis Yasutake to its team.
Florida-based private equity firm New Water Capital has sold Trillium Health Care Products, a contract development and manufacturing organisation of branded over-the-counter products in North America, to New York-based private equity firm Avista Healthcare Partners.
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