Boutique investment bank Moelis has announced that Roger Hoit has joined the firm as a managing director based in New York. Hoit, who has more than 20 years of investment banking experience, will focus on providing advisory services to financial sponsors.   Hoit was previously a managing director in the global financial sponsors group at Morgan Stanley where he built a leading franchise advising financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on strategic transactions and investment opportunities. In this role, he originated and executed the full spectrum of corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity and debt financings

Silverfleet Capital, the European mid-market private equity house, has increased the size of its investment team in Munich with the appointment of Klaus Maurer as an executive.

Piper Jaffray has strengthened its US investment banking group with the appointment of Larry Zimmerman as a managing director and head of the industrials and financial sponsor coverage

Permira, an international private equity firm, has strengthened its global technology team with the hire of Brian Ruder, formerly of Francisco Partners, as partner and Bruce Chizen, for

Edison Venture Fund has promoted Chris Sugden, the chair of Edison’s investment committee, to managing partner.