Citco has appointed Elaine Furnari as Head of Loan Servicing at Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc.Furnari will manage the expansion of Citco’s loan servicing offering and joins after nine years as Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial Loan Support at HSBC. Citco is a leading provider of alternative asset servicing, with extensive expertise in credit and private debt. The market for private debt has grown and investors are allocating to fixed income strategies through larger, more complex loan portfolios. To meet this growing demand, Citco is expanding its existing loan servicing business to offer a holistic solution that will

Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has appointed Mihai Florian in a newly created role as Senior Portfolio Manager, to further develop the firm’s emerging market debt (EM) illiquid corporate credit strategies.Based in London, Mihai reports to Polina Kurdyavko, Head of Emerging Markets and will be responsible for developing BlueBay’s capabilities in illiquid emerging market corporate credit through co-investment opportunities and new closed-ended investment strategies.   The team believes there is an increasing opportunity to invest in EM illiquid assets, driven by ongoing issuance of loans and other illiquid instruments in relatively unpenetrated and inefficient markets at a

Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, has appointed Roy Mani as a partner.  Mani has over 20 years’ experience as a private equity investor, most recently at CapVest where he was head of small cap investments.    Previously, Mani was a partner at STAR Capital where he worked for 14 years, having started his career at Daiwa Europe and Credit Suisse. He has a long track record of successful investment in UK and Continental European buyouts, with a particular focus on the business services, healthcare and infrastructure sectors.   In addition, Alex McRae is also joining the firm as an investment

GSK Stockmann has added to its investment funds practice in Luxembourg with the hiring of Dr Marcel Bartnik as local partner, effective January 2020.Bartnik has extensive experience in the Luxembourg investment fund industry. He has been working in Luxembourg for close to 15 years, advising institutional clients, private equity firms, investment houses and high-net-worth individuals across the corporate, real estate, private equity and finance sectors both in Luxembourg and internationally. His main areas of expertise include fund formation and structuring advice for alternative investment funds (AIF) as well as traditional retail (UCITS) funds, including AIFMs and management companies. In addition, he

Equity Trustees Fund Services has made three new appointments in its London and Dublin offices.“The Fund Services division of our business has built a market leading proposition over two decades in independent fund governance,” says Harvey Kalman, Head of Global Fund Services at Equity Trustees. “It’s critical in maintaining our reputation for independent expertise and client service to appoint experienced members of staff that can continue to allow us to provide a market leading service to our clients and the investors in the funds for which we are responsible.” The new staff will report to Kevin Lavery, CEO (Ireland) and

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Aaron Lowery as Investment Manager. Based in the Leeds office, Lowery will focus on supporting YFM’s new investment activity, working with the existing team to deploy funds into growing businesses at points of transformational change.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has promoted Andrew Schwartz to partner. Schwartz and David Wolmer, the firm’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, have also been named to the firm’s Executive Committee.Additionally, Andrew Alexander and Weston Richter have been promoted to Director, Jay Berajawala to Senior Associate, and Jamie Lee Principe to Director and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer. “Andrew Schwartz has been a deeply respected member of our team since joining the firm, consistently distinguishing himself as an exceptional investor and leader,” says Lauren Leichtman, LLCP’s Founding Partner and co-Chairperson of the Executive Committee.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Jeff Hawn, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quest Software, as a Partner at the Firm.Hawn has 20 years’ experience across a range of senior executive roles in software and technology-related businesses. His prior positions include Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Quest Software (2016-2019), Vertafore (2015-2016), and Attachmate (2005-2014) and Senior Vice President of Operations at BMC Software. Previously he spent 10 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he was a partner. “Jeff is a talented software operating executive with deep industry relationships and a strong reputation for

Anacapa Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has hired Vincent Vo as a Principal. As a key member of the Anacapa team, Vo will work closely with Anacapa’s entrepreneurs throughout the lead generation, deal analysis, and due diligence processes, as well as supporting portfolio companies to help drive operating performance. Anacapa focuses on investing in companies identified by entrepreneurs operating within the search fund business model.    “Vince’s experience in finance, marketing and sales will be of great value to Anacapa, the entrepreneurs we partner with, and the portfolio companies seeking our counsel,” says

21 Invest France has expanded its investment team over the past 12 months with the arrival of three new Associates.In this New Year, 21 Invest France welcomes a new Associate named Baptiste Gaud. Baptiste joins an already strengthened investment team of two Associates recruited in 2019 namely Mathilde Martel and Romain Demeunynck.   These newcomers will contribute to the value creation for Fund IV and V and also to the deployment of Fund V. The latter has already completed five acquisitions – DL Software, ProductLife Group, FMA Assurances, LV Overseas and Landanger – and four to five new investments should