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Private debt specialist Old Hill Partners has hired Patrick Stone as a portfolio manager.
Stone will be responsible for originating, underwriting and monitoring a portfolio of direct loans to businesses operating across industries in the lower middle market.
Most recently Stone served as a director of credit and risk at Fundation Group, a fintech lender. Prior to Fundation Group, Stone worked from 2010 to 2015 at Full Circle Capital Corporation, a public commercial finance company, originating, structuring, and underwriting a portfolio of asset-based and unitranche loans.
Pat began his professional career at UBS Global Asset Management.
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Fabrizio Capponi, a chartered accountant and auditor who advises on deal structuring and taxation in M&A and private equity transactions and on obtaining tax rulings from the authorities, has joined Dentons’ tax practice in Italy.
Capponi also assists banks in corporate financing transactions. Recently, he has handled some of Italy’s most complex transfer pricing cases involving voluntary disclosure and settlements with the Tax Authority.
Capponi has cooperated with the Italian Ministry of Economic Development to study and implement fiscal measures to support entrepreneurship, such as tax credits on research and development for the fashion industry.
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Cowen Group has appointed Todd Coleman and Kevin S Manning as managing directors in the company’s investment banking team.
Coleman focuses on semiconductors, semiconductor equipment and general electronics and Manning focuses on diversified industrials. Coleman is based in New York, and Manning in Chicago.
“Todd and Kevin are highly skilled bankers whose relationships and transactional experience will further accelerate the successes of our technology and industrials practices,” says Kevin Raidy, head of investment banking. “Todd has extensive experience in a wide array of sectors, such as technology, clean tech and industrial technology. Kevin has many years of experience advising
Inverness Graham, a private investment firm focused on high growth, innovative manufacturing, technology and services companies, has promoted Aliya Khaydarova to principal.
"Over the past nine years, Aliya has played a key role across all aspects of the deal spectrum – from due diligence through successful exits at AdvancedCath, RacoWireless, and Danville," says Ken Graham, founder and senior managing principal at Inverness Graham. "We're proud to recognise Aliya's drive, knowledge and significant accomplishments with this well-deserved promotion. She has been instrumental to Inverness Graham's success to date and we look forward to even greater contributions in her new role going forward."
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iCapital Network, a financial technology platform focused on democratising access to alternative investments for high-net-worth investors and their financial advisers, has appointed Thomas Fortin as managing partner and chief operating officer (COO).
Fortin (pictured) will report to iCapital Network’s chief executive officer, Lawrence Calcano, and be responsible for technology development and the investor services group.
Fortin joins iCapital from BlackRock, where he was head of retail technology in the BlackRock Solutions group and responsible for the strategy, design, and development of retail sales enablement and digital distribution solutions. He also drove the acquisition of FutureAdvisor.
“We are delighted
Saffery Champness has promoted four staff members to partner.
Stephen Bristow joined the firm from RSM Tenon in 2012 as the head of business development for Saffery Champness’ film & television unit.
Specialising in providing strategic policy advice to global media companies and their leaders, Bristow has been involved in the policy development of independent British film and television for 15 years, including helping drive the successful lobby to secure High-End TV Tax Relief. Bristow was given a Production Guild Award for his outstanding contribution to the development and sustainability of the UK film and TV industry in 2014.
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has strengthened its Manchester team with two senior hires as part of its commitment to invest GBP1.2 billion of equity in Britain’s small and medium sized companies over the next three years.
Guy Bagshaw and John Clarke both join LDC as investment directors.
Bagshaw joins from Rothschild, where he led the firm’s regional debt advisory practice and was responsible for originating and delivering all debt advisory mandates across the North. He has more than 13 years’ corporate finance experience and has completed deals with leading North West businesses such as EuroGarages and Holidaybreak.
Intertrust has four new client-facing directors following a recent set of promotions within the firm.
Roger Bolan, Alex Di Santo, Shane Hugill and Stephen Langan have all been promoted to directors across Intertrust’s private wealth, funds, capital markets and performance & reward management service lines.
As a Chartered Secretary with 22 years’ experience in the private client industry, Bolan has been promoted to a director within the Jersey private wealth team. He acts as a professional trustee and director on a wide range of structures for a large portfolio of ultra-high net worth clients across Europe, the Middle East
Alternative credit investment company Crescent Capital Group has appointed Kenneth McRay and Glynell Bradley as senior vice presidents in investor relations.
McRay will focus on expanding the firm’s business development efforts across institutional investors, and Bradley will further enhance Crescent Capital’s relationships with consultants and gatekeepers.
McRay brings more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He joins Crescent Capital from Pinebridge Investments where he was a senior vice president in institutional sales and marketing. Prior to that, he was vice president at Deutsche Bank and also served at Rogerscasey and Ernst & Young.
Bradley has
Alternative asset management firm Constitution Capital has added Steven Shekane and Jonathan Williams to its credit team.
“We are very pleased to have Steve and John joining our team,” says Daniel M Cahill, managing partner of Constitution Capital. “Our people and culture are what drive our success. Steve and John each bring a combination of experience, intellectual curiosity and a passion for the middle market. These quality attributes sit at the heart of our firm’s foundation and success.”
Shekane joins Constitution Capital as a managing director and brings over 16 years of industry experience, having most recently worked as
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