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Independent fund and corporate service provider Crestbridge has appointed Elliot Refson as a director in its Jersey office as it continues to focus on evolving its management company (ManCo) solutions.
A specialist in alternative funds, Refson will join the existing team to develop and promote Crestbridge’s onshore and offshore ManCo services to the global asset management community.
Last year, Crestbridge became one of the first firms in Jersey to be granted a licence by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to offer a ManCo platform. It was also one of the first to establish a third party ManCo in
HedgePort Associates, an independent C-Suite service provider, has established an advisory board initially including industry veterans Ted Seides and Bill Salus.
The board will assist Hedgeport with strategic initiatives as the company continues its running underlying hedge fund and private equity fund businesses.
Seides co-founded and served previously as president and co-chief investment officer of the multibillion dollar alternative investment firm Protégé Partners. In 2010, he was profiled in Larry Kochard and Cathleen Ritterheiser's book "Top Hedge Fund Investors: Stories, Strategies, and Advice." Prior to Protégé, Seides worked at the J.H. Whitney & Company, Stonebridge Partners, and Yale University Investments Office, where he began
Pan-African law firm Bowmans is opening an office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with effect from January 2017.
It will bring the number of Bowmans’ offices in East Africa to three and will be its seventh office on the African continent.
The firm already has offices in Kenya and Uganda as well as in Madagascar and South Africa.
"The launch of our office in Tanzania is another step in the fulfilment of our African growth strategy and is critical to our success on the continent. This move will enable us to serve our clients in Tanzania and in
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey office has appointed James Cooke as a senior associate in the firm's corporate and finance team.
Cooke joins Carey Olsen from another offshore law firm, having worked in Guernsey and the BVI and initially trained at Eversheds in the UK.
He has been regularly recognised by leading legal directory, Legal 500, for his work in the investment funds, commercial and banking sectors. He has been recommended by IFLR1000 as a rising star for investment funds, financial and corporate work since 2014.
Ben Morgan, partner in Carey Olsen's Guernsey office, says: “James’ senior appointment represents the
Apollo Global Management has appointed Gary W Parr as a senior managing director and co-chairman of the firm’s management operating committee.
Parr (pictured) reports to Joshua Harris, co-founder and co-chairman of the management operating committee.
“We are thrilled to welcome Gary to Apollo, and we believe he will be an outstanding addition to our senior leadership team,” says Harris. “He is one of the most respected executives in the financial services industry, and we expect to benefit from his deep expertise and relationships in the sector as Apollo continues to grow its business.”
Parr says: “Over the course
Marlin Equity Partners’ portfolio company QualiTest Group, a software testing and quality assurance specialist, has appointed Sanjay Jawa as group chief financial officer (CFO).
Jawa brings over 25 years of financial management expertise to the executive team, with extensive experience in senior, financial and operational roles for international growth firms, with a particular focus since 2000 in private equity backed businesses. This includes building finance and infrastructure teams, raising debt and equity capital, and growing both organically and through the acquisition and integration of numerous businesses around the world.
His industry experience has focused on technology, media, telecom, financial
Two investment teams from Allianz Investment Management (AIM), part of Allianz Group, are to join AllianzGI’s expanding global private debt platform.
Alongside Sound Harbor Partners, the US private credit manager AllianzGI announced it was acquiring last week, these new teams will form the core of a broad private debt platform within the firm’s alternatives segment.
From 1 January 2017, Allianz’s Munich-based corporate loans team, headed by Thomas Schneider, and the Westport-based US private placement team, headed by Charles Dudley, will join AllianzGI’s global investment platform.
On joining AllianzGI, the two teams will continue to manage money for Allianz
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed Fazle Husain as a partner and head of US healthcare.
Husain will be based in CVC’s New York office and will join the firm in January.
Husain joins CVC from the private equity firm Metalmark Capital where he was head of healthcare investing, having joined in 2007.
Prior to joining Metalmark, Husain was a managing director at Morgan Stanley in the private equity business, where he spent 18 years.
He has a successful track record of investing in healthcare companies for over 25 years, including investments in the healthcare
New Water Capital Partners, a Boca Raton-based private equity investment firm focused on lower-middle market companies in transition, has promoted Andrew Ravenna to vice president.
Since joining New Water Capital as a senior associate, Ravenna has been instrumental to the growth of the fund and a key factor to the firm’s success since closing the fund.
Prior to joining New Water Capital in 2015, Ravenna worked for Milestone Partners, Arsenal Capital Partners and Barclay’s Capital.
Eaton Partners, a placement agents and advisory firm for private fund sponsors, has formed a distinct team that will work with and raise capital for unique private credit strategies globally.
Targeted strategies include asset-backed and direct corporate lending, distressed debt, real estate credit, and other specialty credit.
The team will primarily focus on representing credit managers located in the US, Europe and Asia.
“Recent regulatory hurdles have led to a secular retrenchment from banks in the commercial lending arena, and as a result, we’ve seen that opportunities for private credit managers are greater than ever,” says Jeff Davis
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