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HighVista Strategies has appointed Raudel Yanez as managing director and head of private equity secondaries, as the firm looks to build out a GP-led secondaries strategy focused on the lower mid-market, according to a report by CityBiz.
Apollo Global Management has appointed its first dedicated team member for a new $1bn private credit fund targeting high-growth companies in Singapore, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Behrman Capital a private equity firm focused on MBOs, leveraged buildups and recapitalisations of established growth businesses, has named Eric Smith as an operating partner, bringing his extensive operational and portfolio management experience to the firm.
Global alternative asset manager ICG, which invests across structured capital, private equity secondaries, private debt, credit, and real assets, has appointed Luke Schlafly as Global Head of Insurance within its Client Solutions Group (CSG).
Vintage Stone Capital, a PE firm focused on the industrial, light manufacturing, and B2B services sectors, has appointed Kevin K Albert as senior partner and head of capital markets, as the firm looks to scale its industrial acquisition platform.
UK lower mid-market private equity investor August Equity has appointed two investment associates, Jess Webster and Leo Holdsworth.
Carlyle Group has restructured the leadership of its European private equity platform following underperformance from its previous vintage, signalling plans to resume fundraising for its flagship European buyout fund, according to a report by the Financial Times.
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has strengthened its private capital capabilities with the appointment of Andrew Nichol as a partner in its private equity and private funds teams based in New York.
Ethos Capital, which takes majority and minority positions in middle market companies across North America and Europe, has named Marc Puglia as Partner and Chief Financial Officer, joining the firm’s Senior Executive Committee.
Activist hedge fund Irenic Capital Management has hired former Apollo Global Management principal E‑Fei Wang as managing director and head of private equity as the firm expands beyond public market activism, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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