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Private equity investment firm HIG Capital has appointed Simon Laker as Principal and Head of European Asset Management of the firm’s real estate portfolio.
Laker will be based in HIG's London office and joins the firm from Evans Randall, where he actively managed real estate investments across several European jurisdictions.
HIG Capital’s real estate platform targets opportunistic real estate investments, with a focus on adding value, improving performance, and achieving attractive risk adjusted returns. The HIG European real estate team is active across a wide spectrum of real estate asset classes and has completed 11 transactions across multiple jurisdictions
Silicon Valley Bank has appointed Wibke Pendse as Managing Director of Private Equity Finance and Banking for the UK.
Pendse joins the UK branch from Silicon Valley Bank’s headquarters in California where she was responsible for managing an extensive portfolio of private equity client relationships
In this new role, Pendse will lead the growth of the Private Equity Finance and Banking business in the UK, offering private equity and venture capital firms a range of banking and finance services, including capital strategies and solutions, global banking and rich industry connections and insights.In addition to expertise in the innovation sector, SVB’s
Private equity investment firm HIG Capital has appointed Simon Laker as Principal and Head of European Asset Management of HIG’s real estate portfolio.
Laker will be based in HIG ‘s London office and joins the firm from Evans Randall, where he actively managed real estate investments across several European jurisdictions.
HIG Capital’s real estate platform targets opportunistic real estate investments, with a focus on adding value, improving performance, and achieving attractive risk adjusted returns. The HIG European real estate team is active across a wide spectrum of real estate asset classes and has completed 11 transactions across multiple jurisdictions
SCORPEO has recruited Jack McNally as Managing Director of SCORPEO US, based in the firm’s newly opened US office in Boston and Chris Barrow as Head of Business Development, based in London.
Prior to joining SCORPEO, Jack McNally worked for Lehman Brothers and then Credit Suisse for 11 years in New York, Boston and Zurich, where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of the Managed Securities Lending Business and Head of Prime Services, Switzerland.
Chris Barrow recently joined SCORPEO from HSBC where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Sales and Marketing for Prime Finance.
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its Financial Regulation and Investment Funds team with the appointment of financial regulation specialist Daniel Hirschfield.
Hirschfield, who joined the firm from Mayer Brown on 27 October as a Senior Associate, has considerable expertise helping regulated businesses across the banking, investment and insurance sectors navigate the UK’s financial services regulatory regime. He offers particular experience in relation to the regulation of funds and their managers under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
On joining Howard Kennedy, Hirschfield says: ”I see this as an excellent opportunity to work with a UK-centric firm that has
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B Leonardi has agreed to join the Evercore as a senior advisor with a focus on the insurance industry sector.
Leonardi has nearly 40 years of experience as an investment banker, venture capitalist, attorney, and insurance company president, and is widely regarded as a leading expert on systemic risk, group supervision, and international regulatory issues.
Roger Altman, Evercore’s Executive Chairman, says: “At a time of intense regulatory changes in the insurance industry, both here and abroad, Tom’s professionalism, knowledge and experience, coupled with his personal character and integrity, will prove invaluable to a wide range
Lazard Asset Management has expanded its global Multi Asset capabilities with the addition of Rupert Hope as a Director and Portfolio Manager.
Based in New York, Hope will help grow the firm’s Emerging Market and Global Multi Asset solution platform.
"With more than 20 years of experience, Rupert has the specific set of skills needed to translate client needs into investment objectives and active allocation decisions," says Jai Jacob, who heads the Multi Asset investment team. “His expertise in, and perspectives on emerging markets will help us continue to deliver comprehensive client solutions.”
Prior to joining Lazard, Hope
Sidley Austin has appointed David B Denechaud and Joe F.Flack III as partners in the firm’s private equity and energy practices, respectivley. Both will be based in Sidley’s Houston office.
Denechaud focuses his practice on private equity and energy (oil and gas) M&A transactions, while Flack has built his practice around oil and gas acquisition and disposition transactions.
Denechaud’s experience includes representing private equity clients, providing capital to the exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services and alternative energy sectors. He has broad transactional experience, including advising private and public companies on financial and strategic acquisitions and dispositions, and financings. In
Private equity investment firm CVC has strengthened its Nordic team with the appointment of Tomas Ekman as a Partner in the Stockholm office.
Most recently a Partner and Managing Director of 3i in the Nordic region, Ekman has over 20 years of experience of private equity and senior operational executive roles.
Ekman joins CVC at a time when the Nordic team has been active with a number of successful transactions, notably the recent investments in Paroc, Synsam and Ahsell as well as the IPO of Matas.
Søren Vestergaard-Poulsen, Managing Partner, CVC, says: "We are delighted to welcome Tomas
The majority of Asian retail investors are self-directed, or do-it-yourself (DIY) investors, not relying on financial advisors to make their investment decisions.
One in three respondents to Cerulli Associates' proprietary survey of 4,000 retail investors across wealth tiers in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore indicated that they do not have a financial advisor, with nearly 40% of mass retail investors indicating they have no access to financial advice.
This is one of the key findings of Cerulli's inaugural report on Asian retail investors titled Asian Investor Segmentation: Unlocking Retail Investors' Secrets.
While there is limited access to financial advice
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