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Vision Capital has promoted Daryl Cohen to partner and Jonathan Guest, Konstantin Oelfke and Emil Fajersson to associate at the firm.
Cohen joined Vision Capital as an associate in 2008, and was made principal in 2010. He has been instrumental in deal origination and evaluation for the firm and was a key member of the project teams for the acquisitions of Nordax Finans and Bormioli Rocco. Cohen sits on the boards of Nordax Finans and Portman Travel and has helped to deliver operational and strategic change within both companies.
Guest and Oelfke, based in London, and Fajersson, based in
Michael Singer has joined Ramius as chief executive officer reporting to Peter Cohen.
Singer will be responsible for overseeing and managing the day-to-day operations of Ramius.
Thomas Strauss will become chairman of Ramius and vice chairman of Cowen Group, with a focus on expanding global relationships and partnerships in the asset management business.
Cohen says: “We are very pleased to have Michael join us as we accelerate the build out of the Ramius platform. Michael has an exceptionally strong and diverse background in alternative asset management, and he will focus on expanding our current suite of products and broadening our
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Lee Kranefuss as an executive-in-residence (EIR).
Kranefuss (pictured) will work to help Warburg Pincus identify and evaluate investment opportunities in the areas of exchange-traded funds, index investing and asset management, particularly in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Kranefuss was the architect and global chief executive officer of iShares, part of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), where he built the largest global ETF platform. He oversaw the global expansion of iShares from launch in 2000 to over USD600bn in assets in 2010.
While at BGI, Kranefuss was a member of the executive committee, and
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, a counsellor to global financial institutions and corporations, has named associates Nathan M Bull, Sophie K Cuthbertson, Douglas J Donahue, Brian Foster, Ellen Halstead and Jeffrey Nagle to special counsel.
W Christopher White (pictured), chairman of Cadwalader, says: "It is with great pleasure that I announce the promotion of Nathan M Bull, Sophie K Cuthbertson, Douglas J Donahue, Brian Foster, Ellen Halstead and Jeffrey Nagle to special counsel. Each of them has demonstrated a commitment to the law, the profession and to Cadwalader. I commend them for this achievement and on this important step in their
KPMG, the US audit, tax and advisory firm, is adding several new hires to its alternative investment funds (AIF) practice’s national team in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The practice is also making additional moves to boost experience and expertise in alternative investments in the firm’s West Coast offices.
"KPMG is clearly dedicated to serving the alternative investments industry and we are continuing to invest our resources to further broaden and enhance our team, which includes bringing in some of the very best people in the industry," says Al Fichera, national partner in charge, alternative investment funds – audit.
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Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has appointed Edwin Davies as an investment associate, based in BGF’s Bristol office.
Davies’ appointment brings the South West and South Wales regional team to six people and he will be responsible for identifying investable local businesses and working with them to achieve their growth plans.
Davies joins from Grant Thornton where he spent over two years as an assistant manager in the corporate finance team. During this time he worked on transactions both in the UK and abroad across a range of sectors
Northern Trust has expanded its alternatives business development team across the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and Channel Islands with the appointment of Edwin Parker.
In this newly created role Parker (pictured) will focus on offering Northern Trust’s hedge fund administration services and its specialist private equity, infrastructure, and real estate fund administration services to fund managers across the region.
“Fund managers are faced with a number of pressures – from generating returns for their investors to meeting new regulatory requirements, and reporting on risk management and demonstrating transparency,” says Madeleine Senior, head of sales for asset servicing at Northern Trust in
Z Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on revitalising businesses, has named William J Monagle, Jr, as managing director.
Monagle (pictured), who has served in a consultant capacity to Z Capital since early this year, will be responsible for operational and accounting due diligence for portfolio companies, board representation of portfolio companies, and internal infrastructure.
Most recently, Monagle was a partner and senior strategist focusing on private markets for NEPC, an investment advisory firm.
James J Zenni, president and chief executive officer of Z Capital, says: "We are pleased to welcome Bill to the firm. With more than 20
Hastings Funds Management has appointed two new members to its European infrastructure team to strengthen the firm’s infrastructure equity, debt and business development capabilities.
Heiko Schupp has joined Hastings as investment director to lead business development, institutional relationship building and fund-raising activities in the UK and Europe.
Schupp will report to Peter Johnston, executive director, and work in conjunction with the London based investment team.
Prior to Hastings, Schupp was principal, head of infrastructure Europe at Pantheon where he was responsible for infrastructure investment opportunities in Europe. In this role he led co-investment, secondary investment and primary fund-of-funds investment activities.
Eamonn McConnell and John H Walker have joined Kensington Capital Partners as managing directors.
McConnell has lead responsibility for the Kensington Hedge Fund, while Walker leads Kensington’s infrastructure business.
Together with current Kensington managing directors Tom Kennedy and Rick Nathan, McConnell and Walker serve on the Kensington Investment Committee responsible for all investment decisions of the Kensington Funds.
"We are excited to welcome two strong new partners to our Kensington leadership team," says Kennedy. "Eamonn and John each provide complementary perspectives to our investment decision making process."
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