Reed worked at Pantheon on secondaries for 13 years Worked at Stafford Capital prior to Sweetwater Sweetwater launched last year Jeffrey Reed, a former secondaries professional at Pantheon, joined new firm Sweetwater Capital as a senior adviser. Reed on Dec. 11 confirmed the hiring. He’ll help the firm source secondaries deal flow as well as help with client […]
Shipchandler likens bitcoin to an unregistered security Agency intends to regulate asset class VC, family offices, wealthy investors interested in sector The SEC intends to develop regulatory oversight over cryptocurrencies as the number of coin offerings and volume of capital being raised explode, a member of the agency said. Shamoil Shipchandler, regional director of the SEC’s […]
Bhandari was senior director at WL Ross until October Fatally bitten while surfacing from a dive Previously with PineBridge Investments, Credit Suisse Rohina Bhandari, until recently a senior director at private equity firm WL Ross & Co, was killed by a shark while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica, the firm confirmed. “We were […]
Private equity can use 144A offerings as alternative exit Slosser worked for more than 20 years at FBR Building 144a practice at Jefferies Jefferies hired FBR veteran Ken Slosser to lead a new permanent capital initiative that will provide 144a equity private placements, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Slosser reports to […]
Firms expands senior adviser bench Fund I nearly fully deployed Invested in BackOffice Associates in August Bridge Growth Partners, launched in 2013 by executives from Vestar Capital Partners and New Mountain Capital, is expanding its bench of senior advisers by bringing on former executives from Vodafone and Oracle, according to sources with knowledge of the […]
Bain Capital Specialty Finance closed on $1.26 bln in June Bain Capital Specialty Finance has ability to go public Antares, Bain Capital Credit are equal partners in JV Michael Ewald joined Bain Capital Credit in 1998. He is a managing director and global head of the private credit group. He is a portfolio manager for […]
Founded separate-accounts firm focused on EMs Spun out after 10 years with team at CS, GCM Aims to connect first-time funds, fundless sponsors with capital In 2003, when she was studying at Harvard Business School, Mina Pacheco Nazemi attended a conference where she met the head of private equity at CalPERS, also a Harvard alum. “I’m interested in what […]
More people leaving large firms to spin out Track record, visibility among LPs 2 keys to success Startup costs for fund formation “not insignificant” 1. Are PE executives more willing to spin out? When capital is plentiful, the willingness of people to create their own funds or spin out is greater than it is in down […]
OEP home-care provider All Metro poised to scale via M&A LHC-Almost Family merger signals renewed confidence in sector Managed care plays greater role in home health Brad Coppens is a managing director at One Equity Partners, where he helps lead the New York middle-market firm’s healthcare efforts. Coppens holds various board memberships, including at OEP-backed […]
Brad Coppens is a managing director at One Equity Partners, where he helps lead the New York middle-market firm’s healthcare efforts. Coppens holds various board memberships, including at OEP-backed All Metro Health Care, which provides primarily nonmedical home-care services. How has the home health sector evolved in recent weeks? There continues to be meaningful change […]