PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Angelo, Gordon & Co’s middle-market lending subsidiary, Twin Brook Capital Partners, hired Garrett Ryan as a partner and head of capital markets. Ryan previously was managing director of debt capital markets at Fifth Third Bank. Bridge Growth Partners named Steve Mills a senior adviser. Mills is former executive vice president of IBM Software and Systems. Brock Capital Group hired Peter Rockefeller as […]
Wilson worked as an SEC inspector from 2003 to 2006 Now in regulatory compliance for private investment managers Says SEC focuses on conflicts of interest, cybersecurity Fresh out of college, finance degree in hand, Luke Wilson went to work for the SEC in Chicago. It was 2003, and though Wilson hadn’t planned to work in government, “I […]
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Burke Capital hired Greg Belanger as managing director of its technology consulting practice. Burke previously was president of Comerica Bank‘s technology and life sciences division. Carlyle Group: Ben Schryber joined the firm last week as managing director, based in New York. Schryber will lead credit sales and business development efforts globally at Carlyle. He will report to Mark […]
GP Profile: Eurazeo Year founded: 2001 Investment strategy: Invest in portoflio companies with enterprise values of 150 mln euros Office location: Paris, New York, Shanghai, São Paulo Assets under management: 6 bln euros Number of active portfolio companies: 12 companies in Eurazeo Capital Web address: www.eurazeo.com/ Eurazeo is a private equity firm. But its DNA includes a family office background; […]
Sasha Jensen began her professional life as a journalist, working as head of investigations for the Sunday Independent in Johannesburg before a stint on Fleet Street. In London, she recalled, she happened to be introduced to the CEO of a finance search firm who “suggested that the commodity we have as journalists, which is the […]
Trevor Blake worked at PEI Funds from 2012 to 2017 Joins Duff & Phelps as a senior associate Firm’s secondary-advisory group led by Dexter Blake Duff & Phelps hired Trevor Blake, formerly of secondary shop PEI Funds, to work on the firm’s secondary advisory business, the firm confirmed for Buyouts. Blake joined Duff & Phelps […]
Closed first fund with outside investors in February Firm looks for recurring-revenue businesses Looks for recession-proof characteristics Bregal Sagemount in February closed its first fund with outside investors on its $960 million hard cap. Bregal Sagemount II beat its original $800 million target. The firm’s parent, Bregal Investments, was the biggest investor in the fund. Investment vehicles associated […]
Just two months after stepping down as Washington State treasurer, a position he held from 2009 to 2017, James McIntire joined Star Mountain Capital as a part-time senior adviser. At the New York firm, which channels money to lower-mid-market companies both directly and through fund investments, McIntire plans to help attract more public pensions as clients. […]
How was fundraising, especially for a first-time fund? There’s a sea of GPs out there raising capital, it’s a good fundraising environment. A lot of institutional LPs have really increased their allocations to private equity pretty dramatically. That’s created more supply for private equity as an industry, which we think is well deserved and a […]
Dow Jones industrials climbed above 21,000 on March 1 Snap IPO soared more than 40 pct on March 2 Companies and CEOs are “pretty optimistic” about Trump The stock market’s positive reaction to Donald Trump’s presidency has surprised many, according to private equity executives who attended the 23rd Annual Columbia Business SchoolPrivate Equity and Venture Capital Conference. […]