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Acacia adds senior associate to team

Austin-based private equity firm Acacia Partners has hired Kyle Echerd as a senior associate. Previously, he was an associate at CenterOak Partners.

ICG hires ex-Drum Capital exec Ryan Levitt to build out North America funds business

Intermediate Capital Group hired Ryan Levitt to help build out the firm's private equity fund investing platform in North America. Levitt joins from Drum Capital Management, prior to which he worked at Pomona Capital as a partner. Levitt joined ICG as a managing director.

Macquarie, UNC-Chapel Hill and D Cubed are hiring

This week’s jobs include a director at UNC-Chapel Hill, a principal at D Cubed and VP at Macquarie.

Gridiron Capital taps ex-J&J CIO for operating partner

Gridiron Capital LLC has named Jeff Steinhorn as an operating partner. Steinhorn is the former CIO at Johnson & Johnson.

Momenta Partners appoints Eriksen as partner

Momenta Partners, an advisory, talent and ventures firm focused on the digital industry, has named Leif Eriksen as a partner. He is the former research director at AMR Research and Gartner.

Cresset adds two to C-suite

Cresset has named Dave Jackson as chief experience officer and Michael Costabile as chief financial officer of Cresset Asset Management. Prior to joining Cresset, Jackson was a principal at Evanston Advisors while Costabile was CFO of Moneta Group.

Strobel named CTO of Liquidnet

Liquidnet said Nov. 7 that Patrick Strobel was named chief technology officer. Strobel recently served as CTO/domain architect for CB&S Finance and Common Data Sourcing.

Blackstone's Schwarzman says Walgreens Boots LBO would be a stretch: Bloomberg

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone CEO, said taking Walgreens Boots Alliance private would be a “stretch” right now as investors have become more discriminating, Bloomberg reported. “You need at least $20 billion of equity. Could you find that in today’s world? Maybe,” the story said, which quoted Schwarzman’s comments during a Reuters Newsmakers event. The Blackstone co-founder said mega-deals are “straining the system,” according to the story.

William Blair recruits Ziverte for fixed income head

William Blair Investment Management has named Ruta Ziverte as head of fixed income. Prior to joining William Blair, Ziverte was a senior high-yield portfolio manager at Oppenheimer Funds.

MHH appoints Mitchell as president

Material Handling Holdings, which is backed by Borgman Capital, has named David Mitchell as president. Previously, Mitchell was president of Vector Technologies. Milwaukee-based MHH is a manufacturing company.