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Perella Weinberg adds six new partners to team

Perella Weinberg Partners has named six to become partners. The new partners are John Rusty D’Anna, Jason D. Forschler, Jeffrey P. Knupp, Alexander T. Tracy, James R. Wappler and Benjamin G. Wilcox. The appointments become effective January 1, 2019.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: New York Life, Brookfield and Wellington are hiring

This week’s jobs include private equity directors at Wellington and Zurich Insurance and a senior associate at Brookfield.

Apex taps Tuffuor as head of PE business development for Americas

Apex Group Ltd has named Emmanuel Tuffuor as head of private equity business development for the Americas and global head of tax. Previously, he worked at KPMG where he was a partner.

Partners Capital promotes two to partner

Partners Capital, an outsourced investment office, has promoted Kamran Moghadam and Suzanne Streeter to partner. Moghadam joined the London office in 2013 while Streeter joined the Boston office in 2015.

ICG backs $1bn Standard Chartered spin-out

The firm's Strategic Equity unit has also committed £316m to the spin-out team for new deals and follow-on investments.

Grosso joins Rockefeller Capital Management

Anthony Grosso has joined Rockefeller Capital Management as a managing director to establish and manage the firm’s San Francisco office. Grosso spent 15 years as a managing director at Merrill Lynch where he was a senior leader of the ventures services group.

CD&R appoints Lai as partner

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named Gregory Lai as a partner. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Lai worked in Citigroup's investment banking division.

Olympus promotes Boyd to principal

Olympus Partners has promoted Matthew Boyd to principal. The appointment becomes effective January 2019. Boyd joined the Stamford, Connecticut-based private equity and venture firm in 2011 as an associate.

Five Questions with Sajjad Jaffer of Two Six Capital

Brightstar announces promotions and hires

Brightstar Capital Partners has promoted Renee Noto to president, Matthew Allard to partner and Ronak Amin, Ross Kilroy and Lindsey Tannenbaum to principals. The firm also hired Reidar Brekke as a senior partner and Jarrett Arkin as a vice president.