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PSP Investments' John Valentini joins Fiera Capital

Fiera Capital Corp has appointed John Valentini as executive vice president and CFO. Prior to joining the Montréal-based investment firm, Valentini was executive vice president, CFO and COO of Canadian pension fund manager PSP Investments. Also, Fiera has promoted Sylvain Roy to president and COO of its Canadian division. The firm also added David Stréliski to its team as senior vice president and chief risk officer.

Fiera Capital expands leadership team with new additions

Canadian investment firm Fiera Capital Corp has appointed John Valentini as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Also, the company has promoted Sylvain Roy to president and chief operating officer of its Canadian division. Roy's appointment becomes effective October 1. And, Fiera has added David Stréliski to its team as senior vice president and chief risk officer.

Ontario Teachers taps Nicole Musicco to lead Asia-Pacific operations

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has appointed Nicole Musicco managing director of its Asia-Pacific operations and head of its office in Hong Kong. Musicco, who was previously a vice president of Teachers' Private Capital, the Toronto-based pension fund manager's private equity investment arm, will be responsible for the full investment cycle in the region. Ontario Teachers opened its Hong Kong office in 2013. Its Asia-Pacific portfolio was recently valued at about $12 billion.

PE-backed MultiView hires new CMO

MultiView, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, has appointed Todd Ebert as chief marketing officer. Previously, Ebert worked at ReachLocal where he served as CMO. MultiView is a B2B marketing solutions provider.

Duke Street beefs up its ranks with two new hires

European mid-market buyout shop Duke Street has named James Almond as fundraising director and Jamie Supple as an investment executive. Almond was the founder of Cornhill Asset Management while Supple previously worked at Canaccord Genuity in M&A.

Google hires Truecar's Krafcik to head its driverless car unit: Reuters

Google Inc (GOOGL.O) said it named auto industry veteran John Krafcik as chief executive of its self-driving car project from late September, Reuters News reported.

Pizzo named Wells Fargo Regional President for EMEA

Frank Pizzo was named regional president of Wells Fargo & Co.’s Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. He succeeds Jim Johnston who will return to the U.S. at the end of the year. Pizzo currently serves as MD and head of the Loan Syndications & High Yield Debt Capital Markets Group for Wells Fargo Securities.

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan makes MD for Asia-Pacific

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has named Nicole Musicco a Managing Director for Asia-Pacific and head of the Hong Kong office. Musicco joined Teachers’ in 2002 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Vice-President, Teachers’ Private Capital in Teachers’ Toronto office.

KKR, Apollo Global seek to buy GE's inventory finance arm: Bloomberg

KKR & Co (KKR.N) and Apollo Global Management (APO.N) are seeking to acquire General Electric Co's (GE.N) inventory finance arm, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

Savitt joins STX Entertainment

Kathy Savitt has joined STX Entertainment as President, Digital beginning in October. Savitt currently serves as the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Media at Yahoo Inc. STX Entertainment is a portfolio company of TPG Growth.