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Cai joins TA Associates

TA Associates said late Tuesday that Daisy Cai has joined the Hong Kong office of TA Associates Asia Pacific Ltd. as Director, China. Cai joined TA Associates from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in Hong Kong.

DunedIn promotes Bevan to partner, adds two analysts

DunedIn has haired two analysts, Sophie Chambers and Katie Chung, who will both focus on identifying and assessing new investment opportunities. The U.K. mid-market private equity firm also said that it promoted Oliver Bevan to partner and Karan Darroch to finance and operations manager. Chambers was previously an associate at Ennismore Capital while Chung was at PwC where she was a senior associate in the corporate finance team.

Hays joins Levine Leichtman

Robert Hays has joined Levine Leichtman Capital Partners as an MD and co-head of investor relations. Most recently, Hays was Director of Investor Relations at H.I.G. Capital for five years.

Star Mountain Capital appoints Benson as strategic investor and senior advisor

Star Mountain Capital LLC has named Todd E. Benson as a strategic investor and senior advisor. Benson is a managing partner at Herington LLC. He is also a former managing partner and global co-head of Citigroup Private Equity.

Jobs of the week: Robin Judson, Invesco, Houlihan Lokey, North Castle hiring

This week's job opportunities include vice president of growth private equity at Robin Judson Partners and a director of private equity investor relations at Drum Capital. Invesco, Houlihan Lokey and North Castle Partners also are hiring.

H.I.G. adds Penchas to Latin America advisory board

H.I.G. Capital has named Henri Penchas to its Latin America advisory board. Penchas is a senior executive at Itaúsa.

KKR and Anchor to buy Ticket Monster

The investment will be made by KKR’s $6bn KKR Asia Fund II which it raised in 2013

Everstone bolsters its operations team

The firm has hired a managing director of Walt Disney and former vice president of Unilever

Affinity Equity hires Credit Suisse's Asia M&A co-head, say sources-Reuters

Private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners has hired Ronnie Behar, a senior Asia-Pacific M&A executive at Credit Suisse, as its Southeast Asia head, sources told Reuters, highlighting a flurry of changes at major investment banks.

TPG appoints Sisitsky head of North American private equity: Reuters

TPG Capital LP has named Todd Sisitsky its new North American private equity head, people familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the firm seeks to secure money from investors for its next flagship private equity fund with a target of $10 billion.