Private Equity
In a bid to further internationalise the firm, Australian fund of funds manager Quay Partners has hired two new partners in London and San Francisco, as its founders increase their stakes.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has added Brian Markison, former CEO of Fougera Pharmaceuticals, as an industry executive to help source deals and oversee investments. Avista now has 13 operating executives.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The placement agent has hired two executives for its new Singapore office, its first in Asia.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Former Bain Capital portfolio company employees lashed out at Mitt Romney and Bain Capital in remarks at the convention, blaming the firm for lay-offs and bankruptcies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Former CEO of Eddie Bauer Neil Fiske will help Onex source and oversee investments in the retail sector. He is the third executive to strike an exclusive partnership with Onex since 2008.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The system has promoted Scott Jacobsen to a senior portfolio manager position in the private equity group, filling all senior level vacancies left after the departures of Joncarlo Mark and Mike Dutton last year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Dana Pawlicki, a founding partner of Evercore Partners private funds group, has joined start-up fundraising firm Stonington Capital.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Martin Day, who ran fund commitments and co-investments for OMERS PE, will work with the team at Toronto-based Caledon Capital to build customised accounts for small and mid-sized LPs.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has promoted Lionel Assant to head its European private equity group. Assant’s appointment follows the promotion of Joe Baratta to global head of private equity.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Despite a rash of negative ads regarding his time at Bain, Mitt Romney referred with pride to his record at the private equity firm while accepting the Republican nomination for US president.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
