Big Moves! Mercury Capital, Stifel, 65 Equity Partners

The following “Big Move!” items appeared in the September 29 free edition of Private Equity Career News.

Patrick Gibson joins the London office of placement agency Mercury Capital Advisors as a principal working on both distribution and origination, according to his Linkedin profile. Gibson most recently served as a private markets fundraising consultant at Gibson Capital Ltd.


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Virginia Retirement System raises salaries for investment team

Wooing skilled investment professionals, the Virginia Retirement System has sweetened its pay plan as it strives to pay base salaries consistent with the 75th percentile of other similarly sized public funds.

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Big Moves! Westwood Management, Siguler Guff & Co, Hawaii Employees’

The following Big Move! items appeared in the September 22 edition of Private Equity Career News.

Abby Barlow joins Cincinnati-based single family office Westwood Management as chief investment officer, according to her Linkedin profile. Barlow previously served as executive director at Boulder, Colorado-based multi-family office Crestone Capital.

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Colorado Fire & Police’s Sean Ross takes reins of private markets portfolio; help wanted

Sean Ross has taken the helm of the $2 billion private markets portfolio of the Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado. And, though far along in its search, Ross’s team still has an opening for a senior investment analyst.

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Start-up Blue Nexus Ventures to buy, upgrade baby-boomer businesses

Baby boomers have been reaching retirement age at a rate of about 10,000 a day in recent years, and many of them own companies that have fallen behind the technology curve.

Enter Blue Nexus Ventures, founded in 2021 by Managing Partners Doug Gerber and Brian Hult. They’re targeting $100 million for a debut fund, BNV Constellation Fund LP, earmarked to acquire those companies and make them much more competitive. The firm plans to start hiring for roles that could include analysts and associates within the coming quarter.

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More top spots open at public pension funds

What began as a trickle has turned into a wave of departures at top public pension funds.

The board of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on Tuesday announced that CIO Ziad Hindo, an advocate for battling climate change and a supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion, would be leaving as of December 31. In all Hindo spent 23 years at the pension fund, the most recent five as CIO.

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IR executive leaves Hellman & Friedman for venture firm

Suzanne Kim has stepped down as managing director of investor relations at fundraising powerhouse Hellman & Friedman to join a crypto-focused venture capital firm, Haun Ventures, founded in 2021.

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Sageview finds success hiring analysts right out of college

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Princeton-backed funds-of-funds manager opens search for partners

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