More launches from ex-executives of GoldPoint, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs

Several young firms are making a splash, with some announcing their formation and others raising new funds.

Dextra Partners, a New York City-based money manager, introduced itself this month and its six founders, all of whom previously served as senior members of GoldPoint Partners (now part of Apogem Capital). Armen Nalband, meantime, revealed himself on Linkedin to be president of Nalbana Capital. In his prior role as a vice president at San Francisco-based Vector Capital, Nalband would have worked on late-state technology deals.

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San Francisco seeks private equity, private credit investment officers

The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, which has recently managed some $34.5 billion on behalf of more than 70,000 beneficiaries, is hiring two investment officers to help manage its multi-billion-dollar private equity and private credit portfolios.

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California shop to hire investment, fundraising, BD, operations pros

On the heels of several recent hires, Lateral Investment Management continues building its team to spur transformational growth in lower-middle-market businesses.

The San Mateo, California-based provider of structured equity to fast-growing companies expects to hire four to five employees for the investment team at the mid- and senior level and for fundraising, business development and portfolio operations, according to Founder and Managing Partner Richard de Silva.

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The big unveil: Your top 11 PE hiring trends of 2022-2023

From the widespread hiring of secondary executives to the rapid-fire launch of new PE shops, the editors of Private Equity Career News were pleased to watch and report on this year's hiring trends.

We predict that the following 11 trends will continue well in to the new year.

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Rallyday Partners on a growth climb with new PE job openings

With a goal to help companies rally and go bigger, Rallyday Partners appears to be making its own ascent, with three recent job openings that close a year in which the firm raised its second fund and added to its team.

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Avy Stein, Eric Becker’s Cresset Partners makes big PE push

Cresset Partners, the multi-family-office affiliate co-founded by Chicago PE pioneers Avy Stein and Eric Becker, is building up its PE and private credit programs through recent hires and recruitment efforts centered on a private funds group.

The firm is the private capital and real estate-focused subsidiary of multi-family office Cresset Capital Management, which co-chairmen Stein and Becker launched in 2017. Cresset Capital Management manages about $27 billion in assets and provides family office services through Cresset Asset Management.

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Minnesota single family office seeks investment associate

Single family office Carlson Private Capital Partners is searching for a pre-MBA associate to join its team and work on all private equity investing stages.

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Hamilton Lane expanding team to raise inaugural diverse-led fund

Hamilton Lane has posted a job ad for an investor relations associate to help raise its first diverse-led investments fund, Private Equity Career News has learned.

Along with fundraising, the associate's role at the Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based money manager will include work on market analysis, marketing strategy and client communications, according to the recruitment ad.

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GI Partners makes key hires in European data infrastructure, portfolio support

San Francisco-based GI Partners, which announced in 2020 it had raised $1.8 billion for its first data infrastructure fund, has brought aboard a data infrastructure head for Europe. The firm also hired a new vice president of portfolio operations.

Matt Barker, the new managing director and head of GI Data Infrastructure Europe, from 2010 through this October worked on infrastructure investments at London buyout firm 3i Group PLC, according to a Linkedin profile that gives his most recent title as partner. Before that Barker served as an analyst for the Australian global finance services company Macquarie Group.

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Silicon Valley Bank hires direct-secondaries executive

SVB Capital, the venture capital division of Santa Clara, California-based Silicon Valley Bank, has hired long-time W Capital Partners executive Alison Killilea (Neuwirth) as managing partner for secondaries.

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