Trending: PE execs with operational chops move to companies

Perhaps it was inevitable. PE firms have put so much emphasis on building up their consulting arms, portfolio support groups and operational expertise that in some cases their executives are moving to non-investment companies.

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New crop of IR executives takes charge of fundraising

Private equity firms have been hiring IR executives at a furious pace this year, reflecting growing competition to win the hearts of institutional and wealthy backers.

Among those climbing aboard IR departments this spring:

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Fast-growing Incline Equity to hire at junior, mid-levels

Incline Equity Partners, a buyout firm whose payroll has more than doubled in the last three years, has openings for associates, senior associates and vice presidents in its Pittsburgh and New York City offices.

Jake Kramer, a vice president on the Ascent fund who joined the firm last summer, revealed the broad outline of the firm’s hiring plans in this Linkedin post. In an interview this week, Jack Glover, a co-founder and managing partner, said that its Ascent investment team alone needs to add some half dozen professionals.

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