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Andrew Weinberg left Lindsay Goldberg last year Formed Brightstar Capital to invest in middle market Target on debut fund not clear Andrew Weinberg, a longtime partner at Lindsay Goldberg who left last year, is in the market raising the debut fund for his new firm, Brightstar Capital Partners, according to a limited partner who has heard […]

David Enriquez spent four years in M&A at Rothschild Also worked at Merrill Lynch Not clear whether Enriquez has private equity experience The New York City Comptroller’s office hired former investment banker J. David Enriquez as a senior investment officer on the private equity team, spokesman Eric Sumberg confirmed. Update: The Comptroller also hired Jose Guzman as […]

Michal Gladys joined Calpers in 2009 Worked primarily in private equity Left system for new opportunities Michal Gladys, a private equity investment official at California Public Employees’ Retirement System, resigned April 4, Gladys confirmed for Buyouts. Gladys, 39, said he had been thinking of leaving the system for a while. He said he is ready to […]

Firm: Kline Hill Partners Amount Raised: $64.4 mln Target: $120 mln Hard Cap: $180 mln A new manager raising a fund to pluck the low-hanging fruit of small secondary stakes overlooked by bigger players held a first close last month on $64.4 million, according to a person with knowledge of the fundraising. Kline Hill Partners, formed […]

New Jersey has an aggressive policy prohibiting investment managers working with the state pension from making political contributions to state officials. And that’s a good thing. Violations of the policy can lead to the system ending its relationship with the manager in question. In a recent case, CVC Capital Partners was called out after one of its […]

Caspersen allegedly tricked junior employee into speaking with hedge fund exec Hedge fund exec wanted to speak to Park Hill general counsel about redeeming $25 mln Junior employee retains job at Park Hill A second Park Hill Group employee played a brief and unwitting role in an alleged scheme by former Park Hill executive Andrew Caspersen to […]

Lawrence Schloss leaves firm after two years Tom Fuller left earlier this year Fuller’s departure said to trigger key-man provision Angelo, Gordon & Co has experienced some turnover recently. Lawrence Schloss, president of Angelo Gordon, left the firm in March after more than two years, according to a letter the firm sent out last month. The firm has […]

New Jersey has an aggressive policy prohibiting investment managers working with the state pension from making political contributions to state officials. And that’s a good thing. Violations of the policy can lead to the system ending its relationship with the manager in question. In a recent case, CVC Capital Partners was called out after one […]

Sources say Caspersen case won’t affect broader restructuring business Restructurings represent more volume on secondary market SEC scrutinizes restructurings, zombie funds The arrest and charging of former Park Hill Group executive Andrew Caspersen for an alleged scheme related to a private-equity-fund restructuring is not a sign of broader deficiencies in this growing part of the secondaries […]

Brandon Halm worked at Pennsylvania agency more than two years Prior to that post, he worked at Calvert Street Capital PE team at Pennsylvania pension depleted Brandon Halm, former private-equity officer at Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, joined Aegon USA Investment Management as a director, according to a source and his LinkedIn profile. Halm joined Aegon in […]