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Hiromichi Mizuno will reportedly advise the $1.3tr institutional investor for the next two years, as it gears up to invest more in alternative assets.

Seventeen-year Adams Street veteran Hanneke Smits, who chairs the firm's secondary and primary investment committees, plans to leave her position at the end of 2014.

The alternative assets-dedicated law firm is ready to open its Hong Kong office, outfitted with two partners and one associate.

Jason Sambanju joins Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management’s Hong Kong office as head of Asia secondaries.

The firm has hired former Morgan Stanley managing director Geoffrey Mullen while in market with its $1bn Landmark Real Estate Partners VII.

The $627bn UAE sovereign wealth fund has been bulking up its private equity investing activities, including expanding its secondaries team.

The UK-based private equity and infrastructure advisory firm has promoted Immanuel Rubin from principal to partner and Ben Pearce from vice president to principal.

The specialty investment bank based in New York has hired former LP Capital Advisors director Tom Bratkovich to lead its San Francisco office.

Charles Robinson has left the firm after three years to join the investor relations team at hedge fund and private equity firm Black River Asset Management.