Astorg Paris secondaries single asset GP led
The investment firm has hired Olga Kosters to lead the launch of its debut debt secondaries vehicle.
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Motoya Kitamura, who will alternate between the firm's Hong Kong and Tokyo offices, was managing partner with Asian secondaries specialist AB Value Capital.
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Philip Viergutz will join the Swiss secondaries firm as a partner after 11 years with the Carlyle subsidiary.
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Canada's largest insurer is the latest financial institution to enter the secondaries buy side.
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Fokke Lucas has been at the preferred equity specialist since joining as an investment associate in 2012.
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Jean-Baptiste Wautier, the private equity firm's investment committee chairman, says such deals and cross fund transactions can prove a nightmare to navigate.
The appointment comes as the firm seeks more than $1bn for its fourth flagship secondaries fund.
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The appointment follows that of Lazard director Johanna Lottmann, who is set to join the firm in London in the coming months.
Mateja Maher and Warren Allan join from Campbell Lutyens and Stephenson Harwood, respectively.
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Holcombe Green, a 15-year veteran of the firm, becomes global head of private capital advisory including fundraising at the investment bank.
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