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The preferred equity and NAV lending specialist agreed to be acquired by Oaktree in March and closed its debut fund dedicated to NAV-backed lending in April.

The investment bank brought in Evercore senior managing director Rodney Reid last year to head its global private funds advisory group.

The departure comes as the firm targets $6bn for its latest private equity secondaries vehicle.

Attracting the best candidates is as challenging as winning a deal, but firms can put those same strategies to work in their recruitment processes, says PER's James Ellis.

Abhi Mitra is set to join the Swiss bank's private funds group in the autumn, Secondaries Investor has learned.

Custar joined placement agent and advisory firm M2O to launch its secondaries business in 2017.

UK head Olivier Decannière and former US head Benoît Verbrugghe are among those not listed as key people on the secondaries giant's ASF IX fund, which is seeking $15bn.

Rising stars in the GP-led secondaries space share their thoughts on the trends dominating the sector and the challenges ahead.

Evelyn Zhang's appointment brings the headcount at the Canadian pension giant's secondaries team to 20.

Sanja Cvetinovic, who ranked appeared in Secondaries Investor's Next Gen Leaders list, will lead the firm's private equity business in the UK and EMEA.