People

Houlihan taps Metlife PE exec for latest advisory hire

The hire is understood to bring the total number of professionals within the investment bank’s directs and secondaries team to 35.

Kirkland taps Debevoise and Weil for partner hires

The two New York-based partners’ clients include Brookfield Asset Management, Coller Capital, PSP and StepStone.

Dawson’s head of active portfolio management departs

The departure follows a string of people moves across the secondaries market in 2025.

Future 40 Leaders: Secondaries professionals recognised

Professionals from CPP Investments, LGT Capital Partners, Blue Owl Capital, and more have made this year’s list of future leaders in private equity.

Moelis hires ex-Manulife duo in secondaries advisory bulk-up

Paul Sanabria and Jeff Hammer will return to their advisory roots as part of the investment bank’s ‘aggressive’ push.

SQ Capital taps PE veterans from Permira and Carlyle

Mid-market-focused secondaries firm SQ Capital was launched in January by Blackstone’s former global head of GP stakes Mustafa Siddiqui.

A&M taps Sun Capital to launch secondaries investment unit

The mid-market firm associated with global advisory group Alvarez & Marsal is the latest to join an increasingly competitive buyside landscape.

PJT hires NYCRS senior investment exec for secondaries role

The hire comes a month after NYCRS closed a more than $5.5bn sale to Blackstone Strategic Partners.

FIRSTavenue seeks to ramp up secondaries and PE advisory capabilities

The placement agent, which takes a generalist approach to primary and secondaries advisory, has made a number of hires from advisers including Mercury, chief executive Paul Buckley tells Secondaries Investor.

William Blair poaches new European secondaries lead from Moelis

The investment bank is the latest adviser to tap peers for secondaries talent, with Moelis hiring Matt Wesley from Jefferies this year.