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The firm’s European investment funds group has hired a partner with GP-led fund restructuring experience to its Paris office, the unit’s hire in France.

The mid-market investment bank has appointed a 10-year veteran of Moelis & Company to co-lead the New York-based advisory unit.

Shane Feeney, who has been responsible for overseeing the pension giant’s roughly $101bn private equity portfolio, will join as global head of secondaries.

The investment firm has increased its headcount from 46 at the start of 2020 to nearly 100 today in line with an expanding market.

The appointment comes a month after the investment bank hired a former Apollo Global Management and Credit Suisse exec to work on the strategy.

The appointment comes as the Pablo Calo-founded firm expands with outposts in Singapore and Mexico City.

The investment bank is the latest to launch a secondaries advisory unit and has hired a New York-based executive to assist with its push.

Argosy Strategic Partners is led by former Willowridge Partners executive Christopher Kim and targets small portfolio and direct secondaries deals.

The private capital advisory firm has hired a principal in the Chicago office, opened a Paris office and hired a vice-president to their London office in the past nine months.

GIC is the world’s second-biggest private equity investor with at least $43bn committed to private equity, secondaries, private credit and distressed debt.