Preferred Equity

BC Partners taps Investec exec for fund financing strategy launch

The private equity stalwart has appointed former Investec fund financing veteran Tom Glover to help grow a GP and NAV-based lending strategy.

Crestline elevates fund liquidity solutions co-head to partner

Dave Philipp has been with the firm since 2013.

17Capital creates third managing partner

The promotion of Robert de Corainville is one several personnel changes across the preferred equity firm.

17Capital partner to depart firm

Thomas Doyle will leave the London-based preferred equity specialist in the coming weeks, having joined from JPMorgan in 2018.

Whitehorse closes fourth fund in six years

The preferred equity specialist has raised $7.5bn and grown its headcount to 85 since it was founded in 2015.

17Capital hires Paris-based director

Pauline Chatin joins from Lyxor Asset Management, where she covered French institutional LPs and led fundraising on several products.

Temasek subsidiary completes one of Asia’s largest preferred deals

Asia’s first ‘decacorn’, Grab, was among assets moved into a continuation vehicle as part of the process run by Vertex Holdings.

17Capital: Strength in numbers

Portfolio finance can offer an attractive alternative to fund defensive and offensive strategies, says the firm’s managing partner Pierre-Antoine de Selancy.

17Capital doubles deal activity in 2020

The preferred equity specialist says it closed transactions this year across Europe, North America and Asia from a total pipeline of around $20bn.