Fund Leaders survey: we’d love to hear from you!
This year’s Fund Leaders survey is up and running and we want to hear from you! Submit your form to us by 17 July and you will get a complimentary copy of the results when they are published at the end of July, as well as entry into a prize draw to win a $250 Yeti Cooler.

Topics covered in this year’s survey are as follows:

• Fundraising (market sentiment, factors impacting performance, performance predictions).
• Sources of capital (private wealth capital, digital fundraising platforms, geographic distribution of investors, continuation funds).
• Headcount and AI (changes in headcount, priority areas for increasing headcount, AI implementation across firms).
• ESG and DE&I (factors driving ESG adoption, link between ESG and performance/value creation, DE&I in portfolio companies).
• GP stakes (GP stakes interest, objectives and considerations in selecting buyers).

New Abu Dhabi office for Tikehau
Tikehau Capital, the Paris-based manager, has opened an office in Abu Dhabi – its 15th office globally and a first step in establishing the firm’s presence in the GCC region.

Tikehau says it has established client relationships across the UAE over the past few years. With its new permanent presence in Abu Dhabi, the firm says it will serve UAE’s “vibrant ecosystem of leading financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, corporates and entrepreneurs” with its experience in private debt, real assets, private equity and capital markets strategies.

With a local team on the ground, the office will aim to strengthen existing relationships with local players and follows the group’s announcement in February 2021 of Hassan Karimi’s appointment as a senior adviser in the region.

Gustave Laurent, who was part of Tikehau Capital’s M&A strategy department based in Paris, has relocated to Abu Dhabi to help co-ordinate business development and office operations. He will work alongside the firm’s senior management team and local senior partners to help develop long-term relationships.

Three go into Four
Capital Four, the Copenhagen-based manager, has hired three additional team members in New York. They bring the US team to a total of 13 professionals led by Jim Wiant, chief executive officer, partner and portfolio manager of Capital Four US.

Jordan Goldstein joins from Black Diamond Capital Management, where he focused on performing, stressed and distressed loans. He previously held similar roles at Riverbirch Capital and Arrowgrass Capital Partners as an analyst focused on high-yield bonds and leveraged loans. He joins the firm’s coverage of business services, telecoms and healthcare.

Robert Horn joins from Farmstead Capital Management, where he focused on distressed and special situations opportunities across the capital structure. Previously, he spent five years in the CMBS business at Wells Fargo. At Capital Four, Horn joins the consumer and retail sector coverage.

Deborah Freire moves from Octagon Credit Investors where she was a research analyst covering building products, real estate services, telecommunications and cable, and hardware. Before Octagon, she was an associate analyst at Moody’s Investors Services on the high-yield research team analysing issuers across sectors. She will cover the software and technology sectors.

Capital Four US manages $3 billion across credit strategies including CLOs, traditional mandates and opportunistic mandates for institutional investors.

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