Fund sponsors often engage investment banking or placement firms to help raise capital or generate deal flow for their funds. In exchange, the sponsor may offer a cash fee, a piece of the sponsor ...

Best Practices When Engaging a Placement Agent. Funds engaging in fundraising with a FINRA broker-dealer or member should remind such firm of its obligations under Rule 5123.

In 2015, more than 50% of private equity funds that closed used a placement agent, according to Preqin. It isn't hard to understand why. Fundraising requires an intense focus over 17-18 months, ...

Wanda Henton -- a placement agent in New York City -- married Ewart Brown, now the premier of Bermuda. If you really can't get the connections you need by birth or marriage, there is another route ...

This year’s honorees on our Women to Watch list include some of the most talented professionals involved on both sides of private-equity fund negotiations. Nov. 10, 2019 7:16 am ET | WSJ Pro Share ...

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Wednesday said he banned the involvement of placement agents, paid intermediaries and registered lobbyists in investments with the New York State ...

Sergeon is a placement agent. His job is to convince officials at state and local pension funds to hand over slices of their $2.3 trillion in assets to his clients, who seek to manage them for a fee.

Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, released late on Wednesday a list of 11 firms with which it has invested that did not reply to its request for information on their use of placement ...

Two partners from Quest Fund Placement, the European team that separated from U.S. placement agent Probitas Partners last year, have left the firm, according to four people familiar with the ...

Thus, placement agents such as Jackson serve as a hidden link between public fund officials and the private firms that manage — for significant fees — the investment of these public dollars.