Rebecca Akrofie

The UK pension consortium announced plans this week after the roll-out of a similar scheme for listed equities managers, but it could take up to two years to deliver.

Brian Kushner will lead the firm’s advisory practice, which provides private equity investment consulting.

Daniel Dusek has joined Kirkland & Ellis in Hong Kong as a partner.

The fund and corporate services firm has acquired its AIF depositary license in Luxembourg.

Paul Dentskevich has joined the fund services firm as a risk director of its management company services division.

The Asset Management Association of China says the move follows a spike in complaints about the industry in recent months.

Lower mid-market firm Aliter Capital has also added an investment associate.

Operating partners should be treated as equal to deal teams within private equity firms, according to panellists at PEI’s Operating Partners Forum Europe.

The fund services firm has expanded into Australia with the acquisition of Foster Raffan’s compliance division.

Research shows that a lack of institutional-quality investments in private equity and infrastructure is contributing to fees remaining ‘intransigent’.