James Ahern named to Crain’s New York Notable Leaders in Finance 2024

Laidlaw & Co. Managing Partner James Ahern has been named one of Crain’s New York’s Notable Leaders in Finance for 2024. Mr. Ahern has been at Laidlaw for fourteen years and is credited with the firm’s strategic investments in some of the most promising and cutting-edge healthcare advancements to date. Mr. Ahern’s main responsibilities at the firm are centered around venture capital investments, where approximately $300 million has been deployed, creating billions in public market value. “Jimmy is one of the brightest, most...

Sun Life names Timothy Deacon as Chief Financial Officer

Sun Life Financial Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy (Tim) Deacon as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Kevin Strain, President and CEO, Sun Life, effective April 8, 2024. Mr. Deacon will become a member of Sun Life’s global Executive Team. He succeeds Manjit Singh, who is now President of Sun Life Asia. Mr. Singh will continue in his role as President of Sun Life Asia and as CFO until Mr. Deacon assumes his...

CDPQ appoints Rana Ghorayeb as EVP and Head of Real Estate

CDPQ announced the appointment of Rana Ghorayeb as Executive Vice-President and Head of Real Estate. In her new role, she will be responsible for leading the overall Ivanhoé Cambridge portfolio and investment team, which has assets of over $77 billion. Rana Ghorayeb has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Otéra Capital, a CDPQ subsidiary specialized in real estate lending, for nearly five years. Before joining CDPQ in 2012, Rana Ghorayeb already had an impressive track record in real estate in...

Trilogy Real Estate Group hires Archie Hughes as Senior Regional VP

Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment and property management firm, announced that Archie Hughes has joined the company as senior regional vice president. Hughes will be responsible for furthering the sales efforts of Trilogy’s platform of investment offerings in the eastern US region. “Financial intermediaries continue to seek options that lessen the impacts market turbulence has on clients’ portfolios,” said Matt Leiter, chief financial officer for Trilogy Real Estate Group. “Archie has developed a reputation...

Summit Partners announces promotions, additions across its offices

Summit Partners, a leading alternative investment firm, announced the promotion of three professionals and the addition of one new Principal across the firm’s global offices. Yoon Lee has been promoted to Partner, and Hanyin Cheng and Cody Lee have been promoted to Principal. In addition, Ryan McDonald has joined the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences team as a Principal. “We are very pleased to recognize the performance of these three colleagues with well-earned promotions,” said Peter...

Crystal Capital Partners’ new website with improved user experience

Thirty years ago, Crystal Capital Partners (Crystal) began investing in what are some of largest and most established alternative investment managers. In the years since Crystal has evolved into a fintech company offering a comprehensive suite of tools that simplify alternative investments for advisors and their QP clients. Today, it continues its development with the launch of a new website and improved user experience. Key Innovations: Strategic and/or Thematic Portfolio Construction: Advisors now begin their due...

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