Headland becomes a test case for post-bank spinout PE funds
One of the most closely watched of the new wave of private equity team spinouts from major banks has completed with the announcement that the management team who led HSBC Private Equity Asia have now completed their separation from parent HSBC with the launch of Headland Capital Partners Ltd., under George Raffini and Marcus Thompson, Managing Partners of the new firm.
Headland took the entire 16-strong investment team, who Raffini noted have been investing in some cases for over 20 years, and retains the existing advisory relationships with the current and fully invested...
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