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Howard Weiss, former senior VP and CFO at Castle Harlan, has joined Stella Point, a mid-market private equity firm co-founded by Justin Wender, Castle Harlan’s president from 2006-2010.

The New-York based law firm welcomes back Christopher Machera to focus on private equity transactions.

The financial regulatory body aims to enhance regulatory safeguards for investment advisers in the event of natural disaster, cyber-attack, technology failures and the departure of key personnel.

One of Canada’s largest pension investment managers seems undeterred by the outcome of the Brexit vote and is still set to open its London office next year.

The mid-market investment bank brought in a former Abernathy MacGregor account executive to focus on marketing, media relations and external communications.

Despite the private equity industry moving toward standardisation in reporting in recent years, LPs are also increasingly asking for customised investment reports from private equity firms, which comes with its own sets of challenges.

New York-based firm The Riverside Company spoke about the importance of branding and communications at the PEI Investor Relations and Communications Forum.

The communications firm has hired a once-retired Blackstone managing director as vice chairman.

The law firm Kirkland & Ellis has recruited two new partners to join the firm’s corporate practice group.

Melbourne-based IFM Investors hired Alex Joiner as chief economist from Bank of America.