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Private Equity Intelligence
Placement agents
Who markets private equity funds
An agent appears here when a fund's adviser names it as a marketer on Form ADV (Schedule D, 7.B.(1), question 28) or when the fund's Form D names it as a sales compensation recipient. Fund vehicles are counted as filed, so a main fund, its parallel funds and its feeders count separately. “Latest generation” means the agent is named on a vehicle of the sponsor's most recent vintage or the one before it.
3,586 placement agents
| Agent | Sponsors | Repeat | Last 3 years | Latest generation | Fund vehicles | Years named | Most frequent sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wedbush Securities Inc. Los Angeles, CA · CRD 877 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2012 to 2024 | Wedbush Asset Management, LLC (2), Icapital (1) |
Wells Capital Management Singapore San Francisco, CA · CRD 165024 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2017 to 2024 | Icapital (3), Morgan Stanley (2) |
Wickenkamp Consulting Gmbh Cologne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2019 to 2024 | Star Mountain Fund Management, LLC (6), Cartesian Capital Group (1) |
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC Nashville, TN · CRD 3767 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2012 to 2026 | TVV Capital (3), Carlyle Group (2) |
Wilmington Trust Investment Management Wilmington, DE · CRD 19396 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2019 to 2024 | Blackrock (1), Morgan Stanley (1) |
Wilmington Trust, N.A. Wilmington, DE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2014 to 2021 | Camden (4), Morgan Stanley (1) |
Wise Capital (middle East) Ltd. Dubai | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2012 to 2019 | HQ Capital Private Equity LLC (7), Pacific Equity Partners Pty Limited (3) |
XP Investments US, LLC New York, NY · CRD 156691 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2022 to 2024 | Harbourvest Partners (18), Hamilton Lane (1) |
XS Investments Naarden | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2012 to 2024 | Truebridge Capital Partners (7), Greyhound Capital (2) |
XS Investments Bv Laren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2020 to 2023 | Closed Loop Partners, LLC (2), Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC (1) |
Z Square Partners Consulting Co. Ltd. Beijing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2019 to 2024 | PSG Equity L.L.C. (10), Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (4) |
1251 Capital Group Boston, MA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2022 to 2022 | Greenbacker Capital Management LLC (1) |
1851 Securities, Inc Hartford, CT · CRD 153006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 to 2023 | Nassau (1) |
1st Discount Brokerage, Inc. Providence, RI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2014 to 2024 | Precision Capital Advisors, LLC (2) |
21st Century Gold & Silver Del Ray Beach, FL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | Straightpath Management Inc (2) |
2m Management, LLC New York, NY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | Rp (4) |
3p Capital Advisors Eerbeek | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2015 to 2023 | Olympus Capital Holdings Asia LLC (2) |
3sixty Capital LLP London | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 to 2018 | Raison Asset Management (1) |
4f Investment Partners Israel Ltd Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | LBC Credit Partners (7) |
A Davis Capital Freehold, NJ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | Straightpath Management Inc (2) |
A Lamont & Co Brussels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2021 to 2021 | Lumos Capital Group LLC (2) |
A Lamot & Co Brussels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2022 to 2024 | Lumos Capital Group LLC (2) |
A. German Moscow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2016 to 2016 | Civitas Capital Management, LLC (2) |
A. I. Aya Technologies Ltd. Maccabim-Reut | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2023 to 2024 | Gallatin Point Capital LLC (4) |
A.I.C. Bv Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 to 2023 | LGK Advisors, LLC (1) |
A2z Private Capital Pte Ltd Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2024 to 2024 | Aacp Investments, LLC (2) |
A7 + Paris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2024 to 2024 | Tikehau (1) |
AAB Asset Services Gmbh Augsburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 to 2020 | Sectoral Asset Management Inc. (1) |
Aaron Gaffner Melville, NY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 to 2019 | Straightpath Management Inc (1) |
Aaron Wealth Advisors Chicago, IL · CRD 298079 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2024 to 2024 | First Trust Capital (1) |
Ab2 Sas Paris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2014 to 2015 | Committed Advisors S.A.S. (1) |
Abaris Capital Advisors, LLC Winnetka, IL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2023 to 2024 | Alerce Investment Management, L.P. (3) |
Abax Global Capital Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2015 to 2017 | Abax Global Capital (1) |
ABN Amro Bank N.V. Dubai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 to 2024 | Invesco (1) |
ABN Amro N.V. Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 to 2020 | Carlyle Group (1) |
Abraaj Capital Limited Dubai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2012 to 2019 | Actis (1) |
ABS Advisory Services, LLC Darien, CT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 to 2022 | OAK Harbor Capital, LLC (1) |
Absalon Capital Fondsmæglerselskab A/s Hellerup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 to 2020 | Silverstreet Capital LLP (1) |
Aburdene Associates, Inc. Washington, DC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2012 to 2016 | Winston Capital Management LLC (1) |
Academy Securities, Inc. New York, NY · CRD 17433 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2014 to 2017 | North Castle Partners, LLC (2) |
Acanthus London · CRD 296836 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2022 to 2024 | COW Corner Investing Ltd (2) |
Acanthus Capital Limited - Placement Agent London | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2023 to 2023 | Preservation Capital Partners Limited (5) |
Acanthus Global Limited St Peter Port | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2020 to 2023 | Preservation Capital Partners Limited (1) |
Acanthus Partners Limited Liability Partnership London | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2015 to 2016 | Vintage Investment Partners (1) |
ACC Partners LLP London | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2018 to 2021 | Orchard Global Asset (2) |
Access Alpha Worldwide Inc Evanston, IL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2016 to 2017 | Mandala Capital Limited (2) |
Access C. Partner Fze Ras Al Khaimah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2022 to 2022 | Gateway (1) |
Access Equity Management Limited London | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2014 to 2024 | LGK Advisors, LLC (1) |
Access GP S.À R.L. Grand Duchy Of Luxemborg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2024 to 2024 | CVC (1) |
Access Wealth Management, Inc. Louisville, KY · CRD 281616 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 to 2017 | Carlyle Group (1) |