Liquidity Group creates institutional investor arm
Private credit specialist Liquidity Group has formed a new division to focus on attracting and retaining institutional investors.
Financial Institutions Group (FIG) will be led by Reggie Mills, with Robert Amato named head of FIG North America, and Sonia Peterson appointed head of FIG, Europe.
Mills has more than 25 years experience in private capital markets. He was previously head of UK and EMEA private capital markets at Cantor Fitzgerald. Prior to this he worked in senior roles at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse.
Amato will be based in New York. Before joining Liquidity Group he was managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald in the structured products banking group for six years, where he worked with early-stage issuers.
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Peterson has more than 15 years experience in public and private capital markets in Europe and North America. She was previously managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald in the private capital markets group where she was responsible for the development of institutional and family office relationships and capital raising.
“Institutions are looking for smart, honest partners who will work hard to deliver strong returns in their portfolios while being open and transparent through every market cycle,” said Ron Daniel, co-founder and chief executive of Liquidity Group.
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“Reggie, Rob and Sonia exemplify those values and attributes in every way. After six years, we have proven that our non-dilutive and equity financing solutions, powered by our proprietary machine learning and predictive analytics technology, are successful and effective.
“We are ready to partner with other top tier institutions seeking a tech enhanced asset manager.”
Liquidity Group has approximately $2.5bn (£1.99bn) in assets under management, and specialises in growth stage private credit.
Its existing institutional investors include Apollo and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
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