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Australia’s sovereign wealth fund creates five new roles, split by asset class, after head of property exits.

A majority of LPs find recruitment and internal resource constraints to be significant barriers to improving PE returns, according to Coller Capital's latest survey.

Increased LP due diligence and strong capital distributions could mean private equity has less to fear from an impending downturn than a decade ago.

Dominic Spiri's departure follows the appointment of Vivek Ahuja, former deputy group CFO of Standard Chartered, to the role of group chief financial officer in January.

Stéphane Theuriau joins as managing partner and head of RE following more than eight years at French property developer Altarea Cogedim.

Virginia Doble was responsible for raising approximately £650m across Sovereign Capital’s previous two private equity funds.

The firm has tapped Francesco Panfilo, former founding managing partner at Italian mid-market buyout house PM & Partners, as senior advisor.

ICG’s current head of Australia and New Zealand will take the lead across the Asia Pacific region.

The firm appointed 15 investment professionals to bring its team number to 60 last year and is planning a similar number of additions this year, partner Richard Howell tells PEI.

Senior partners Laurent de Rosière and Richard Kunzer will co-head the buyout firm’s IR team after Charlie Bott's departure.