Ballast Rock has employed Max Jackson as a managing director and personal credit score portfolio supervisor because it appears to increase into an “enticing area of interest”.
Within the newly created function, Jackson will look to establish and supply personal credit score and growth capital alternatives for the group’s asset administration division. Based mostly in San Francisco, he can even lead M&A advisory for Ballast Rock Capital.
“Non-public credit score has been among the many fastest-growing segments of monetary companies, and we consider we’ve got recognized a pretty area of interest to discover these alternatives on behalf of our traders,” stated Simon O’Shea, chief funding officer of Ballast Rock.
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Beforehand, Jackson was vp at KeyBanc, in its utilities, energy and renewable vitality capital markets group. There he suggested on greater than $1bn in transactions. Previous to that, he labored at MVP Capital and Fifth Third Securities.
Ballast Rock, headquartered in South Carolina, has $240m (£182m) in property beneath administration managed on behalf of over 1,060 traders. The asset administration division gives investments in multi-family actual property and enterprise capital. The group additionally has a wealth administration division.
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