Aksia Real Assets Hire, LPL and US Bank Additions, Upcoming 2025 RFPs, New Private Market Investments, Fund Closings & Launches

In this episode of the Dakota Fundraising News Podcast, Pat and Konch highlight recent job changes, including Michael Ardill joining Hymans Robertson, Bethan Brown joining Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Michael Brand being appointed Co-head of Real Assets at Aksia. In RIA/FA M&A updates, LPL Financial recruits a $540M team from US Bank in San Diego, UBS hires Ryan Lurie to lead its Arizona wealth management team, and Wedbush expands its Philadelphia office with the McCall Connelly Group. Institutional coverage includes updates on the Davie Police Pension Plan hiring Loomis Sayles as its core fixed income manager, upcoming manager searches for the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana, and significant commitments from plans like Maine Public Employees’ Retirement System and Border to Coast. Fundraising highlights feature Pearlmark’s second close on its $300M+ Mezzanine VI fund, CION and GCM Grosvenor’s launch of a $300M infrastructure fund, and Prospect Capital’s partnership with iCapital to boost access to its closed-end funds and BDCs. Tune in for these updates and more from the world of institutional and wealth management.