Private Funds Advisory Group?

Heard about this group briefly in the context of Moelis/Lazard, but couldn't find anything online. Does anyone know what this group is and what it does? Sounds like glorified pwm

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They raise capital for private equity groups and provide secondary advisory to funds

"When I find a short-seller, I want to tear his heart out and eat it before his eyes while he's still alive." - Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
 
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It's generally not like a sponsors group. It's more like a placement agent. Specifically focused on raising private equity capital for buyout and or real estate funds. Generally the guys in this group have longstanding and deep relationships with institutional investors such as pensions and endowments. They also generally have good industry knowledge about alternative investments so they can market funds effectively. A PE firm hires them and pays them approximately 2% of the capital they raise as a fee. It can be very lucrative but it's also a highly cyclical business.

 

It's possible but the skillset required for Private Funds is very different than Coverage IBD. Private Funds capital raising is more marketing and pitching to investors vs. heavy quantitative work in a coverage group with some pitching.

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