New York-based financial services company Bear Stearns has bought the international fund placement business of Crane Capital Associates for an undisclosed amount.
Paul Sanabria, a senior managing director of Bear Stearns Asset Management, and Leo van den Thillart, formerly a senior managing parter at Crane Capital, will lead the new group, known as the Bear Stearns Private Fund Group. Sanabria will be located in the firm’s New York office, while van den Thillart will work from its London office.
Crane Capital has offices in the US, UK, Europe, Norway, Australia and Japan. Its clients include alternative investment managers in the buyout, venture capital, real estate and secondaries markets, Bear Stearns said in a statement. Crane Capital’s widespread presence outside the US will benefit Bear Stearn’s global platform, Richard Marin, chairman and chief executive officer of Bear Stearns Asset Management, said in the statement.
Many investment banks have placement agents associated with them, including Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Citigroup and Jefferies. Jefferies, which specializes in mid-market corporate finance, entered the placement agent business in the same way as Bear Stearns by acquiring Helix Associates, a European private equity fund placement group, for an undisclosed amount in 2005.
The Bear Stearns Companies were founded in 1923. The firm services governments, corporations, institutions and individuals across the world. It focuses on institutional equities, fixed income, investment banking, global clearing services, asset management and private client services. It is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BSC.
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