November 13th: GP Staking, cocktail presentation by Bonaccord Capital Partners & Investcorp

The two global leaders in middle market GP staking presented their latest strategies during a cocktail event.

InvestCorp was represented by Anthony Maniscalco, the Managing Partner and Head of Investcorp’s Strategic Capital Group (ISCG), based in New York.

ISCG is focused on providing capital solutions to the GPs of mid-sized private market alternative asset managers. ISCG closed its inaugural fund in the Spring of 2022. In his current role, Mr. Maniscalco is focused on managing the overall business, sourcing new investment opportunities and is the chairperson of the Investment Committee.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Maniscalco was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Credit Suisse Anteil Capital Partners. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of the Hedge Fund Solutions business at The Blackstone Group. At Blackstone, he was a founding member and on the investment committee of Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings, a USD 3.3 billion private, permanent capital vehicle focused on acquiring minority interests in alternative asset manager GPs.

Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Maniscalco was Head of Alternative Asset Management Banking at Barclays (and its predecessor Lehman Brothers) within its Financial Institutions Group. Prior to this role, Mr. Maniscalco was head of the Media and Telecom vertical within Lehman Brothers' Leveraged Finance Group.

Bonaccord was represented by Anand Tanna, Managing Director & Vincenzo Narciso, Operating Partner.

Anand has a dedicated focus on strategic development and supporting portfolio companies in key value creation initiatives.

Prior to joining Bonaccord, Anand was a Director at Eaton Partners, leading capital raising and business development efforts from the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia working out of their London office. Anand started his career with ABN Amro Bank, where he helped build their SME business and led new market initiatives across India and Asia.

Vincenzo has a dedicated focus on strategic development and supporting portfolio companies in key value creation initiatives spanning new product launch, capital formation, operational improvement, and human capital management. Vincenzo will lead capital formation initiatives in Europe in support of our partner sponsors. He brings over 20 years of experience in alternative investments, both as a limited partner and as an investor relations professional.

Prior to joining Bonaccord, he was a Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Earlybird, and previously he was a Managing Director with The Carlyle Group and The Rhone Group, based in London. Earlier in his career, he served as the Global Head of Private Markets at UBS (International), as the Head of Private Equity at UBP, and held senior investment professional positions at Swiss Re and Adveq (Schroders).