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Cogent Partners is a boutique, private equity-focused investment bank and advisory firm and was one of the first advisory firms dedicated to transactions in the private equity secondary market (secondaries).〔(Shopping Used Private Equity ). Fortune magazine, August 2010〕 The firm, which was founded in 2002,〔(Cogent Partners launches new secondaries intermediary and advisory service ). AltAssets, May 2002〕 provides an array of sell-side advisory services such as secondary advisory, portfolio valuation and other research functions. Since inception, Cogent Partners has advised on over 5,639 limited partnership interests representing over $103 billion in private equity secondaries. Cogent Partners offers various private equity research products, including both fund and portfolio-level performance monitoring as well as due diligence services for new fund commitments. The firm publishes research bulletins for distribution to institutional investors. The firm has offices in Dallas, New York City, San Francisco, London and Singapore. The firm was composed of 46 professionals at the time of the 2015 acquisition by Greenhill. The firm was founded by former investment professionals from the Crossroads Group. Among its founders were Colin McGrady, Scott Myers, Stephen Sloan, Ian Charles, and Brian Mooney. Crossroads was a private equity investment manager investing primarily as a fund of funds. Within the secondary space, Crossroads was noted for its $340 million acquisition of a portfolio of direct investments in large- to mid-cap companies from Electronic Data Systems (EDS).〔Cawley, Rusty "(Crossroads uses EDS portfolio to launch fund )." Dallas Business Journal, September 24, 1999〕 Since then, the firm has added a variety of professionals from various investment banking and management consulting backgrounds. In April 2015, Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE: GHL) finalized the acquisition of Cogent Partners which is now part of the Capital Advisory division of Greenhill and trades under the name of "Greenhill Cogent".〔(Greenhill Expands Capital Advisory Capabilities through Acquisition of Cogent Partners ). Greenhill, Feb 10, 2015〕 ==Regulations== CP COGENT SECURITIES LP is a broker-dealer licensed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and is a member of Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). COGENT PARTNERS EUROPE, LLP is a broker-dealer authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority. Additionally, Cogent Partners Europe, LLP is a member of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and of the Association Française des Investisseurs en Capital (AFIC). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cogent Partners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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