Chris Cunningham joins Morningside Capital

Morningside Capital is pleased to announce that Chris Cunningham has joined Morningside as its Chief Compliance Officer. Chris brings to Morningside 13 years of investment experiences and worked with the principals of Morningside previously at CPP Investments in its private equity secondaries teams. We welcome Chris to the team.

Morningside Capital announces the final close of its second single asset secondary fund

Morningside Capital is delighted to announce the final closing of Morningside Vintage Secondary 2023, LP. Consistent its previous vintage, the fund will focus on investing in “trophy assets” managed by top tier private equity managers by investing through single asset continuation vehicles. Since launching its vintage secondary program, Morningside has led or participated in over a dozen such transactions. We thank our existing limited partners for their continued support and welcome sixteen new partners into our 2023 fund.

Tori Buffery awarded Women of Influence: Private Equity

Morningside Capital is excited to showcase partner, Tori Buffery, as Women of Influence by PE Hub.

Below is a link to PE Hub where you can read a short description about Tori and other industry professionals.

Link: https://www.pehub.com/women-of-influence-2023-private-equity/

Morningside Capital expands team

Kheed Ng joins as a Senior Principal and will participate in investment origination, evaluation and execution. Prior to joining Morningside, Kheed was a Principal at CPP Investments and worked across Toronto, London and Hong Kong in both the Relationship Investments and Private Equity Asia groups. While at CPP Investments, he helped start Relationship Investments Europe and has held board positions at portfolio companies. Prior to CPP Investments, he worked in the M&A group at RBC Capital Markets. Kheed holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, graduating with distinction.

Jois Deng is a certified CPA and joins Morningside as a Finance Manager and will participate in investment structuring, taxation, and reporting activities. Jois was previously a Senior Tax Manager at Mackenzie Investments and a Tax Specialist at Fiera Capital. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Ontario with a major in Finance.

Dario Nuñez joins as an Analyst on its investment team. Prior to joining Morningside, Dario had work experience in investment banking. He holds a Master’s degree in International Finance from Nova School of Business and Economics.

Stephany Gonzalez Benjumea joins as an Executive Assistant and supports Morningside’s business development activities. She previously worked at CIBC and holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Brock University.

The expansion of the Morningside team will help increase our capacity to execute secondary and portfolio financing investments and enhance services for our investors.

Kheed, Jois, Dario and Stephany, welcome to the team!

Morningside completes preferred equity investments in partnership with Springwater Capital

Morningside Capital and LSV Advisors partnered with Springwater Capital by investing in a portfolio of European private equity assets with a value of over €100 million through a preferred equity solution. This transaction will enable Springwater to continue to build out its platform and to take advantage of the current market conditions to provide sophisticated capital solutions to companies with high growth potential whilst also broadening its investor base.
Find below links to the Secondary Investor Article and a Press Release:

Morningside Capital announces the final close of its single asset secondary fund

Morningside Capital is delighted to announce the final closing of Morningside Vintage Secondary 2022, LP. The Fund will focus on investing in “trophy assets” managed by top tier private equity managers by investing through single asset secondaries. In tandem with closing, the Fund completed its first investment in partnership with a blue-chip global private equity sponsor. Morningside is among one of the first secondaries firms globally to raise a vehicle devoted exclusively to top tier managers and their “trophy assets”.