Equality Asset Management, a next-generation private equity firm, announced that it has formed an advisory board which will be responsible for providing Equality and its companies with strategic guidance, industry insight, and deep functional expertise. C. Kim Goodwin, MBA ’87, joins the board as an accomplished CEO, CIO, portfolio manager, and board director.

C. Kim Goodwin is an accomplished CEO, CIO, portfolio manager, and Board Director. Kim currently serves as CEO and CIO of Avanico Holdings in Puerto Rico, and is currently a Non-Executive Director of PineBridge Investments, and an independent Director of Popular Inc. (BPOP) based in Puerto Rico. Previously Kim served as the Global Head of Equities for Asset Management at Credit Suisse Group, and as CIO of Equities of State Street Research. Previously Kim served for many years on the Board of Akamai Technologies and CheckFree Corporation (acquired by FiServ in 2005), and as a Director of various equity funds within the Allianz Global Investors family of funds. Kim also serves on the Board of Trustees and on the PRINCO endowment board of Princeton University.  Kim holds two Master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, one in Public Affairs, an M.B.A. in Finance from The McCombs School of Business, and an AB cum laude in Politics from Princeton University. Read more

CA Ventures announced the hire of Carlo Matta to support the U.S. firm’s planned $500 million investment in the European housing market. Matta who will head the new London-based European division of CA Ventures, brings over 20 years of experience to the firm, most recently working as managing director at Optimum Asset Management in New York, where he oversaw the sourcing, fundraising, and development of $530 million in real estate developments.

“These strategic hires, both of whom were hand-picked given their extensive experience on the international stage, will accelerate the growth of our European division as we continue to identify development opportunities in vastly underserved markets,” said Tom Scott, CEO of CA Ventures. “With dozens of years of experience between them, Carlo and Olaf can provide us with the hyperlocal insights and relationships needed to build upon CA’s existing $4.5 billion student housing and multifamily residential portfolios across the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Europe.” Read more