Pakenham launches investment banking boutique

Top adviser to asset managers makes United Nations consultant his first hire at new firm

Kevin Pakenham, one of the UK's best-known advisers to asset management companies, has teamed up with a former colleague from US bank Jefferies to launch a boutique investment bank.

Pakenham's business partner is Krzysztof Owerkowicz. They started their new firm, Pakenham Partners, in March after Jefferies decided to develop a more broadly-based investment banking business.

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