The group will help US and non-US investment houses to raise capital.

Lombard International Group has built an expanded global institutions solutions practise that helps clients tap into US private markets. The practise will help US and non-US investment houses to raise capital.

The practise is led by John Fischer, who leads a team of senior executives. In the US, this includes Tom Wiese, executive managing director, Sandy Geyelin, EMD, and C Penn Redpath, senior MD.

Jason Tsui, MD, will lead the distribution strategy in Asia. Latin American operations will be led by Juan Job, SMD, and Europe, Middle East and Africa business will be led by Peter Coates. Coates, a 20-year investment industry expert, has recently joined the group as global director of institutional solutions.

The new practise said that clients include foundations, sovereign wealth funds and fund of funds.