of stifel financial industry private equity infrastructure real estate hedge funds founded 1983 founder charles eaton headquarters rowayton connecticut united states products fund raising secondary advisory website www.eatonpartnersllc.com eaton partners is a global placement agent that assists in raising capital for funds managed by some of the largest private equity firms hedge funds real assets and real estate funds in the world . the firm is also one of the oldest placement agents in the private funds industry . 1 2 eaton partners raises capital primarily from institutional investors including private and public pension funds endowment funds family offices fund of funds foundations and other large pools of money that invest in alternative asset classes . in 2009 the wall street journal citing a preqin ltd. league table ranked them eighth among independent private funds placement agents . 3 on november 9 2015 stifel financial corp. agreed to buy eaton partners . 4 5 6 the acquisition closed on january 4 2016 . 7 contents 1 history and background 2 business lines 3 competitors 4 past clients 5 references 6 external links history and background edit the firm was founded in 1983 by charles eaton and has over 60 employees and six offices three in the us two in asia and one in europe . the firm s headquarters are in rowayton connecticut . 8 in 2010 the firm was the first placement agent in the u.s. to launch a fund raising platform for private equity firms in china . 9 in 2013 private equity international named eaton partners the placement agent of the year in north america ahead of park hill group and credit suisse . 10 eaton partners is a registered broker dealer and a member of the financial industry regulatory authority finra . the firm is also registered as an introducing broker with the commodity futures trading commission and member of the national futures association and securities investor protection corporation sipc . the firm s uk operating subsidiary is authorized and regulated by the financial conduct authority and their hong kong based arm is approved as a type 1 license company under the securities and futures commission in hong kong . 8 business lines edit fund raising eaton partners has relationships with over 4 000 active institutional investors in the us europe asia and the middle east . since its founding the firm has raised more than 68 billion globally across 90 different private fund vehicles . 11 secondary advisory in april 2014 eaton partners acquired a secondary advisory group that assists clients in the purchase and sale of limited partnership interests in various types of private funds including private equity real asset real estate venture capital and illiquid hedge funds . 12 eaton partners s secondary advisory team assists private funds in managing the sale of limited partnership interests within their existing funds and also in raising new capital through stapled transactions fund recapitalizations and fund restructurings . the team also advises limited partners on the purchase or sale of fund interests in the secondary markets . competitors edit eaton partners competes primarily with large investment banks most notably credit suisse and ubs as well as a range of smaller firms including triago atlantic pacific capital campbell lutyens probitas partners and park hill group . within the secondary advisory space other advisors also include investments banks . past clients edit in 1989 the firm helped raise capital for a fund managed by tiger management corp. one of the earliest hedge funds which was founded by julian robertson . 13 private equity icg europe asia alternatives summit partners shoreline capital european special opportunities avista capital black diamond capital management landmark partners tara india capital today partners group jml equity wind point partners northstar capital chl medical partners sterling investment partners sandler capital management swander pace capital telecom partners wand partners reich & tang veronis suhler stevenson martin currie southeastern asset management oak investment partners and value line asset management . 8 hedge funds premium point investments welton global investments permal group burgundy asset management dghm dominion ventures and tiger management corp. real estate moor park real estate landmark partners macfarlance partners o connor capital partners trophy property centerline capital group arcap lend lease patron capital partners and kbs realty . real assets ridgewood energy red kite group molpus woodlands group parallel resource partners alterna capital partners quintana capital group hudson clean energy alinda infrastructure tenaska and aig . references edit alden wiliam november 11 2013 . private equity s online courtship . the new york times . shieber jonathan april 11 2013 . energy trust partners seeks 600m for its fourth fund . dow jones lbo wire . top placement agents at end of 2008 . wall street journal . april 22 2009 . dunford thomas november 10 2015 . private equity beat the morning leverage . wall street journal . basak sonali ; chiglinsky katherine november 9 2015 . stifel to acquire eaton for private equity hedge fund ties . . bloomberg . barr diana november 9 2015 . stifel to buy advisory firm eaton partners . st. louis business journal . pe hub jan. 4 2016 stifel financial closes eaton partners buy a b c eaton partners fund placement . eaton partners fund placement . sheng ellen august 30 2010 . the go go world of private equity in china . wall street journal . private equity international awards 2012 . private equity international annual review 2012 eaton partners hires jackson chan for asia distribution . asian venture capital journal may 14 2014 eaton partners launches secondary advisory group . finalternatives . april 11 2014 . a pioneer . columbia business . october 9 2013 . external links edit eaton partners company website eaton partners referenced in wall 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