Jeff Mazer and Katya Baron have joined Aequitas Capital, a wealth management firm in Lake Oswego, Ore., as part of the firm’s growth strategy for the alternative investments space, Aequitas announced Wednesday.
Mazer, who joins Aequitas Capital as senior managing director of capital markets and treasury, most recently served as a director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Global Liquidity Investment Solutions unit, where he led a team that helped deliver investment management solutions for clients with approximately $63 billion in assets.
Mazer will be responsible for managing the company's portfolio of investment offerings, executing senior and junior debt and credit strategies, and serving as an advisor to executive management on liquidity and capital structure for Aequitas Capital's business units.
Baron joins Aequitas Capital as managing director of capital markets. She previously worked for boutique and major investment banks such as Sterne Agee, Gleacher, Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan Securities.
Baron will be responsible for sourcing and structuring new asset financing transactions, as well as capital markets outreach on behalf of Aequitas, its funds and portfolio companies.