Monument Group Continues European Expansion with Dutch Hire
AMSTERDAM – May 18, 2023 – Monument Group, a leading independent global capital advisory firm, is pleased to announce the hire of Lars Fonkert as a Vice President. Lars, who is based in Monument Group’s recently opened Amsterdam office, will be part of the European distribution team.
Lars brings extensive consulting and institutional sales experience to the role. He was most recently responsible for business development among institutional investors for Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, consulting across a range of asset classes. Prior to Amundi, Lars was at financial data and analytics firm FactSet, managing a base of institutional, investment banking and private equity accounts. Lars holds a MSc. in Business Administration from the University of Amsterdam.
“We are very pleased to welcome Lars to the Monument Group team,” said Janet Brooks, Partner at Monument Group. “His relationships and knowledge of the Dutch institutional investment arena will be invaluable as we continue to grow our European primaries, secondaries and capital advisory businesses across Europe.”
Monument Group opened its Amsterdam office in February 2023 and is fully licensed in the Netherlands and passported throughout the European Union. With its global presence and comprehensive advisory capabilities, Monument Group advises and assists on capital formation and liquidity solutions, including primary fundraising, secondaries, capital solutions and advisory services for both general and limited partners globally. It has represented a strong roster of clients across a variety of strategies. Select European clients include Altor Equity Partners, Castik Capital, HighBrook Investors, and Impilo.
About Monument Group
Monument Group is a global independent full-service capital advisory and fundraising partner in alternative investments managed by a senior team with a significant buy-side investment heritage. Since 1994, Monument Group has assisted its clients in raising $131 billion across 205 funds and transactions. Across offices in Boston, London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Tokyo, the firm advises and assists on capital formation and liquidity solutions, including primary fundraising, secondaries, capital solutions and advisory services for both general and limited partners globally. For more information on Monument Group’s capabilities, visit www.monumentgroup.com.
Monument Group, Inc., is an SEC registered broker-dealer and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC); Monument Group Europe LLP is authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority; Monument Group Netherlands B.V. is licensed by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets. Monument Group, L.P. is licensed as a Type II Financial Instruments Dealer by the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) and Monument Group (HK) Limited is licensed to conduct Type 1 regulated activities in Hong Kong by the Securities and Futures Commission.
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