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Scepter Partners Forms Merchant Bank For Sovereign Investors, Family Offices
Eliane Chavagnon
25 August 2015
Scepter Partners, a syndicate of sovereign investors and ultra high net worth families, has created a merchant banking division with investment banker Anthony Steains and his former Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia team. Scepter said it will announce a series of vehicles in the coming months focused on acquiring large-cap assets in natural resources, infrastructure and real estate. The team, led by Steains, has advised on numerous transactions and is a specialist in Asian industrials and natural resources. Headquartered in Bermuda, and with offices in New York, London and Beijing, Scepter is led by chairman and chief executive, Rayo Withanage.