Lafayette Square

Credit deals abound as the CPP Investment Board led the way with a major senior secured notes purchase. In total, $765 million in capital was put to work in private equity and credit deals today.

Impact investment firm Lafayette Square has hired Clarion Partners veteran Onay Payne as managing director of real estate. In this newly created role at the mission-driven firm, Payne is tasked with overseeing the firm’s real estate division that aims to ...

Lafayette Square, an impact-driven, minority-owned investment platform, hired Stephen Usher as head of distribution. In this newly created role, he will lead business development and capital formation activities across Lafayette Square, bringing with him 25 years of experience within asset ...

Impact-oriented investment firm Lafayette Square has hired the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Don Baylor Jr. as managing director of services. Baylor will lead the Lafayette Square’s efforts to develop targeted and impactful services that accompany the New York firm’s investments ...

Morgan Stanley has provided $100 million in capital to help the launch of Lafayette Square, an impact-driven and minority-owned investment platform. Founded by Damien Dwin in 2020, Lafayette Square was built to confront societal challenges with targeted investment strategies that ...