Kenneth Binick
Co-Head of Direct Equity Investments
Ken is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Direct Equity Investments. In this role, he is responsible for all investment activity, strategy implementation and team management. Ken is a member of the Direct Equity Investment Committee.Prior to joining Hamilton Lane, Ken spent 15 years at Portfolio Advisors LLC and was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Co-Investments. Ken played an integral part in the growth of several of the firm’s verticals and served on the Investment Committees for the co-investment, secondary, and credit funds. Previously, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and CIBC World Markets in their Leveraged Finance Groups.
Ken holds an M.B.A. from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Featured Content
Insights
Weathering the Storm: Navigating Private Equity's New Reality Through the Middle Market
Co-Heads of Direct Equity Investments Ken Binick and Drew Schardt discuss how middle-market business services can help investors navigate uncertainty.
News
Ken Binick on SuperReturn TV
Ken Binick discusses the current state of the private markets, the evolving private equity dealmaking landscape and the opportunity set for middle market co-investments.
Insights
Why Middle-Market Co-Investment Opportunities Make Sense Now
What makes today's direct equity environment ripe with opportunity for middle-market co-investments? Learn why middle-market co-investing makes sense now.
Podcast
Direct Your Attention to Equity
Off the back of rising inflation, higher interest rates and recession fears, global deal making is edging towards a 10-year low. What does that look like for the direct equity landscape?
