Archive for December 2025
Hiring a Corporate Accounting Director in Alternative Investments (Management Company Controllership) – Search Agency Case Study
There’s a category of finance hiring that looks “standard” from the outside – finding strong accounting director level talent for management companies within Alternative Investments comes down to fundamentals, a CPA track record with previous client complexity in the right industries, leadership capability, solid systems exposure—and yet becomes one of the hardest roles a finance…
Read MoreHiring a Tax Structuring Counsel for a Credit Investment Manager (JD / LLM Profile Recruiting) – Search Agency Case Study
When investment managers call a recruiting agency for tax hiring, it’s rarely because the title is unusual. It’s because the intersection of skills is scarce, the work touches high-stakes decisions, and the operating environment is too lean to absorb a mis-hire. This search was a Tax Structuring Counsel seat embedded in a credit fund investment…
Read MoreAfter being bought by PE firm, manufacturer to close Mass. facility
After trading hands between two private equity firms earlier this year, a manufacturer is now closing its only Massachusetts facility. Read More
Read MoreSally’s Apizza eyes 15 Massachusetts locations as part of ambitious 1,000-restaurant expansion plan
Sally’s Apizza, the popular New Haven pizzeria that first came to Massachusetts in 2023, says it hopes to open 15 locations in the state as part of an aggressive national expansion. Read More
Read MoreBXP sells Cambridge tower to Fidelity-affiliated firm for $170M
The 22-story Proto apartment tower in Kendall Square has changed hands between two Boston real estate giants in a $170 million deal, marking a rare transaction for both companies in the local market. Read More
Read MoreChancellor: NIH funding crisis threatens Massachusetts research jobs
More than 390 grant applications from UMass Chan researchers—including work on cancer, ALS, and Alzheimer’s disease—are stuck in limbo at the National Institutes of Health, representing nearly $1 billion in potential funding over the life of those grants. Read More
Read MoreHave a person or company to nominate for a BBJ award? These are closing soon
Nominations for the Boston Business Journal’s signature events are open this holiday season. Read More
Read MoreMass. battery startup to go public via SPAC deal at $1.1B valuation
The Billerica battery startup already has major commercial partners in Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. Read More
Read MoreViewpoint: Boston’s next revolution won’t be about independence. It will be about infrastructure.
The revolution Boston needs to lead now isn’t technological. It’s architectural. Not architecture in the sense of buildings, but in the sense of systems: how cities are designed, operated, and experienced as living platforms that adapt to the people within them. Read More
Read MoreAspen Aerogels lists Georgia factory shell for sale after $671M federal loan falls through
Aspen Aerogels took a $296 million impairment charge when it pulled the plug on its Georgia plant, and now executives are unveiling a turnaround strategy that targets data centers and European automotive markets instead of domestic electric vehicle production. Read More
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