Fast-growth investment firm to hire 75 people

SARASOTA — Global Financial Private Capital, an SEC-Registered Investment Adviser firm with more than $3 billion in assets under management, plans to double its employee base to 150 people in the next five years.

Global Financial, according to a release, also plans to move its Sarasota headquarters from an office downtown to a complex off Fruitville Road, just west of Interstate 75 in the Gateway Professional Center. Global Financial, which provides wealth management services for institutional and individual investors, is one of several firms to recently sign new or renewed leases in Gateway.