Smart Communications has completed its spinoff from Thunderhead and has launched as an independent company led by its existing management team and backed by Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm. As an independent company, Smart Communications will continue to define and lead the next generation of cloud-enabled customer communications management

Tikehau Capital has secured a EUR200 million five-year syndicated loan facility for its long term investment company Tikehau Capital Partners. The loan is from eight international banks led by BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank and LCL.   This marks the first time Tikehau Capital has used a

Modern Energy Management (MEM), a specialist in delivering project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors, has been engaged to work on behalf of CapAsia’s Islamic Infrastructure Fund (IIF) at two early wind farms in Pakistan. Under the terms of the contract, MEM, led by founding partner Lars

Smart Communications, a specialist in enterprise customer and business communications, has completed its spinoff from Thunderhead and launched as an independent company led by its existing management team and backed by tech-focused private equity firm Accel-KKR. As an independent company, Smart Communications will continue to define and lead the next

Growth private equity firm TA Associates is to back a management buyout (MBO) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) Australian-focused investment capabilities and fund platform. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close by year-end, have not been disclosed. The company will rebrand accordingly.   Since the appointment

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has supported the recapitalisation of Romford-based aviation business Farsound by Rubicon Partners and Grovepoint Capital, an investment partnership focused on the acquisition of industrial businesses in Europe and North America. Farsound is a global supply chain provider and manufacturer of consumable component parts to the

OST Energy, an independent engineering consultancy, has teamed with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and solar energy company Lightsource Renewable Energy to bring Europe’s largest floating photovoltaic (PV) solar project to completion. A 6.3 Megawatt peak (MWp) array floating on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir west of London, is now

The Food Revolution Group is to sell its New Zealand-based business and bioactive intellectual property and lease its LangTech Citrus (LTC) assets to Singaporean company Gravity Solutions Global (GSG), in a deal worth more than AUD17 million over 10 years. FOD chief executive Bill Nikolovski says the deal will allow