Deal sizes are returning to their pre-2008 levels owing to the “dry powder” accumulated by private equity firms, according to Joseph Cohen, a panellist at the 2017 Guernsey Funds Forum in London. Cohen says this is resulting in a greater number of club deals in the buyout arena as
Fundamental Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on special situations in municipal market and public purpose assets, has held the final close of its third private equity fund, Fundamental Partners III, with USD993 million in capital commitments. Fundamental exceeded its target for Fund III. A majority of Fundamental’s
Nautic Partners is to acquire, in partnership with the existing management team, Endries International and certain Endries related affiliates, from Ferguson Enterprises and its affiliates. The transaction is expected to close within the next 45 days. Endries is a distributor of fasteners and Class-C parts serving industrial Original
Audax Private Equity has completed the sale of Aavid Thermalloy to Boyd Corporation, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital Management. Aavid, founded in 1964 and headquartered in Laconia, New Hampshire, provides a broad range of technologically advanced thermal management solutions for aerospace and defence, telecommunications, LED lighting, server, data
The demand for infrastructure funds remains evidently strong. Last year, these vehicles raised USD62.9 billion in aggregate based on figures provided by Preqin*. In Q1 2017, that number had already reached USD29.5 billion; nearly twice the amount raised in Q1 2016 (USD16 billion). “We’ve seen increasing interest in infrastructure deals,
Infrastructure has become a key area of focus for institutional investors as they look to diversify their fixed income portfolios to access longer term, resilient credit opportunities for income-like returns. Within this asset class, infrastructure debt is on the rise as investment managers look to construct new debt vehicles: either
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, an investment manager specialising in lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure assets, has acquired Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based developer and operator of US wind power projects. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Scout is developing a 1,600-megawatt (MW) pipeline of US wind
FAB Partners, a global alternative investment platform, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Halkin Asset Management, a London-based alternative asset manager. The combined company will be rebranded as Centricus and will continue to target returns across all asset classes, sectors and geographies for its investors.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has raised more than USD125 million in final commitments for its first global impact fund, PMF Integro Fund I. Launched in partnership with the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, Integro invests in private equity funds that offer the potential for compelling financial return while
Honeywell has launched an investment fund that will invest in early-stage, high-growth technology companies that are strategically aligned to the company’s portfolio and software capabilities. The initial fund size is expected to be approximately USD100 million and investments will be made through Honeywell Venture Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary
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