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
Strong exit environments in both Europe and Asia helped private equity and venture capital funds in emerging markets and developed markets outside the US outperform public markets in those regions in 2015, according to global investment adviser Cambridge Associates. Emerging market PE and VC returns beat non-US developed market PE
One of the biggest issues with risk when it comes to investing is that investors will invariably think about it in binary terms; what is the level of risk? Is it too high or too low? Of greater import, however, is understanding the composition of risk. Given where the funds
Apex Fund Services has closed a USD40 million credit facility with global credit investment firm Highbridge Principal Strategies. Peter Hughes (pictured), founder and chief executive officer, Apex Fund Services, says: “The completion of this investment further strengthens Apex’s ability to continue its expansion on a global scale. I am delighted
Sunshine Heart has acquired the Aquadex product line from an indirect subsidiary of Baxter International, a specialist in the hospital products and dialysis markets. The Aquadex system is indicated for temporary (up to eight hours) ultrafiltration treatment of patients with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy, and extended (longer
Investcorp is selling Crisps Topco Limited (Tyrrells) to Amplify Snack Brands for an enterprise value of GBP300 million. Founded at Tyrrells Court Farm, Herefordshire in 2002, Tyrrells is a manufacturer of hand-cooked potato and vegetable crisps, popcorn and other savoury snacks. Tyrrells has built on the brand strength of
The Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) and Maven have exited their investment in Cumbernauld-based Spaceright Europe, a manufacturer and supplier of furniture, presentation products, toys and activity equipment for the education sector. Spaceright’s range of products is used in nurseries, schools and universities throughout the UK. Since its original investment
The expanded StepStone Infrastructure and Real Assets Group (SIRA) is now fully integrated into private markets asset management and advisory firm StepStone Group and is actively conducting business for the company’s clients. In May, StepStone announced that KPMG’s infrastructure and real assets investment advisory team would join StepStone. SIRA’s more
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
Risk Capital Partners, the private equity firm chaired by Luke Johnson, has sold its majority stake in Cruise.co, the company which owns the UK’s largest online cruise holiday website Cruise.co.uk, to Bridgepoint Development Capital for GBP52 million. Cruise.co.uk is the largest site in the UK for cruise reviews and cruise
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