Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has closed its fifth fund raising EUR949 million (USD1.05 billion), including approximately EUR143 million (USD158 billion) of co-investment capital. Greenhill & Co acted as the placement agent. Patron Capital V exceeded its original target of EUR750 million (USD830 million),
A fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent interest in two operational wind projects in Ireland from GE Energy Financial Services. The 17-megawatt Acres wind farm located in Donegal and the 34-megawatt Barranafaddock wind farm located in Waterford have been operational since
Sprott Asset Management, a USD10 billion Toronto-based alternative asset manager, has rolled out a second iteration of the firm’s private credit trust strategy, Sprott Private Credit Trust II, with hedge fund specialist Arif N Bhalwani. Bhalwani is the chief executive officer and managing director of Third Eye Capital Management, a sub-adviser to Sprott Asset Management. Sprott Private Credit Trust II focuses on identifying short-term opportunities primarily in
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised Zuffa and its controlling owners on the sale of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the professional mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation. The acquisition was led by WME|IMG, Silver Lake Partners and KKR as new strategic investors, along with MSD Capital and MSD Partners.
Global law firm K&L Gates has advised on the establishment of the Elephant Club Consumer Debt Fund, managed by Capital Focus Asset Management. The newly established fund invests in notes issued by Hong Kong-licensed money lender Elephant Club Limited, and represents Hong Kong’s first ever hybrid fund peer-lending platform.
General partners (GPs) expect to face increased competition for deals as growing numbers of limited partners (LPs) target transactions through direct investment, according to research by the London Business School on behalf of MVision Private Equity Advisers. Almost half of GPs surveyed predict having to go head-to-head with LPs in
Since its initial investment in PathXL in 2012, Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has generated a 270 per cent tax-free return for investors from the sale of the tissue diagnostics medical technology firm to Philips for an undisclosed sum. Queens University Belfast spin-out PathXL has developed digital pathology systems
Total assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.6 trillion in 2015, up 3 per cent on the prior year, according to research produced by Willis Towers Watson. The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers ten asset classes and seven investor types, shows that of the top
ARX Equity Partners has completed a first close of its latest Central Europe vehicle, ARX CEE IV, at EUR54 million, with total subscribed commitments of EUR66 million. The fund, which has a target of EUR100 million including commitments from the European Investment Fund (EIF), will continue to execute the ARX
WestBridge Capital has completed a GBP10.5 million secondary buyout of ISG Technology, marking a successful exit for RJD Private Equity which originally backed a management buyout of the business in 2005. ISG designs, installs and manages mission critical networking infrastructure solutions for blue chip organisations across the UK, including retailers,
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