AMP Capital and 3i Infrastructure plc (3i Infrastructure) have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire 100 per cent of Danish company ESVAGT from Maersk Group. AMP Capital is investing approximately GBP109 million to acquire a 50 per cent interest in ESVAGT and will have an equal shareholding with
Actis has sold its majority shareholding investment in Mouka Limited (Mouka), a Nigerian mattress brand, to Abraaj, a private equity investor. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Mouka manufactures foam spring mattresses, polyurethane blocks, pillows and furniture for consumers in West Africa. Actis invested in 2007 and
Private equity firm RoundTable Healthcare Partners has completed the acquisition of TIDI Products. Founded in 1969 in Neenah, WI, TIDI was once primarily a manufacturer of paper-based barrier products. Through a strategically executed acquisition program and internal initiatives, TIDI has expanded its product offering to include a portfolio of differentiated,
In the first six months of 2015, Israeli high-tech exit activity accelerated, garnering USD5.29 billion in 54 deals – nearly 76 per cent of the total proceeds from exits in all of 2014, with 107 deals totalling USD6.98 billion, and 80 per cent of USD6.62 billion in 91 exits in
High Road Capital Partners has acquired Toronto-based Ariad Communications, which it will combine with its platform company Bluespire Marketing. Ariad is a strategic marketing agency specialising in serving Canadian clients with content, digital marketing and consumer activation capabilities. Bluespire is a leading provider of strategic, multi-channel marketing solutions with
LSQ Funding Group has received USD40 million of capital from Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC), the largest business development company in the United States. This USD40 million financing is in addition to the more than USD100 million investment in April led by Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, a private equity firm
Great American Capital Partners has led a USD25 million senior secured first-in last-out (FILO) term loan to General Wireless Operations, Inc., doing business as RadioShack. The term loan is part of a USD75 million financing package that includes a USD50 million asset-based revolving credit facility led by RBC Capital Markets.
Hedge funds suffered a blow in June, with the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index down 2 per cent. The industry is nonetheless outperforming traditional asset classes in a context in which the correlation between equities and bonds is positive. In June, the MSCI World was down 2.6 per cent and sovereign
Private equity firm Tailwind Capital has held the final closing of Tailwind Capital Partners II in excess of its USD750 million target, raising a total of USD1.05 billion of committed capital. Fund II will pursue the same investment strategy Tailwind has employed since its inception – partnering with leading entrepreneurs
The lack of hedge funds’ excess returns since the financial crisis put the industry under rising pressure. In this 12th edition of the White Paper, we review the causes and identify the key hedge fund performance drivers. We put to test these drivers under three long-term macro-economic scenarios. It is
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