Q&A with Mark Shaw, Partner, Wildgen Investment Fund… How would you assess the regulatory environment in Luxembourg from a PE funds perspective? Luxembourg’s PE fund regulatory environment is framed by the fact that PE funds fall within the EU’s various directives and regulations, chief among which is the regime under
As the private capital markets develop further and regulation continues to increase, asset servicers shoulder growing reporting and supervisory burdens on behalf of their clients. As a result, an automated technology solution to manage the sheer volume of data needed to invest in this area can provide operational efficiency and
No matter who you talk to, global private equity has enjoyed a period of enormous growth in the last few years and, in Luxembourg, this has proven to be a key factor as it has looked to drive interest, globally, in regulated private equity funds. As the Association of the
As institutional investors have been increasing allocations to real assets, driven by the persistent low yield environment, the appeal of private equity (PE) has inevitably been on the rise. Luxembourg has become the European epi-centre of this burgeoning industry as its reputation for quality and service precedes it. According to
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 (MEIF6), has acquired Farnborough Airport from a consortium of private investors. Farnborough Airport is the only dedicated business aviation airport in the United Kingdom (UK”). The airport, which handles more than 30,000 air traffic movements each year, has
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has replaced CAPZA as the majority stakeholder of Geodesial, a developer and distributor of CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) software for infrastructure. With over 30 years of experience in the CAD / CAE business, Geodesial is
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is to serve as Administrative Agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the recapitalisation of New Era Technology (New Era), a global IT solutions provider, by Sentinel Capital Partners (Sentinel). Varagon is a lender to middle-market companies and private equity firms. The company invest
Creoptix AG, a Switzerland-based company focused on next-generation bioanalytical instruments, has raised CHF8 million in the first closing of a Series C financing round. The round was led by Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank and joined by Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) as well as existing private investors. Robert Schier of
A major global study has found ESG adoption is rapidly gaining traction among sovereign investors and Central Banks. The Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study, which surveyed 139 individual sovereign investors and Central Bank reserve managers, showed nearly two thirds (60 per cent) of sovereigns now incorporate a top-down ESG
The Manchester and Tokyo teams of GCA have advised Japanese listed manufacturer Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI), a manufacturer and distributor of power transmission and control equipment, on the GBP100 million acquisition of Invertek Drives. SHI’s current strategy aims to strengthen and expand its business by integrating new technologies in the
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