Ogier has advised X2 on the launch of its new natural resources venture, X2 Resources Partners, a Guernsey closed-ended investment vehicle. X2 Resources has been formed by the core executive team that built Xstrata into a USD50 billion mining major from a USD500 million debt-constrained company, led by former chief
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Macquarie Russia & CIS Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) are to develop a “smart grid” programme alongside the Russian power transmission and distribution company, JSC Russian Grids. One of the main focuses of the project will be to reduce electricity losses through measures such as
Low-cost airline Wizz Air, the largest budget airline in Central and Eastern Europe, is to float on the London Stock Exchange. Wizz Air, whose network spans 35 countries from 17 bases in nine Central and Eastern Europe, intends to apply for admission of its ordinary shares to the premium segment
Northleaf Capital Partners has held the final closing of Northleaf Secondary Partners (NSP), its specialist private equity secondaries fund. With strong support from both new and existing Northleaf investors, NSP raised USD255 million, surpassing its initial USD200 million target. NSP will capitalise on attractive opportunities in the current market,
Institutional investors in Europe plan to reallocate their portfolios in the next 12 months adding equities and alternative investments at the expense of developed market sovereign debt, says AllianzGI. A new survey has found that, like their global peers, around 30 per cent of European investors said they want to increase their allocation
Post Capital Partners has held first closing of Post Capital Equity Partners III, its second fund, at USD52 million. The target size of the fund is USD100 million. The firm will continue to make both minority growth and control investments in small and middle-market companies by primarily employing its
Insight Venture Partners has closed Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund III, a USD510 million private equity fund established to invest alongside Insight Venture Partners VIII, which closed at USD2.57 billion in May 2013. Like its predecessor funds, this fund will invest in global software, internet, and data-services businesses. "We
Steven O’Hanlon, Head of Fixed Income at ACPI Investment Managers comments on what the Indian election result means for investors as BJP wins a landslide victory… This decisive result is undoubtedly significant. We believe it represents a decisive mandate for growth and investment over subsidies and inflation – features of
Private equity fund EnCap Flatrock Midstream (EFM) has held the final closing of EnCap Flatrock Midstream Fund III. Substantially oversubscribed, the fund exceeded its USD2.25 billion target and reached its USD3 billion hard cap within four months. Fund III received strong support from existing limited partners of its predecessor
European private equity performance showed positive returns across all investment horizons for the period ending 31 December 2013, according to Thomson Reuters’ Private Equity Performance Index. One year returns, which are most affected by the current market environment, moved in a positive direction from June 2013, registering a 3.8 percentage
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