International investors have responded with enthusiasm to the Nigerian Government’s attempts to attract private investment into its power industry with over 100 bidders submitting expressions of interest to acquire majority shareholdings in the NIPP ten new thermal power plants. The combined sales could generate several billions of US dollars
Joanna Shatney, Head of US Large Cap Equities at Schroders, comments on this week’s US GDP data… While the Q2 GDP data was better than expected, the absolute level of growth remains low. We are optimistic that GDP growth will accelerate later in the year, after the drag from sequestration and
Fund manager Nicola Horlick has broken records with her campaign on equity crowdfunding site Seedrs to raise seed capital for her new venture, Glentham Capital. The GBP150,000 target investment, offering 10 per cent ownership of the new business, was achieved in just 22 hours from launch, with 136 investors
Ultra-wealthy investors are looking to increase their exposure to small company debt across the UK and continental Europe as traditional lenders continue to deleverage, according to Stonehage. Stonehage, which manages the business and lifestyle assets of over 1,000 wealthy families, is targeting loans to companies through prospective partner funds,
NXT Capital has closed the NXT Capital Senior Loan Fund II, a USD783m leveraged loan fund that will invest in senior debt transactions originated and underwritten by NXT Capital’s corporate finance group. These include senior secured, stretch senior, unitranche, second lien, term over revolver and last-out term loans made
Anderson Strathern’s energy, renewables and cleantech team has advised on the first Green Investment Bank funded project in Scotland, a GBP1.2m biomass boiler project at the Tomatin Distillery near Inverness. The bank is contributing GBP577,000 via its GBP50m Energy Saving Investments portfolio, managed for the bank by London-headquartered fund manager
European private equity fund of funds Advanced Capital has become an investment manager signatory for the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). PRI is a global network and initiative for institutional investors to commit to adopt, implement and promote best practice in responsible investment. Robert Tomei
The AltExchange Alliance, a private equity industry group launched in May 2013, has seen significant growth in membership and key progress in developing the industry’s first global data standard for sharing alternative investment information. Several leading firms from the GP community have joined the Alliance in the last two months.
ACE USA, the US-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has released a white paper exploring the insurance and risk management issues that global companies and private equity firms confront when seeking strategic merger and acquisition growth opportunities in the marketplace, in particular the ever-expanding and stricter environmental liability laws
FrontLine Compliance, a regulatory compliance consulting firm servicing investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity firms, investment companies and insurance company affiliates, will open its new office headquarters at 6010 Executive Boulevard in Rockville, Maryland on 1 August. The firm will continue to be based in the Washington, DC
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