Black Pearl Capital Partners has added another UK renewable energy site to its UK portfolio in Bromborough, Wirral. The site consists of 46 acres with facilities for bio-diesel refining, blending, processing as well as storage. "Today’s purchase comes on the heels of another renewable energy site we acquired in Castleford,
The Gym Group, a UK low-cost gym operator, has secured GBP20m to fund its expansion plans. Financial backing for the growth strategy consists of further incremental commitments from lead investor Bridges Ventures and a revolving credit facility from HSBC. Chief executive John Treharne says: “Prevailing economic conditions mean that for
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to purchase a 55 per cent stake in Claren Road, a long-short credit hedge fund with USD4.5bn in assets under management, in exchange for cash, an ownership interest in Carlyle and performance-based contingent payments. Claren Road founders will reinvest substantially all
Law firm Nabarro & Hinge has advised Syntagma Capital, a private Belgian investment firm, on the acquisition of Tyco International’s fire and safety entities in Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary and Sweden. Tyco International is a provider of electronic security products and services. The sold entities of the fire and safety
FleetMatics, a provider of GPS tracking applications for commercial fleets, has closed a USD68m growth equity financing. Institutional Venture Partners invested with Investcorp Technology Partners, FleetMatics’ majority owner. New World Ventures also participated as a new investor. Over 12,500 businesses globally use the FleetMatics tracking system. In conjunction
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Acquisition Finance has provided a senior debt facility to support Sovereign Capital’s acquisition of The IMS Consulting Group, a provider of consulting and integrated business support to the wholesale asset management and securities industry. The acquisition finance team acted as sole mandated lead arranger for the
Dunedin, a UK mid-market private equity firm, has provided acquisition funding to support the ongoing buy and build strategy of CitySprint, a UK distribution network. The deal sees Dunedin employ its trademark DebtBridge product and is Dunedin’s second deal in five months from its GBP250m fund, following the management buyout
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust’s undiluted net asset value per ordinary share rose by 18.4 per cent to 195.3p at 30 September 2010 (diluted NAV – 193.3p), from 164.9p at 30 September 2009 (diluted NAV – 163.4p). The company can now report five consecutive quarterly increases in NAV. The
Mid Europa Partners has entered into an agreement to sell Aster, a provider of media and communication services in Poland, to UPC Polska, an affiliate of Liberty Global. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval by the Polish competition authorities, and is expected to close in the first half of
BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has raised EUR437m for its Clean Energy Fund from a range of institutional investors. This follows the fund’s first close in September 2009 on the back of a cornerstone commitment from BNP Paribas Investment Partners. The clean energy infrastructure fund aims to achieve a solid
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