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
Duet Group (Duet) has selected global single-source financial solutions provider, Apex Group Ltd. (Apex), to deliver full depositary and fund administration services for their liquid Africa strategies. Duet is a global investment holding company, founded in 2002, and a controlling shareholder of multiple asset managers, including Duet Private Equity, Emerging
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
Apex Service Partners (Apex), a platform of HVAC, plumbing and electrical services, has partnered with Southern Air Heating and Cooling (Southern Air), a residential HVAC services company. Southern Air, headquartered in Ball, LA, with locations across Louisiana and Mississippi, will join Florida businesses Best Home Services and Frank Gay Services
YAD Capital is be bringing its alternative credit portfolio to Fusion Foundation’s cryptofinance ecosystem. Fusion is a non-profit organisation building the next generation infrastructure for decentralised global finance. The borderless efficiency and fractionalisation of assets enabled by blockchain will broaden YAD’s reach to both underserved merchants in need of
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has sold inexio, a provider of fibre-optic broadband networks in Germany, to EQT Infrastructure. Co-shareholders Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and other minority investors are selling their stakes alongside Warburg Pincus. Inexio was founded by David Zimmer in 2007 and has invested heavily in fibre-optic infrastructure
Kemoen has held the third closing of the Kempen European Private Equity Fund, the private equity fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) with EUR158 million in commitments. The private equity fund is exclusively available to clients of Van Lanschot and Kempen. The fund’s investors are predominantly entrepreneurs, experienced private
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in M&A advisory services, is advising Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) on the pending sale of Siblu Villages (Siblu) to Naxicap Partners. Siblu is a leading owner-occupied holiday park operator in France. The transaction is being led by Ed Arkus of the
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Private Equity Fund X, a global and diversified private equity multi-strategy fund, at approximately USD278 million. “We are glad to announce this close with the support of a diverse group of both new and existing LPs from around the world,”
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), a business intelligence, data analytics, and research platform for corporate, academic and government institutions worldwide, has Preqin private equity data to its offerings. As a part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS enables comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis, and insight into
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