A fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent interest in two operational wind projects in Ireland from GE Energy Financial Services. The 17-megawatt Acres wind farm located in Donegal and the 34-megawatt Barranafaddock wind farm located in Waterford have been operational since
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has moved its London-based staff into new London headquarters in Stratford Place, W1. Since the beginning of 2016, Unigestion’s London team has increased from 25 to 40 people as the UK has become Unigestion’s largest non-domestic market. All four investment lines (equities, multi-asset, alternatives and
Sprott Asset Management, a USD10 billion Toronto-based alternative asset manager, has rolled out a second iteration of the firm’s private credit trust strategy, Sprott Private Credit Trust II, with hedge fund specialist Arif N Bhalwani. Bhalwani is the chief executive officer and managing director of Third Eye Capital Management, a sub-adviser to Sprott Asset Management. Sprott Private Credit Trust II focuses on identifying short-term opportunities primarily in
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised Zuffa and its controlling owners on the sale of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the professional mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation. The acquisition was led by WME|IMG, Silver Lake Partners and KKR as new strategic investors, along with MSD Capital and MSD Partners.
Global law firm K&L Gates has advised on the establishment of the Elephant Club Consumer Debt Fund, managed by Capital Focus Asset Management. The newly established fund invests in notes issued by Hong Kong-licensed money lender Elephant Club Limited, and represents Hong Kong’s first ever hybrid fund peer-lending platform.
IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed three new asset based lending (ABL) directors, based in Scotland, the Midlands, London and the South East. The addition of its new ABL facility reinforces IGF’s commitment to meeting the growth aspirations and working capital needs of UK SMEs. To compliment
Finstar Financial Group has made senior additions to its management team with the recruitment of Eugene Timko as investment director, Michele Tucci as head of mobile products and business development, and Alexander Ivanov who has been appointed to develop venture capital investments. These latest appointments reflect Finstar’s strategy to continue
General partners (GPs) expect to face increased competition for deals as growing numbers of limited partners (LPs) target transactions through direct investment, according to research by the London Business School on behalf of MVision Private Equity Advisers. Almost half of GPs surveyed predict having to go head-to-head with LPs in
Since its initial investment in PathXL in 2012, Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has generated a 270 per cent tax-free return for investors from the sale of the tissue diagnostics medical technology firm to Philips for an undisclosed sum. Queens University Belfast spin-out PathXL has developed digital pathology systems
Total assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.6 trillion in 2015, up 3 per cent on the prior year, according to research produced by Willis Towers Watson. The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers ten asset classes and seven investor types, shows that of the top
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