Moorfield Group has completed the acquisition of the mixed-use Riverlights scheme in Derby for GBP16.5 million, representing a yield of 10 per cent. The asset has been bought out of administration. Extending to 199,008 sq ft including four upper floors, Derby Riverlights comprises a combination of retail and leisure units
Vistara Capital Partners has raised CAD80 million for its inaugural fund, well in excess of its initial CAD50 million minimum target, and within an 80 day period of commencing fundraising. Vistara is targeting an overall fund size of CAD100 million. Vistara has been co-founded and will be managed by two
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has appointed Simon Adcock as a Portfolio Director. Adcock, an ACA qualified accountant, has almost 20 years of Big 4 advisory experience, latterly as partner and regional head of Deloitte’s Corporate Advisory business, an area he helped to establish in 2005 to support privately owned
Private equity firms should go back to the future to deliver on investor demands for Alpha returns, according to Guy Hands. Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, gave the keynote speech to a 500-strong audience at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015 in London last
A team led by Altium CEO Phil Adams together with Sam Fuller and Madeleine Jahr has advised the Singh Family Trusts on the GBP1.9 billion agreed sale of New Look to Brait. Brait has acquired a 90 per cent stake in the business primarily from funds advised by Apax and
The Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund has held a successful first closing at USD 245million. In addition, the fund has received a further commitment equal to 20 per cent of the fund size, capped at USD100 million, from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). The formal fundraising process commenced in May
Enterprise Therapeutics, a drug discovery company focused on new therapeutics for respiratory diseases, has secured an additional GBP2.4m (USD3.6m) in Series-A financing. The funds are comprised of GBP2m by new investor, Imperial Innovations and GBP0.4m increase by founding investor Epidarex Capital, bringing the total Series-A round to GBP4m. The
Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has promoted Charles Birnbaum to vice president (VP) with respsonsibility for helping lead the firm’s New York office. Birnbaum joined BVP in 2013. He is focused on investments in the financial services, education, Internet of things and consumer Internet sectors, and has helped
Private equity firm GTCR is to sell Protection 1, one of the largest providers of security alarm monitoring the the United States, to Apollo Global Management. Protection 1 provides installation, maintenance and monitoring of security systems for residential, commercial and national accounts customers nationwide, and serves nearly two million customers,
The Motorist’s Organisation Limited (TMO) has successfully raised GBP750,000 of additional equity capital from private equity firm, Ashridge Capital. TMO is an online platform allowing independent and franchised garages to provide consumers with like-for-like comparisons on a real-time availability and pricing basis for MOTs, car servicing and vehicle repairs.
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