Quercus Asset Selection, a company which specialises in infrastructure investments with a focus on renewable energy, has acquired a 27.7MW solar photovoltaic project from Good Energy. The project is already under construction and will be connected by March 2014. The project, one of the largest in UK, will be
ObserveIT, a provider of user activity recording and auditing software, has raised USD20m from Bain Capital Ventures. Growing over 3,500 per cent in the past five years, ObserveIT’s solution is used at more than 800 corporations in 70+ countries. ObserveIT will use the funding to expand US headquarters and
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, has acquired Flowchem, a specialty chemical provider to the pipeline industry. Founded in 2001, and headquartered in Waller, Texas, Flowchem is a provider of Drag Reducing Additives (DRAs) to improve pipeline flow
Carey Olsen has acted in a significant acquisition and financing deal by Goldman Sachs and affiliates to buy UK motor insurance company Hastings Insurance Group. With 1.3 million customers, the group’s brands include Hastings Direct, People's Choice, Insure and Renew. The acquisition will be financed through a mix of equity
With Guernsey’s new opt-in AIFMD equivalent regime effective from 2 January 2014, Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive of Guernsey Finance, explores how the island offers optionality and substance to fund managers. There is no escaping from the fact that the EU’s AIFMD presents one of the biggest regulatory challenges the
Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates Ltd, has appointed Joseph Crumbling to the board of directors. The appointment was confirmed at a meeting of the board on 5 December 2013. Crumbling is a vice president of T Rowe Price Group and T Rowe Price Associates. His role
Glennmont Partners, one of the largest infrastructure vehicles dedicated to clean energy across Europe, has secured a EUR50m investment in its second fund by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The investment is the single largest clean energy equity investment made by EIB this year. Clean energy investment is a
Following its angel funding round earlier this year Gousto, the recipe box delivery business that appeared on Dragon's Den, has now closed a USD2m investment led by venture capital fund MMC Ventures. Existing investors, including the Angel CoFund, also participated. The funding will be used to further strengthen the
Alkhabeer Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in Express Publishing and Investment Limited. The acquisition marks Alkhabeer Capital Private Equity’s second transaction in the UAE’s industrial sector. Alkhabeer Capital aims to expand the value of its private equity investments through facilitating and leading the growth of its portfolio companies
Compliance levels in the private equity industry improved in 2013, according to the Guidelines Monitoring Group. As in previous years the group reviewed a sample of portfolio companies to assess compliance with the enhanced disclosure requirements set out in the Walker Guidelines. Compliance levels improved in 2013 and of
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