Aquila Capital’s newly launched Aquila Renewables Fund III SA (ARF III) has secured a significant amount at first close from a large institutional investor. A high double digit million amount of the capital has already been allocated to operating assets. The fund, which invests in a diversified portfolio of photovoltaic
In this extract from the Preqin Real Estate Spotlight | June 2015, Abbie Smith examines the recent fundraising successes of private real estate funds focused on non-traditional property types, such as medical/healthcare facilities, senior homes, student housing and self-storage. Fundraising Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains extensive information on 131 funds
Law firm Ogier has acted as Jersey counsel to a consortium of 60 lenders in relation to Glencore's USD15.25 billion revolving credit facilities. The deal involved the refinancing of Glencore's existing revolving credit facilities entered into in June 2014, comprising of a new USD8,450,000,000 revolving credit facilities agreement and an
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has published its first annual league table for private placement deals in Europe, created in collaboration with Private Placement Monitor (PPM). The table shows that almost EUR7 billion was raised in private capital for European companies in the last year, through 87 deals. And
Funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) will be partnering with the management of Motor Fuel Group (MFG) to acquire the Company from Patron Capital Partners in a transaction valued at approximately GBP500 million. The transaction is expected to close in July, subject to customary regulatory approvals. MFG, acquired
Last week US Treasury bond and German bund yields spiked, both hitting a new 2015 high. On Thursday, 10-year German rates reached 1.0% before losing ground later in the day. Intraday volatility reached record highs and according to hedge fund managers, the main driver behind the moves in the fixed
BlackFin Capital-backed NeoXam, a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms, has acquired SmartCo, an Enterprise Data Management software provider. The acquisition of SmartCo, which has offices in Paris, Zurich and Boston allows NeoXam to broaden its product
Pioneer Underwriting Limited has launched its Zero Capital AIFMD Investment Management Insurance Policy enabling full capital relief from the 'other funds' provision of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). Current policies which meet the requirements of the directive, do not typically address the requirement that the policy excess be
Brandtone has successfully raised EUR18.5 million in debt and equity financing. US-based Ares Capital Corporation is providing approximately EUR12 million, with existing Brandtone shareholders Unilever, Syngenta, Verlinvest and Vision Private Equity providing a further EUR6.5 million collectively in equity. The new funding will be used as working capital to
Noerr has advised Alteri Investors on the financing of the Basler Fashion Group. Alteri, a joint venture funded by the private equity fund Apollo specialising in debt and equity financing in the retail industry, provided Basler Fashion GmbH with a working capital loan. Basler was previously taken over by the
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