In an extract from the Preqin Hedge Fund Spotlight | May 2015, Joseph McGee takes a look at the ‘USD1bn Club’, a group of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, and identifies the traits and characteristics that are unique to this distinguished group which controls a vast proportion of industry
Glennmont Partners, has completed the acquisition of an 18 MW operating wind farm in the North-East region of France. The wind farm is powered by Senvion turbines and was developed and built by German developer ENERTRAG. ENERTRAG, which currently provides technical management and maintenance services for over 1,400 turbines, will
European private equity firm Cinven is to acquire Labco, one of the largest European operators of medical diagnostic laboratories, from a consortium of investors, for an enterprise value of EUR1.2 billion. Labco, headquartered in France, operates in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and the UK and conducts clinical tests;
The British Business Bank has invested GBP17.5 million in Passion Capital II LP, the GBP45 million second fund from one of the UK’s best known venture investment firms. The commitment marks the 18th investment by the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) programme. Passion Capital is a hands-on investor
Job matching platform, jobandtalent has secured USD25 million in funding as an extension of its Series A investment, which was previously closed in July 2014. The funding round is the biggest investment inflow to date for a company within the job matching category. An investor group by Pelayo Cortina
Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire FLAG Capital Management, LLC (FLAG), a manager of private equity and real asset solutions with offices in Stamford CT, Boston, MA, and Hong Kong. This acquisition is in line with Aberdeen’s strategy to strengthen and grow its global alternatives platform and solutions provision via
After a financing round of EUR2.7 million acquired last September, biotechnology company VitamFero has closed its third financing round at EUR4.3 million. An additional investment of EUR1.6 million has been made jointly by two newcomers – CAPAGRO and Anjou Amorçage) and by the management team and business angels who had
Rockaway Capital, a VC firm focused on investing and building Internet companies in emerging markets, has entered the US market with the opening of its first office in San Francisco's SOMA district. The firm has invested USD28 million in seed stage, high growth, transformational start-ups across e-commerce, B2B SaaS, Fintech,
Stockholm-based Arctos Corporate Finance (Arctos) is becoming part of Livingstone, an international mid-market M&A and Debt Advisory firm with offices in North America, Asia and Europe. Arctos becomes part of Livingstone with immediate effect. The newly-named Livingstone Stockholm is a fully integrated part of the firm’s international infrastructure and joins
Evercore has acquired Kuna & Co, the Frankfurt-based investment banking advisory boutique, and appointed Walter Kuna as Senior Managing Director of Evercore's German advisory business. Kuna founded Kuna & Co in 2004 and has built it into a leading independent advisory business with a focus on real estate in Germany.
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