Investors’ plans for future activity in the private debt space are revealed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015. Investors surveyed by Preqin in Q1 2015 conveyed a strong appetite for exposure to private debt funds, with 57 per cent of respondents expecting to increase
Law firm Paul Hastings is representing Fosun International, the largest private-owned conglomerate in China, on its participation in the acquisition of Cirque Du Soleil. Fosun is a member of the buyer consortium backed by American buyout fund, TPG Capital. The consortium signed definitive agreements with the owners of Cirque Du
B Riley Financial has formed Great American Capital Partners (GACP) with an anchor investment from Corporate Capital Trust, a business development company advised by CNL Financial Advisors Company and KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC. GACP will focus on providing asset-based debt opportunities targeting lower middle market companies. It will utilise
Representatives from PwC, Coller Capital, Dexion Capital, Baring Vostok, Hermes GPE and Metric Capital have been added to the roster of speakers for the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015. It has already been announced that Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, will be the
Private equity fund Ambienta SGR has acquired a substantial stake in Oskar Nolte, a manufacturer of high-performance wood coating systems for the furniture industry. Oskar Nolte is a leading manufacturer of high performance wood coating and lacquer systems for industrial applications primarily in the furniture industry. For more than 2 decades, Oskar
I Squared Capita has closed the ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund with total commitments of USD3.0 billion. The fund attracted strong interest, with demand exceeding the USD3.0 billion legal cap. Limited Partners include a diverse group of pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, asset managers and family offices from the
Cnano Technology, a specialist in multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) products for the energy storage, structural and electronics industries, has completed its USD15 million Series C funding. Cnano will use the funds to expand its high quality carbon nanotubes manufacturing operation in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China in order to meet the fast
This extract from Preqin’s Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q1 2015 focuses on global private equity-backed buyout deals, featuring the latest available data. The number of private equity-backed buyout deals recorded globally in Q1 2015 fell by 20 per cent from 958 in Q4 2014 to 770 in the first quarter
Sobera Capital has acquired assets from Polytechnos Venture Fund II in a secondary direct transaction. The assets include shares in Nanotron Ltd. (wireless technologies), Panoratio Holdings Inc. (software) as well as Capella Inc, the parent company of ArraVasc Ltd. (medtech). Sobera Capital is a Berlin based independent secondary direct investor
The Michigan Angel Fund (MAF) has closed its second fund (MAF II) with USD2.05 million. MAF II will make its first investment this spring, and plans to make eight to 10 total investments within the next two years. "There's no doubt that MAF plays an important role in our entrepreneurial
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