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GE Antares finances Greenbriar Equity Group’s acquisition of Lazer Spot

GE Antares is serving as administrative agent on a USD145.6 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Lazer Spot by Greenbriar Equity Group.  GE Capital Markets served as co-lead arranger and co-bookrunner on this facility. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Atlanta, Lazer Spot is a leader

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ThinCats agrees underwriting deal with ESO Capital Group

Peer-to-peer secured business spending platform ThinCats has partnered with ESO Capital Group to underwrite a regular series of large deals on the ThinCats platform.  The deal will initially involve GBP20m-GBP50m being deployed on the ThinCats platform but both partners expect this figure to rise significantly over the next few years.

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Vacuum secures funding from Santander and SEA Equity

Halesowen-based Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE) has secured a substantial funding package from banking group Santander and private investment firm SEA Equity. Prominent West Midlands businessman, Roy Kishor, has taken the role of Chairman and will lead the management team in growing the GBP10 million turnover firm in the longer term,

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Siris-led investor group completes Digital River acquisition

An investor group led by Siris Capital Group has completed the acquisition of commerce-as-a-service solutions provider Digital River. The execution of a definitive merger agreement outlining the terms of the transaction, which is valued at approximately USD840 million, was initially announced on 23 October, 2014. In the transaction, all outstanding

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Managers continue to use Guernsey’s AIFMD private placement regime

As at 31 January 2015, 46 Guernsey Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) have used the isand’s National Private Placement (NPP) regime to market Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) into Europe. The figures, which solely reflect marketing into Europe by Guernsey AIFMs and do not include European Economic Area (EEA) AIFMs, reveal

tru Independence launches traditional & alternative investment solutions platform for independent RIAs

tru Independence has launched an elite investment platform offering both traditional and alternative investment solutions for independent registered investment advisers. "It's all about our advisor teams and their clients receiving access to best-in-class institutional managers across the entire spectrum of asset classes," says Craig Stuvland, President and Chief Executive Officer

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Alter Domus launches new regulatory and compliance services

Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services to private equity and real estate firms, multinationals, private clients and private debt managers, has launched a new Regulatory and Compliance Service.  This new service was created in response to the growing needs of our clients in managing the growing complexity

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Trina Solar, PingAn Trust and Jiuzhou Investment to develop PV power plants

Trina Solar Limited has signed a framework investment agreement with PingAn Trust Co and Jiangsu Jiuzhou Investment Group to jointly develop selected photovoltaic power plants in China, with a total capacity of 500MW-1,000MW over the next three years. Under the terms of the agreement, the Investors will enter convertible loan

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Carrick Capital Partners closes second growth equity fund at USD275m

Carrick Capital Partners has closed its second growth equity fund, Carrick Capital Partners II at USD275 million.  Carrick's first fund closed two years ago with USD180 million, and the closing of Fund II brings the growth equity firm's total capital raised to nearly half-a-billion dollars. Carrick takes an operational approach

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Maples Fund Services fulfils AIFMD Annex IV reporting requirements

Maples Fund Services has completed Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) Annex IV reports for December 2014 for seven EU jurisdictions, utilising its regulatory reporting platform.  AIFMD requires European and certain non-European alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) as well as non-EU alternative investment funds ("AIFs") marketing through national private placement

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