As institutional investors have been increasing allocations to real assets, driven by the persistent low yield environment, the appeal of private equity (PE) has inevitably been on the rise. Luxembourg has become the European epi-centre of this burgeoning industry as its reputation for quality and service precedes it. According to
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 (MEIF6), has acquired Farnborough Airport from a consortium of private investors. Farnborough Airport is the only dedicated business aviation airport in the United Kingdom (UK”). The airport, which handles more than 30,000 air traffic movements each year, has
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has replaced CAPZA as the majority stakeholder of Geodesial, a developer and distributor of CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) software for infrastructure. With over 30 years of experience in the CAD / CAE business, Geodesial is
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is to serve as Administrative Agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the recapitalisation of New Era Technology (New Era), a global IT solutions provider, by Sentinel Capital Partners (Sentinel). Varagon is a lender to middle-market companies and private equity firms. The company invest
Creoptix AG, a Switzerland-based company focused on next-generation bioanalytical instruments, has raised CHF8 million in the first closing of a Series C financing round. The round was led by Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank and joined by Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) as well as existing private investors. Robert Schier of
A major global study has found ESG adoption is rapidly gaining traction among sovereign investors and Central Banks. The Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study, which surveyed 139 individual sovereign investors and Central Bank reserve managers, showed nearly two thirds (60 per cent) of sovereigns now incorporate a top-down ESG
The Manchester and Tokyo teams of GCA have advised Japanese listed manufacturer Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI), a manufacturer and distributor of power transmission and control equipment, on the GBP100 million acquisition of Invertek Drives. SHI’s current strategy aims to strengthen and expand its business by integrating new technologies in the
Apex Service Partners (Apex), a platform of HVAC, plumbing and electrical services, has partnered with Southern Air Heating and Cooling (Southern Air), a residential HVAC services company. Southern Air, headquartered in Ball, LA, with locations across Louisiana and Mississippi, will join Florida businesses Best Home Services and Frank Gay Services
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has sold inexio, a provider of fibre-optic broadband networks in Germany, to EQT Infrastructure. Co-shareholders Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and other minority investors are selling their stakes alongside Warburg Pincus. Inexio was founded by David Zimmer in 2007 and has invested heavily in fibre-optic infrastructure
Kemoen has held the third closing of the Kempen European Private Equity Fund, the private equity fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen) with EUR158 million in commitments. The private equity fund is exclusively available to clients of Van Lanschot and Kempen. The fund’s investors are predominantly entrepreneurs, experienced private
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