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Legal & General is helping to finance a fleet of new Bombardier trains for the First MTR South Western Trains franchise.
The GBP100 million long term debt investment by LGIM Real Assets, on behalf of clients including Legal & General Retirement (LGR) is part of a total GBP1 billion commitment made from a group of institutional investors to Rock Rail.
This deal represents the largest single UK rolling stock deal for which all senior debt is provided by institutional investors. It is also Legal & General’s second UK rolling stock deal following the backing of a new fleet of
BlackRock is to acquire Cachematrix, a provider of financial technology which simplifies the cash management process for banks and their corporate clients in an open-architecture platform.
Cachematrix supports approximately USD200 billion in client assets through relationships with many of the world’s largest banks and asset managers.
Cachematrix enables financial institutions to provide corporate clients with a portal for allocating cash to a variety of money market funds and direct cash instruments. Corporate clients are also able to seamlessly analyse, perform compliance checks and generate detailed reports for their cash investments on the Cachematrix platform.
BlackRock is one of
Beenext, a global venture capital-focused fund has spun out from the Gordian Capital platform.
Since 2005, Singapore-based Gordian has provided a regulated, physical and operational infrastructure for institutional quality teams seeking to launch private equity, venture capital, real estate, private credit and hedge funds.
“Although we have many years of venture capital investment experience, we had limited experience in establishing a fund, tax matters and structuring as well as the operational and regulatory aspects of operating a fund. Gordian Capital was very helpful and handled all those activities allowing us to focus on investing and working with our investee
View, a specialist in dynamic glass, has completed a financing round of over USD200 million, including a USD70 million investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
“We are delighted to be supported by BlackRock, who recognizes View’s potential to transform the real estate industry,” says View CEO Rao Mulpuri. “View is now installed across 20 million square feet of buildings and continues to experience tremendous growth across commercial offices, healthcare, education, multi-family residential, and airports. This investment enables us to scale our operations to meet rapidly growing demand.”
View enables building owners to improve people’s comfort and productivity
CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) CVC Fund VI has agreed to acquire Pasubio, a specialist provider of premium leather for the automotive industry, from the Pretto family.
The family will retain a minority shareholding in the company and Luca and Alberto Pretto will continue in their current management roles with the existing management team.
Pasubio is a leading leather solution provider for the interiors of the premium and luxury segment of the automotive industry. The company’s activities include raw hides selection, tanning, finishing and crafting. Pasubio’s sales are predominantly generated by premium automotive original equipment manufacturers. Its clients include Jaguar
Denver-based private equity firm Platte River Equity has acquired a majority interest in MFG Chemical with owner and founder, Charles E Gavin, III, maintaining a minority equity interest in the company.
Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, MFG is a specialty chemical manufacturer of polymers, surfactants and esters used in various applications in the oil field, water treatment, mining, coatings and agricultural markets.
“For almost 40 years, MFG has leveraged its differentiated position in maleic anhydride and glacial acrylic acid to develop and manufacture new products in partnership with our customers to better serve their needs,” says Gavin.
“We remain
TPG Growth, a middle market and growth equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG, is to acquire Discovery Midstream (Discovery), a Dallas-based provider of oil and natural gas gathering and natural gas processing services in the southern portion of Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin.
Discovery’s current management team will continue to run the company post-transaction and is investing alongside TPG Growth in this transaction. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Discovery’s assets are strategically located in Weld and Adams counties. The company is currently constructing more than 120 miles of pipeline and a 60 Mmcf/d natural gas processing
Wynnchurch Capital has completed an investment in Stampede Meat, a provider of portioned, marinated and cooked beef, chicken, and other protein products for restaurants, retail, home delivery and other channels.
Stampede was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Bridgeview, Illinois.
“We are excited to partner with the management team of Stampede to continue the Company’s track record of superior customer service, safety, quality and innovation, and we look forward to supporting the Company’s growth plans,” says John Hatherly, Co-Managing Partner at Wynnchurch.
“Wynnchurch seeks to invest in customer-focused businesses that recognise their success is driven by meeting
Neuberger Berman has extended its range of alternative solutions with the launch of the Neuberger Berman Uncorrelated Strategies Fund. The UCITS Fund went live with USD71 million in seed capital from clients in the UK, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
The fund’s joint goals are to generate positive absolute returns and to focus on strategies expected to be uncorrelated to equities and fixed income, over a market cycle. The investment team, including portfolio manager, Fred Ingham, identifies differentiated strategies such as Global Macro, Equity Market Neutral, Short Term Trading and Trend Following, which have historically generated returns distinct from traditional asset classes as
White Oak Equity Partners (White Oak), a private equity investor focused on acquiring minority GP interests in hedge funds, has acquired stake in ROW Asset Management (ROW), a systematic quantitative global macro investment firm.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The transaction and new partnership provides ROW, which has over USD800 million in assets under management, with additional financial flexibility to be more opportunistic as it seeks to grow its capabilities and assets. ROW will continue to be led by Ryan O’ Grady (pictured), co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, and Jeffrey Weiser, co-founder and President, who will
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