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What does the future hold for the raising of funds in Europe? Wayne Atkinson (pictured) of Collas Crill, on behalf of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association, takes a closer look…
With the arrival of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), many were quick to bemoan what they saw as the inevitable loss of their favoured route to market; the use of national private placement regimes in the key European markets to raise capital for a Guernsey fund vehicle. With the passing of a few more years, a Brexit referendum and more than a little regulatory delay, it is becoming increasingly
By James Williams – 1. Choosing the Fund’s European Domicile: One of the hardest decisions for any start-up or established manager wishing to launch a European Alternative Investment Fund is picking the most suitable jurisdiction. Europe has multiple fund centres, including Luxembourg, Ireland, Malta and The Netherlands, each of which offers something slightly different. Due care and consideration of all the options is therefore vital before the manager engages with legal counsel to commence the fund set-up phase.
Europe’s largest onshore funds domicile is Luxembourg, home to approximately 14,400 funds, including sub-funds, representing just short of EUR4 trillion in AUM,
Online alternative investment platform Crowdmatrix is now providing investors with access to high growth private technology companies through the Plaza Ventures Fund IV venture capital fund.
Traditionally, becoming an investor in a venture capital fund requires a six-figure minimum buy in; however, Crowdmatrix’s platform enables accredited investors to invest much smaller amounts to diversify their portfolios into private equity.
Plaza Ventures has a disciplined investment system focused on private technology companies requiring growth stage funding. Plaza Ventures was launched in 2009 by Plazacorp, one of Toronto’s largest and most respected condo developers. Plaza Ventures is currently raising its fourth
Sustainability solutions provider South Pole Group has sold its subsidiary Climate Neutral Investments (CNI) to Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS), a provider of end-to-end corporate governance and responsible investment solutions to the financial community.
Back in 2010, South Pole Group was one of the frontrunners in calculating carbon emissions of investment portfolios through its subsidiary CNI. What started as a novelty for the financial industry soon caught the attention of large investors globally: CNI established the world’s largest database of corporate climate change data and pioneered the leading, standardised investment carbon emission screening tools, resulting in the successful screening of
Pamplona Capital Management is to acquire Perexel International Corporation for USD88.10 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD5.0 billion, including Parexel’s net debt.
The purchase price represents a 27.9 per cent premium to Parexel’s unaffected closing stock price on 5 May, 2017, the last trading day prior to published market speculation regarding a potential transaction involving the Company; a 38.5 per cent premium to the unaffected 30-day volume weighted average closing share price of Parexel’s common stock ended 5 May, 2017; and a 23.3 per cent premium to the Company’s undisturbed 52-week high.
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LLR Partners has acquired 3SI Security Systems, a specialist in asset protection systems and GPS tracking technologies.
LLR will support the company’s continued growth through expanded sales and marketing, further technology infrastructure development and strategic acquisitions.
Protecting more than 250,000 client locations worldwide, 3SI’s solutions combat crime through GPS tracking, dye and ink staining and gas neutralisation technology specialising in the Financial, Retail, Cash in Transit and Law Enforcement markets. 3SI maintains an advanced GPS Tracking Support Center in Malvern, PA, and has trained more than 6,800 municipal and regional law enforcement agencies to use its tracking platform to
Ufenau Capital Partners (Ufenau) has sold its majority shareholding in NRW Building Technology Holding (NRW) to funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital (Bregal).
NRW, headquartered in Nordrhine-Westphalia and active at further six locations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, is one of the leading independent technical building solutions providers with high quality planning, installation, design and engineering capabilities.
Since partnering with Ufenau, NRW has grown the business considerably; sales increased from EUR 55m to EUR 115m in 2016. For 2017, sales are forecasted to achieve EUR 155m. This corresponds to a growth of 180% since Ufenau’s entry in 2014. In the
Investment Metrics, a provider of performance measurement, investment analytics, risk attribution, market intelligence and reporting software to the investment management industry, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest Partners.
The new partnership will enable Investment Metrics to make continued investments in its existing solutions and to support its growth and market expansion globally.
Investment Metrics provides a full suite of performance analytics and reporting solutions to institutional consultants, plan sponsors, asset managers and private wealth advisors. Built by institutional investment consultants, the company’s products and services are utilised by industry leaders across asset allocators
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised funds managed by Quadrivio SGR and Tenax Capital in the underwriting of two non-convertible bonds listed on Vienna Stock Exchange’s Third Market, issued by Bravoeco Due in the acquisition of Gruppo Corpo Vigili Giurati by the Berni Gamberini family.
Established in 1925, Corpo Vigili Giurati is a private security group active in Central Italy with approximately 850 employees. In 2016, the company recorded Euro 55 million revenues and a strong growth in profitability.
The bond issuance fits in the company’s broader acquisition and business reorganisation following the equity investment from Gruppo di Sviluppo
Financial Close has been reached on the GBP1 billion financing of new Bombardier trains for the new South Western franchise operators FirstGroup and MTR.
The transaction was led by sponsor Rock Rail and partners SL Capital (part of Standard Life Investments) and GLIL Infrastructure LLP, who all provided the equity investment.
It is the latest success for the Rock Rail Consortium coming off the back of success in two previous major rolling stock deals last year. This latest deal represents the largest single UK rolling stock deal for which all senior debt is provided by institutional investors. The debt
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