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Aquila Capital has launched the Aquila European Hydropower Fund offering institutional investors a regulated fund structure with the responsibility for sourcing and managing the assets delegated to a dedicated team of hydropower investment experts.
The Aquila European Hydropower Fund offers a solution for institutional investors who wish to obtain preferred access to a balanced and diversified portfolio of European hydropower assets. Its objective is to deliver an IRR of 7-9 per cent and long-term stable cash yields, low volatility and independence from traditional asset classes and government subsidies.
A new study commissioned by Aquila Capital reveals that currently 7 per
Solidifi, a provider of residential real estate appraisals, has acquired Southwest Financial Services, a national, independent provider of outsourced services to home equity lenders.
The acquisition extends and strengthens Solidifi's solutions for the home equity market.
“The combination of Solidifi's strength in purchase and refinance appraisals provided by our network of more than 25,000 appraisers and Southwest Financial Services innovative home equity product offerings creates a robust experience for lenders, who have access to a more complete suite of solutions,” says Solidifi's CEO, Jason Smith. “It’s a win-win. And it's happening at the right time, as consumer confidence returns and
Lawson Conner, a provider of investment management and compliance solutions to the alternative investment fund industry, has launched ‘Discovery’, an AIFM integrated offshore Investment Management Platform.
‘Discovery' will be structured as a Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC), offering both EU and non-EU domiciled investment managers the opportunity to utilise a prompt and cost-effective 'plug-and-play' solution for multiple jurisdictions, while still offering fund managers the safety they would expect from operating their own dedicated fund structure. Funds can be launched within four-weeks under Cayman Islands law and in line with AIFMD regulations. Each ‘Discovery’ sub-fund has segregated liability and is therefore
European private equity firm Idinvest Partners has held the final closing of its Idinvest Digital Fund II at EUR140 million.
The fund is entirely dedicated to financing the growth of developing businesses in the digital and new technology segments (web-based, media, mobile, e-commerce services and software) in France and across Europe.
The fund has invested in 10 companies so far, including Sigfox, Synthesio and Twenga ; 30% of the capital has been called in and the fund is already delivering positive returns.
The fund has successfully gathered prominent investors, such as Bpifrance and Idinvest’s historical partner, Allianz France, who are
Elian Fund Services (Guernsey) has supported iCON Infrastructure Partners on the first and final close of its third fund, iCON Infrastructure III, a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment scheme with approximately EUR800m in commitments.
This follows the strong investment performance of iCON's first fund and the successful investment of their second fund.
Consistent with the strategy employed for iCON I and iCON II, the new fund has been established to focus on mid-sized, core infrastructure investment opportunities, located predominantly in Europe with a secondary focus on North America.
Elian Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited has a long-standing relationship with iCON
Private debt fundraising and funds currently in market are examined in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015.
Fundraising in Q1 2015
Q1 2015 saw 19 private debt funds reach a final close, securing an aggregate USD16 billion in commitments. This is a drop on the USD22 billion raised in Q4 2014 by 28 funds, but an increase on the amount of capital raised in the first quarter of 2014, when USD12 billion was accumulated (Fig 1).
Mezzanine fundraising accounted for the vast majority (70%) of capital raised in Q1 2015, with the bulk of
SFW Capital Partners (SFW), a private equity firm specialising in Analytical Tools and Related Services, has held the final close of SFW Capital Partners Fund II with total commitments of over USD345 million
The fund closed at its hard cap.
SFW focuses on making strategic investments in mid-size Analytical Tools and Related Services companies, including providers of instrumentation, information and software, and related business services, a sector that the SFW team has invested in for over 20 years. Analytical Tools and Related Services businesses provide information, data, and analytics that support research, product development, process control, quality assurance, compliance, diagnostics,
Nexxus Capita, through Nexxus VI Trust and Nexxus Capital Private Equity VI, has agreed to acquire, subject to certain closing conditions, a combined stake of 28.61 per cent in AGS NASOFT, a multiregional IT services company.
NASOFT has more than 1,500 employees and operates in eight countries, mainly Mexico, Brazil, and Spain, maintaining long term relationships with well positioned clients in the financial services sector and in the industrial and commercial sectors, as well as with government institutions. NASOFT has a proven operating model which is executed by a management team that has over 20 years of experience in the
Alternative investment and asset management firm Garrison Investment Group has selected iLEVEL to manage the firm’s portfolio data and streamline their reporting process.
Founded in 2007, Garrison Investment Group focuses on deploying capital in opportunities across corporate finance, financial assets, and real estate. Garrison will initially implement iLEVEL for their Business Development Company (BDC) and Corporate Lending funds.
“As our BDC and Corporate Lending businesses continue to grow, we recognise the need for a system to help us analyse portfolio data and report to our investors with greater efficiency and transparency,” says Michelle Rancic, Chief Accounting Officer, Garrison Investment
NeoXam has completed its carve-out from its former parent group Sungard Financial Systems, and acquires Nexfi with the support of BlackFin.
NeoXam is a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms. It employs 300 highly skilled financial software developers and consultants in Europe, China, Africa, and the US. Neoxam’s clients include Tier 1 financial institutions such as Caceis Investor Services, BBVA Asset Management, UBS and Citic Securities. In January 2014, BlackFin acquired the GP3 and Decalog software programs from SunGard and constituted NeoXam together with buy-in manager Serge
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