Managers
Glendon Capital Management has successfully closed its second credit opportunities and special situations fund, Glendon Opportunities Fund II, with final commitments reaching the hard cap of USD2.5 billion.
Glendon’s senior investment team has spent the vast majority of their careers pursuing compelling dislocated or distressed opportunities globally. The Fund’s limited partners are comprised of some of the largest and most respected domestic and international institutional investors from various sectors including public and private pension funds, financial institutions, foundations and endowments. The Glendon Opportunities Fund, which closed in 2014, raised USD1.1 billion in total commitments.
“We are very grateful for
Future Renewables Eco PLC (FRE plc) has opened its latest funding phase as the firm looks to increase the number of wind turbines it operates across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
The company’s Phase 4 Bond aims to raise GBP30million to finance the acquisition of wind turbine sites for construction at more than 20 sites across mainland UK and Northern Ireland leading to further opportunities opening up in the Republic of Ireland.
FRE plc was established in 2015 with the aim of delivering a substantial source of income whilst encouraging an ethical and eco-friendly way of generating
McCarthy Denning has acted for Tyréns AB and its UK subsidiaries on its acquisition of a stake in Hilson Moran Holdings Limited and its subsidiary, Hilson Moran Partnership Limited, which was previously backed by private equity investor Albion Capital.
Hilson Moran’s management team will remain as shareholders and the company will continue to operate under its existing brand name.
Established in Sweden in 1942, Tyréns AB is a global urban and rural planning company which specialises in urban development and infrastructure. The company’s acquisition of a stake in Hilson Moran – best known for its work in the UK
Platina Energy Partners (Platina) has sold a 34.5MWp portfolio of eight operating solar plants located in Italy to a European financial investor for a total deal value of EUR131.9 million. The completion is subject to change-of-control approvals by the portfolio’s debt providers.
Five of the plants are located in the Puglia region and three in Campania. The plants were built and connected to grid between 2010 and 2011 and benefit from the Italian feed-in-tariff (FIT) regime. Five long-term non-recourse project finance with outstanding capital of EUR77M by Italian and European banks will remain in place.
Riccardo Cirillo, Managing Partner
Andrea Auerbach, global head of private investment research at Cambridge Associates, says that given today’s private equity valuations, now is the right time to sell.
The high water mark for fundraising in private equity was 2007 when the market saw around USD270 billion in capital raised. This year is getting close to that figure. “What we are seeing is that US fundraising is getting ‘toppy’. It’s not yet setting record-breaking levels, but it is noteworthy,” says Auerbach.
If you look at the private investment arena, the amount of capital ebbs and flows. After the high-water mark of 2007, the market
Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Advanced Animal Hospital Group and Progressive Pet Animal Hospitals and merger of the businesses to form Midwest Veterinary Partners (MVP).
The Company has 22 general practice veterinary clinics in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, and provides services to companion animals including vaccinations, surgery, wellness exams, oncology, ophthalmology, allergy treatment and dermatology. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Shore has partnered with Dr Vic Dhillon, owner of Advanced Animal Hospital Group, and Dr Jeff Rothstein, owner of Progressive Pet Animal Hospitals, to pursue a consolidation of animal hospitals throughout the Midwest.
Recorded Future, the leader in threat intelligence (TI), has raised USD25 million in a Series E round of funding to build on growing momentum and expand its innovative software product and services to solve a wider spectrum of cybersecurity challenges.
Led by Insight Venture Partners, the funding will support the company’s meteoric growth, geographical expansion, and its continued commitment to machine learning-based threat intelligence and cutting-edge research.
In addition to financial investment, Insight Venture Partners, investors in leading security companies like Cylance, DarkTrace, and Firemon, brings rich industry expertise to Recorded Future.
“Recorded Future’s commitment to customer success
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed the sale of Mini-Cam, a manufacturer and distributor of pipeline inspection systems, to Halma in a deal that values the business at up to GBP85 million.
Headquartered in Warrington, Mini-Cam designs and builds intuitive and robust modular pipeline inspection systems that are used across the water and wastewater industry, as well as by public authorities and companies in the oil and gas, petrochemical, nuclear, security, construction and engineering sectors.
LDC backed the management buyout of Mini-Cam in July 2015, providing additional funding to accelerate the firm’s international growth strategy. Since then, LDC
Brighteye Ventures, Europe’s first and largest education technology (edtech) venture capital firm, has held the EUR50 million close of its first fund.
The fund will lead or participate in seed and series A and B rounds for innovative companies using technology to enhance learning and creativity. It will consider companies working across a full range of educational levels, from K-12 to university and beyond. Brighteye Ventures has a global remit, looking to lead investments in Europe and Israel and co-invest alongside smart partners in the US.
The fund has already invested in two companies. Brighteye Ventures participated in the
Nicola Wealth Management has launched its NWM Private Debt Fund. This fund combines a fund-of-funds approach with a direct investment in private debt opportunities to earn an attractive premium above public market fixed income yields and returns.
“By partnering with a stable of handpicked sub-managers, we are able to diversify across regions, industries, and strategies to include a wide set of private debt opportunities,” says NWM president, David Sung (pictured). “Nicola Wealth has always focused on an asset allocation that extends beyond typical stocks and bonds to create true diversification. We see great potential in adding private debt to that mix.”
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