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LeapFrog Investments, a private equity investor in emerging markets, has made a partial exit from IFMR Capital, a provider of capital market access to financial institutions that serve low-income consumers.
The exit is part of a wider deal in which Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International, will be investing up to USD25 million in the company.
LeapFrog will continue as the largest independent shareholder, actively adding value to IFMR Capital’s business. LeapFrog’s profit-with-purpose partnership with IFMR Capital so far has seen the business increase its reach across India to over 29 million underserved people, a
Corporate debt specialist Muzinich is launching two funds to be managed by the loans team who recently joined from ECM Asset Management (ECM), a Wells Fargo Asset Management company.
Muzinich announced in the summer that it had hired Torben Ronberg, Stuart Fuller, Sam McGairl and Alex Woolrich, who managed the sub-investment-grade business at ECM.
Ronberg and his team, who took up their posts this week, will now prioritise the launch of a new European senior secured loans vehicle, the Muzinich European Loans Fund.
They are also putting the foundations in place for the launch of a multi-asset vehicle,
Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners, alongside private co-investors, has backed the management buyout (MBO) of Ferrabyrne.
YFM's funding includes the second investment from its new YFMEP 2016 Fund, which held a first close in June.
Ferrabyrne designs, develops, manufactures and services systems and components, including rubber and metal for global customers in the rail, commercial vehicle and energy generation industries. Its key products include suspension components for passenger and freight rail vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, as well as components for wind turbines.
Ferrabyrne has 73 employees working at its headquarters in Littlehampton and across the globe.
Lower middle-market private equity firm MPE Partners has closed its oversubscribed second fund, MPE Partners II, at the hard cap of USD250 million.
The firm launched fundraising in April 2016 and did not use a placement agent.
"More than 30 investors committed to Fund II, including global asset management firms, insurance companies, family offices, foundations, and high net worth individuals," says Joe Machado, partner at MPE.
MPE has invested in companies such as dlhBOWLES, a designer and manufacturer of engineered plastics and fluid flow solutions for the automotive, consumer, and industrial markets; Trachte, a manufacturer of pre-assembled control
Inflexion’s portfolio company Kynetec, a specialist in agricultural and animal health market research, has acquired the agriculture and animal health business of Ipsos North America.
Ipsos agriculture and animal health in North America comprises two locations: St. Louis in the US and Guelph in Canada.
The acquisition brings additional market research expertise to Kynetec’s team, adding 25 experienced professionals to its team of 250 market researchers.
By combining the staff and methodologies from Ipsos agriculture and animal health with Kynetec’s custom team, along with a considerable investment in innovation, Kynetec expects substantial strengthening of its North American business.
IMAX Corporation and IMAX China Holding have completed the first phase of a USD50 million virtual reality fund to help finance the creation of at least 25 interactive VR content experiences over the next three years.
IMAX and its partners, which include leaders from the media, entertainment and technology sectors, will use the funds to aid in the creation of higher-quality VR content that can be leveraged across the burgeoning VR industry.
The group will target premium, event-style productions with its Hollywood studio and filmmaker partners that complement IMAX's film slate, as well as gaming publishers and other content
Assetz Capital says investors have earned a total of GBP15 million in gross interest since the company launched in 2013.
Assetz Capital has been at the forefront of the P2P sector by providing British small and medium sized businesses with their funding requirements.
Individuals can invest in these businesses either through tailored investment accounts, or by manually choosing where their capital is invested.
To date almost GBP180 million has invested through the platform, typically earning investors gross rates of return between 3.75 per cent and 15 per cent per annum.
Each of the businesses receiving funds through
REG Power Management has signed an asset management contract with BlackRock for the recently constructed 18MW Batsworthy Cross Wind Farm in Devon, England.
Batsworthy Cross joins the 26MW Glens of Foudland wind farm acquired by BlackRock from Centrica earlier this year.
Last month BlackRock also appointed REG as the asset manager for four solar projects totalling circa 63MWp, adding to five existing ground-mounted solar PV assets under management by REG for BlackRock funds.
REG Asset Management now has around 20 wind and 14 solar projects under management across the UK, taking the total managed capacity to nearly 260MW.
Aurelius Equity Opportunities has reported a 63 per cent increase in consolidated revenues to EUR1,926.9 million in the first nine months of 2016.
Consolidated revenues increased by 51 per cent year on year to EUR2,749.3 million, with growth significantly boosted by company acquisitions during the past 12 months.
Aurelius Equity Opportunities generated EBITDA of EUR122.0 million for the combined group in the first nine months of 2016 (Q1-Q3 2015: EUR165.6 million).
Operating EBITDA amounted to EUR83.8 million despite the sale of several profitable group subsidiaries, reflecting the solid operating performance of most group portfolio companies, notably SECOP, Studienkreis,
After 15 years in business, Financière Cambon is changing its name and visual identity to Cambon Partners.
The change is designed to reflect the firm’s growing international standing and mark the beginning of a new phase in its development.
Cambon Partners, the only French M&A boutique with a physical presence in the Silicon Valley, has also hired Laurent Azout, previously partner at Messier Maris & Associés, in charge of the TMT sector, and executive director at Lazard.
Azout has completed over 60 transactions, mainly in the TMT sector, and has extensive expertise in the digital space.
Azout says: “Our
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